FuryRebuild
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| posted on 29/7/13 at 04:35 PM |
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I Made A New Carbon Fibre Part - access panel
Following on from when I made my new duratec footwell, and playing to my new found carbon fibre fetish, I have remade the steel access panel and saved
500g in the process.
There is a lot more detail about how I did this part in my blog (click me) and not all of it formats easily
to the forum, so I have some of the pictures here:
Here is the original access hatch. Some of you will remember my liking for 25mm spacings.
 
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Here is the back of the part - ribbed for your pleasure:
 
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And here is the front of the part, all shiny.
 
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Overall cost in materials - about £30 if bought in bulk. Overall time - about 6 hours for the one-off.
When all you have is a hammer, everything around you is a nail.
www.furyrebuild.co.uk
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imp paul
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| posted on 29/7/13 at 04:57 PM |
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top job looks realy good nice to have the skills pal well done 
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daveb666
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| posted on 30/7/13 at 03:14 PM |
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Very cool!
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FuryRebuild
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| posted on 30/7/13 at 03:37 PM |
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more to come - laminated side panel mould making tonight. brace yourself for some 3mm closed cell foam action.
When all you have is a hammer, everything around you is a nail.
www.furyrebuild.co.uk
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coyoteboy
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| posted on 30/7/13 at 06:14 PM |
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Jesus, there must be more weight in the total number of fasteners than the panel!
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FuryRebuild
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| posted on 30/7/13 at 07:26 PM |
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Great point. Washers and screws: 150g. Panel 190g
However, the panel is 3mm thicker than the panel where the soric hard points are, so I will need longer socket headed cap screws to be really happy
with how secure it will be, so I reckon you may be right in the long run  ha ha ha hhhaaaa haaaaaaaaa.
When all you have is a hammer, everything around you is a nail.
www.furyrebuild.co.uk
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ceebmoj
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| posted on 6/8/13 at 06:43 PM |
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What do you use to draw the vacume and how mutch does it cost to make your first part all in?
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FuryRebuild
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| posted on 7/8/13 at 09:33 AM |
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Hi ceebmoj
that's a very good question. My starter into this cost be about £700 to get going. I went for the
easy composites resin infusion starter kit which includes a full on vacuum pump
which is the major part of the cost. They're a great team over there and very keen on getting people moving. On top of that, I bought a lot of
resin and fabric (heavy carbon, 200 gsm carbon, aramid, soric, closed cell foam) to give me a good solid push at things.
my blog here keeps all the details of the parts, how I laid them up and what the cost was for each part. this one
cost me about £28 if I have my sums right. Of course, it doesn't include my time, and I'm getting quicker every part I do.
When all you have is a hammer, everything around you is a nail.
www.furyrebuild.co.uk
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ceebmoj
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| posted on 7/8/13 at 07:19 PM |
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The results you are getting look realy good.
Thanks for the link. The set up to get you going is not as bad as I had imagined. As I could do with making a bunch of pannels, a difuser and floor it
is very tempting, however its still a bit expencive for me.
Ps still strugaling to get the spell checker going sorry.
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FuryRebuild
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| posted on 8/8/13 at 09:47 AM |
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no problem, ceebmoj. You're coming over loud and clear.
Flat panels are probably the easiest and cheapest parts to make - no moulds involved.
It may be worth while giving carbonman (on the LCB) a u2u. He has his own company making custom and repeat composite parts; it may be that he already
has something you can use, or can sort you a diffuser cheaper than you could make the entry into composites for.
Also, he's a great bloke.
Cheers
Mark
When all you have is a hammer, everything around you is a nail.
www.furyrebuild.co.uk
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