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1 year 5 months ago #26311 by ruggerbloke
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Top quality work there Kevin. Well done.

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1 year 5 months ago #26312 by kevinross
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4 more cycles and nearly there - I discovered a high tech solution to separate the two halves during the process - its called sellotape !!
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1 year 5 months ago #26313 by kevinross
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This semi rigid plastic sheet will provide the separator when i produce the mould
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1 year 5 months ago #26320 by kevinross
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Fwd and rear plugs now mounted for laminating moulds but that stage may have to wait for fine weather. In the meantime i need to make a half plug to produce 4 half wheel pant sections
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1 year 4 months ago #26363 by kevinross
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My first attempt to make the wheel spat plug was OK but once again John Banister provided his excellent skills with CNC design and manufacture and produced two perfectly matching back to back plugs.
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1 year 4 months ago - 1 year 4 months ago #26364 by kevinross
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In the end I concluded it would be easier for me to slice the block in two using my bandsaw and mount for final shaping/ smoothing.

The plastic separator will prevent any filler gluing the two halves together
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