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But once done it will hopefully only be used once.
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You want the perfect finish on the outside of the plug, not the inside!
If you dig back in the files, you will find that I posted how to make a glassfibre fuz - on here - about three or more years ago.
I always used a wood core, split lengthwise, then bolted back together, BEFORE the shape was carved, so it ends up symmetrical. Then the core is split, bolted down onto a flat plank, and the mould made in glass, in two halves.
When THAT has cured, they are eased off the plug, carefully aligned, drilled through the flange, for more bolts, and then you can make the fuz. The two halves can be released, returned to the mould, then the seams taped via the access hatches.
As you say, a lot of work for a one-off, but ideal if you intend to make dozens from the master.
Many years back, I used to work in a glass-fibre manufacturing place, (health and safety hadn't been invented, they'd be shut down, now, but they went bust instead!) and used to 'borrow' their tools for making my own plugs, during the lunch-breaks. I also managed to 'find' some surplus cloth, chopped strand, bandage, resins, and accelerators!
I'd have to buy it, now!
if you are calm and collected when all about you are going berserk - you've missed something important!
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Anyway I managed to experiment with making a wing outer tube on a ally tube, I wrapped the ally tube with brown parcel tape sticky side out, then three wraps of some glass cloth I found, then sloshed some resin on it;
But I used the wrong cloth as it all pulled apart when I brushed the resin on, did not matter as it was only to see if I could actually get it off the pipe when it set
to my surprise it came off , so I will do another one to see if I can do a better job of it
onwards and upwards got to get the left hand side better trained
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With that attitude, how can you fail. Keep at it
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then filled it again rubbed it down then sprayed it red primer
same again this time white primer
then did it all again finished grey primer again
In the morning ill rub it down then then do as many times as needed with primer filler rubbed down each coat
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one tenor wrote: ...........Waste of space........
Who is that???
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Old Fart wrote:
one tenor wrote: ...........Waste of space........
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Step son OF
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Then thought I would rub it down with wet & dry just started to rub it and the big bucket I Was using for the water decided it would part from its handle
Which is not good for it, shovelled as much out the door as I could then decided I would do it outside in the sunshine
Got started then it rained
finally got it cut back ready to spray with primer filler only to find my spray gun would not spray it for some reason, it worked ok when I did the Lancaster, so I slopped it on with a brush
Don't matter as I will sand it all off in the morning leaving on only what is in low spots
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I think it may be the p38 filler that im using, I think it is coming out of the tiny marks when I wet & dry it
I will use something else tomorrow
So I made a start on the wings, cut out the ribs, stripped some spars from 6mm sheet and stated to assemble
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BB, try using more water and less pressure, on the wet and dry. It looks like you are getting 'beads' of residue, which are then scouring the finished surface! Also try using a much finer grit!
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Eric wrote: I doubt that there's a Halfords in Cyprus, O.F!
BB, try using more water and less pressure, on the wet and dry. It looks like you are getting 'beads' of residue, which are then scouring the finished surface! Also try using a much finer grit!
You mean O.T.
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