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2 years 1 month 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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2 years 1 month 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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2 years 3 weeks 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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2 years 3 weeks ago - 2 years 3 weeks 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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2 years 1 week ago #26371 by kevinross
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Spread over the last week the plugs have required about 10 cycles of cut back / fill / cut back / etc to get to this stage. Now taken them to my local car body shop who will apply 2 -pack primer filler (they'll use up the surplus in spray gun when doing repairs)
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2 years 1 week ago #26372 by DavidTappin
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More power to your elbow Kevin!

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