Just thought I'd put up some pics of a project i did for a customer for a one off prototype car he is building. Made a set of molds for some carbon fiber body panels. Cant show to much right now at the request of the owner but heres some of a dash pod i did.
1 started out with a raw block of 8lb poly foam and had the plug CnC cut
2 developing a cut path for one of the fenders
3 cutting
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12-14-2008 05:22 PM
Last edited by glassdave; 12-14-2008 at 05:33 PM.
Throttles- Cleveland Construction/Traffic Light Racing 377 Talon cat
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12-14-2008 05:28 PM
there was actually four pieces to the body but i can show the other three just yet (I'll see what i can do . . . this thing is pretty cool)
1 after the foam pieces are faired and buffed they are given a coat of tooling gel
2 This was a simple small mold so i chose to back it up with several layers of mat/1808 with a 2mm core mat to stiffen it up.
3 pulled nice, now it just need the flange prepped a light sanding and buffingThrottles- Cleveland Construction/Traffic Light Racing 377 Talon cat
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12-14-2008 05:31 PM
pulled a black carbon piece. This is a raw piece right out of the mold, came out good just needs the bagging flange removed a light sanding and polished to perfect.
I will see if i can post pics of the body, looks kinda like a 32 FordThrottles- Cleveland Construction/Traffic Light Racing 377 Talon cat
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12-14-2008 05:35 PM
suppose i can put this one up. its one of the larger pieces being cut. The main body . . . you get the gist
have a few other pics to put up laterThrottles- Cleveland Construction/Traffic Light Racing 377 Talon cat
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12-14-2008 05:53 PM
Dave i always like C N C $HIT , i have a friend who just purchased a C N C machine for building plugs and man talk about big buck , old style is so very labor intensive . l@@king g@@d
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12-14-2008 06:46 PM
Very nice Dave
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12-16-2008 04:10 PM
looking goood
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12-16-2008 04:27 PM
That's nice to see that you can do that stuff. I live in VA and we can't use Radar Detectors here. However, I'd sure like to have a nice stealth Valentine1 installation. I'll keep this in mine as a nice pod like this could be made to look like anything.
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12-16-2008 05:10 PMSure is a lot different from the plugs and molds we built in the 70's.
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12-16-2008 05:27 PM
Cool project Dave....keep the pics coming....
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12-23-2008 10:15 PMhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii dave
hea what kinda of carbon are you using. is that a structural piece and if so how many layers or total oz weight?
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12-23-2008 11:08 PM
Hey Dave! Hows it going! Hope your get'in ready for another season of breaking boat parts
Actually this is a non structural piece. Its done with a clear polyester gelcoat and a 5.7 oz 2x2 carbon fiber fabric with 2 layers of 1808. I use a clear Silmar resin and bag it all together. Looks great and is pretty easy to knock out and work with. I got this really cool knife to pry it out of the mold with, i think i bent it last time thoughLast edited by glassdave; 06-17-2009 at 11:00 PM.
Throttles- Cleveland Construction/Traffic Light Racing 377 Talon cat
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12-24-2008 09:17 AM
1808 is an 18 oz bi ax fabric with a 3/4 oz mat stiched to it. Its actually a bit of overkill for this part 1208 would have been perfect.
Throttles- Cleveland Construction/Traffic Light Racing 377 Talon cat
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12-24-2008 09:23 AM
Great work there Dave and nice to see a former colleage.
Me too used to be a machinist and a CNC operator before. Lastly build molds and prototypes for Nokia among others out of aluminum.
The money just wasn´t there unless you have a shop so I went trucking long haul.
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12-24-2008 05:24 PM
That's awesome - I used to program and run CNC's at tool shops. Mainly die cast tooling, but an occasional MIM (powdered metal injection), or plastic mold.
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12-24-2008 05:37 PM
Thats just to cool, But we need to see the car or whatever it is. PPPPPPPlease?????
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06-18-2009 07:14 AM
I like it ! keep us in the loop!
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