Foundationer
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I'm putting together a test mould to see if I can infuse the whole D-box and upper skin in one shot. Lower rear skin including contour for the flap to be made separately and bonded into place once all the internals are in. Spar to be slightly ahead of max thickness so glue can be applied and then it's 'dropped in' from behind hopefully giving a nice & accessible glue line.
Likely problems:
Waviness between formers.
The joins between sheets killing accuracy!
The joins between sheets killing the vacuum!
Managing to actually set up a large infusion fighting gravity (cloth, foam, consumables etc.
Getting it to actually infuse.
Anyone got any advice on how to actually make an infusion this size work / anyone want to tell me why this definitely won't work (I'm going to try it either way).
Pictures show the 1.45m long test mould part built - first sheet of Aluminium bonded. Gonna try and do the big sheet 1.25x1.4m sheet next week[!] which'll be where things start going horrible wrong :ermm:
Likely problems:
Waviness between formers.
The joins between sheets killing accuracy!
The joins between sheets killing the vacuum!
Managing to actually set up a large infusion fighting gravity (cloth, foam, consumables etc.
Getting it to actually infuse.
Anyone got any advice on how to actually make an infusion this size work / anyone want to tell me why this definitely won't work (I'm going to try it either way).
Pictures show the 1.45m long test mould part built - first sheet of Aluminium bonded. Gonna try and do the big sheet 1.25x1.4m sheet next week[!] which'll be where things start going horrible wrong :ermm:
