Making me some new fairings i Am

[sAsLEX]

It's a global shortage.The aircraft/armaments industries are sucking it up as fast as they can make the stuff.
It's harder to grow hair on lumps of coal than it is to grow it on glass.

Dont forget cars as well

[degrom]

Hi,any new news on your project?

A bit of topic... Do you know where I can buy grid for a sand blaster?
I have a new tool to test out but no ammo...

[Kyle]

Fletcher steel does grid, but problery a local engineering shop would be better for a smaller piece, or scrap metel yard.

Nice project Sprocket, your making it look easy. Keep those updates coming

[Kyle]

ahh you problery ment "grit" not grid, that i have no idea sorry.

[sprocket]

yeah sorry no updates as of yet im in the process of trying to make a diy vaccume bag system pitty i dont live in the states you can buy DIY kits off the sheilf over there

[degrom]

Fletcher steel does grid, but problery a local engineering shop would be better for a smaller piece, or scrap metel yard.

Nice project Sprocket, your making it look easy. Keep those updates coming

Thanks... I will give them a call.

[degrom]

yeah sorry no updates as of yet im in the process of trying to make a diy vaccume bag system pitty i dont live in the states you can buy DIY kits off the sheilf over there

LOL... So what is involved with the vacuum bag project?

[Pixie]

I vacuum bagged my hand guards.Used woolworths supermarket bags and a compressor from a blood cell counter.

[imdying]

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/fo...5&pagenumber=5

This dude made a carbon fibre tank for an SV, wet lay up stz... that's determination.

[sAsLEX]

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/fo...5&pagenumber=5

This dude made a carbon fibre tank for an SV, wet lay up stz... that's determination.

What a use for a Busa engine!



http://www.dpcars.net/

[sprocket]

here is a explanation on vacuume bagging very good article recomended read for all that are intrested

http://www.fibreglast.com/contentpag...tions-230.html

[sAsLEX]

here is a explanation on vacuume bagging very good article recomended read for all that are intrested

http://www.fibreglast.com/contentpag...tions-230.html

The thread imdying posted has some good real world vacuum baggin in it!

[imdying]

The thread imdying posted has some good real world vacuum baggin in it!

Ahhh, but his article explains why you'd want to go to the trouble

[sprocket]

Well I have been offered the services of a friend who happens to be an engineer to help me construct my frankenstein vacuum bag system, however rather than buy an off the shelf vacuum pump for $600 ive decided to go with an 1800watt vacuum motor which will be plumbed into a expired 9kg gas bottle with valves in between the motor and cyclinder then another valve between the cyclinder and the bag .

So the theory is while both valves are open the better part of 99% of the air will be evacuated from the bag then when you shut the first valve between the cyclinder and bag, the cyclinder becomes the acumulator then shut the second valve turn off the vacuum motor and open the first valve again to matain a constant vacuum there will also be a vacuum guage attached to the cyclinder to detect leaks via pressure drops and if all else fails ill add another vacuum motor


keep in mind im trying the cost effictive way first as to keep the cost of the project down to a minimum.

[jade]

I made carbon fibre fairings for my nsr, I made them heavy.. Hit a car at 90k and didnt even break them
Im a boatbuilder in auckland.. 20 yrs old - Ive used carbon fibre/epoxy resin systems everday for 4 years now..as well as vacuum bagging and resin infusion.
at work currently building team nz's 100% cf yacht for the americas cup 2007
as homers.. made some clearcoat twill little fairings for my rs250 - just had it written off so hope to get another rs250 and do some work on it
also I may be looking to moonlight making some fairings for other people... paid work of course.. if your interested pm me with the details of what you want to do, keep in mind there IS a shortage of twill for clear coat work but there is plenty of carbon.
As for the carbon fibre fuel tank.. its easy.
Take a block off polystyrene - shape it to the same shape as your fuel tank -
cover your polystyrene block with a fibreglass boatcloth and epoxy resin, make sure there is plenty of resin, roll all the excess bubbles out and cover this with a 400gm double bias carbon cloth, you could cover it in twill if you wanted to clearcoat it - or you could just put on another 200gm carbon cloth,
once its all cured drill a hole into your cloth and into your polystyrene - pour in acetone - melt the styrene - you now have an empty carbon tank - paint it, clear coat it.. choice is yours