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SV Carbon Tank project for Zoran

i dont completely understand how u reduced the width of the tank w/ the foam... u cut away some of the fiberglass to leave jus foam showing and then shaped that part??
 
stangmx13 said:
i dont completely understand how u reduced the width of the tank w/ the foam... u cut away some of the fiberglass to leave jus foam showing and then shaped that part??
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Yes, that's what he did.
 
tygaboy said:
So, yesterday and this afternoon it was:
Sand, sand, sand, bondo, bondo, sand, sand, sand, sand, sand, sand, bondo, bondo, sand, sand, sand,sand, sand, sand, bondo, bondo, sand, sand, sand, and finally paint.[/IMG]
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And if you'll recall all the threads I ran a bit back about all the
RGM fiberglass fabrication and bodywork I did... This is -exactly-
the part I hate.

Looking good so far.

Tyga, do you know about the dpcars site? He's building a four
wheel drive single seater street legal sports car powered by a
hayabusa engine that will be smaller than the original mini-cooper
when it's done. I've been following his work for the last three
years...

His work on his body plug was insane...

Toward the bottom - http://www.dpcars.net/dp1/df.htm

And - http://www.dpcars.net/dp1/dg.htm

And - http://www.dpcars.net/dp1/dh.htm

And so on... the process is amazing to watch... the carbon fiber
body he pulls off the plug weighs 41 pounds.

-Mike-
 
So if you were to make several of these tanks would you have to start the process all over each time?

Excuse me if you have already stated that as i havnt read through each page.
 
Moike said:
And if you'll recall all the threads I ran a bit back about all the
RGM fiberglass fabrication and bodywork I did... This is -exactly-
the part I hate.

Looking good so far.

Tyga, do you know about the dpcars site? He's building a four
wheel drive single seater street legal sports car powered by a
hayabusa engine that will be smaller than the original mini-cooper
when it's done. I've been following his work for the last three
years...

His work on his body plug was insane...

Toward the bottom - http://www.dpcars.net/dp1/df.htm

And - http://www.dpcars.net/dp1/dg.htm

And - http://www.dpcars.net/dp1/dh.htm

And so on... the process is amazing to watch... the carbon fiber
body he pulls off the plug weighs 41 pounds.

-Mike-
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Wow thats awesome.
 
SWETNGBLTS said:
So if you were to make several of these tanks would you have to start the process all over each time?

Excuse me if you have already stated that as i havnt read through each page.
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No need to do it all again. Once I have the production mold, I can just lay up the production parts to make tanks. Getting to the production mold is what I've been doing so far. Almost there...
 
Moike said:
Tyga, do you know about the dpcars site? He's building a four
wheel drive single seater street legal sports car powered by a
hayabusa engine that will be smaller than the original mini-cooper
when it's done. I've been following his work for the last three
years...-Mike-
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I've been following it, too. Nice to be able to afford having your plug carved out by a CNC machine...DP's investing a bit more in his project than I am...pretty neat, though.
 
tygaboy said:
I've been following it, too. Nice to be able to afford having your plug carved out by a CNC machine...DP's investing a bit more in his project than I am...pretty neat, though.
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Trust me, the whole time I was chopping, cutting, carving, and
doing layups on the tailsection on the RGM I was thinking how
sweet it would be to feed in a Solidworks design to a 5 axis mill
positioned over a block of foam...

I get my bodywork back from the painter at the end of this week.

Final fit and finish next week if things go well. Over a year
invested in my own 'quick' project. I'll be happy to see it done.

-Mike-
 
Team-Excalibur said:
tygaboy,
Thanks for this thread!
I'm getting ready to do the same thing with some sidecar parts.


:thumbup
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If it's LCR stuff... lemme know, I may want to go half-zies with you
and possibly provide some additional stuff for molds. All the stuff
on the CSR is LCR bodywork as well.

:teeth

-Mike-
 
Sorry for the lack of progress - busy with other life stuff. Plus I've been working on my SV bodywork - but that's a whole other thread - and the SV motor in the RVF chassis.
Anyway, I needed more scratch-filling primer and the paint store (Hawley's in Santa Rosa) was out of grey so I ended up with this oxide red color. Same stuff, different color. And you know what? It shows up flaws better than the grey. I love these accidental learnings...
So, in preparation for making the production mold, I laid down a few coats of the primer, hit it with 1500 grit wet/dry (wet) and then hooked up a polishing pad to my air-powered grinder and went after it with a medium cut Meguire's polish. Once that was done, I went back and hand polished it with a Meguire's Mirror glaze.
So here we are, all ready to lay up the production underside mold. Purdy, ain't it?

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tygaboy said:
Sorry for the lack of progress - busy with other life stuff.
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Let's guess something straight here, tygaboy. This THREAD IS life stuff. For many of us, this thread is all we got. Got it, carbon fiber boy?

Okay then :x

Carry on, my friend!







:twofinger
 
lizard said:
Let's guess something straight here, tygaboy. This THREAD IS life stuff. For many of us, this thread is all we got. Got it, carbon fiber boy?

Okay then :x

Carry on, my friend!







:twofinger
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:laughing
 
lizard said:
Let's guess something straight here, tygaboy. This THREAD IS life stuff. For many of us, this thread is all we got. Got it, carbon fiber boy?
Okay then :x
Carry on, my friend!
:twofinger
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Tell me about it, I can't belive this thread went all the way to page 3, of moto Photos!
Hey Tygaboy, can't wait till this weekend. I gave my boss some bs about school stuf:shhh f so we are closing up shop for the day.:laughing That's how much I love Carbon fiber... I mean you!:teeth
 
Moike said:
If it's LCR stuff... lemme know, I may want to go half-zies with you
and possibly provide some additional stuff for molds. All the stuff
on the CSR is LCR bodywork as well.

:teeth

-Mike-
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Hi Mike,
I think JG "CSR" started with LCR stuff and modified it quite a bit over the years.
I'm planning on pulling a mold off the bodywork I'm getting with Roger's bike as there aren't any molds here of genuine LCR bodywork. We're planning on just doing the main body and the chair. The middle section has those louvers which look a little tricky and we're going to be cutting it close on time I think.
I'm trying to get Dennis to let us use his shop in San Bruno for all the mold making and final painting.
Hopefully we can do a 1-piece mold off the main fairing which would save alot of work.
If you want to join in on the fun let me know and I'll keep you posted. :thumbup

Frank
 
Underside Production Mold

OK, after a brief delay (work, other projects, one Saturday 'seminar' and generally crappy weather for composite work), we're back to it.
It was a beautiful day today - the temperature got up there enough that I decided to take advantage of it and make the production mold for the underside.
The scratch-filling primer has been polished so it's time for a couple coats of release wax and some PVA.

Mmmmmm, so nice and shiny....

This is all goodness since we want the smoothest, shiniest finish we can get. Just that much less work to get the mold ready for the production parts. I wrap the other side in a garbage bag to keep stray epoxy from mucking up the other areas of the tank.

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