Archive for Project: OSIDIAS
The interior assembly gets fiber!
Posted by: | CommentsUpdate time! I actually livestreamed the fiber going down, although it was a huge pain. For some reason I thought it was a good idea to skip taping the edges of the fiber. Needless to say those stray fibers soon became a problem as the layers went down. I managed to keep them out of the way, and got 5 layers on before I ran out of resin. That means I’m a layer short of what I wanted to be. Although looking at the finished assembly, it’s likely thick enough, but I’m going to give it one more anyway. I had a little trouble sliding the outer mold in place. The resin kept sticking to the mold and pulling it down with it. Doh, why didn’t I wrap plastic around it before the mold?! That would have taken care of the problem, and I’d be done. As it is, now I’ve got to sand and add the last layer anyway. Mostly for cosmetic reasons mind you. The outer mold caused some wavy weaves because of the sticky resin… and I just can’t have that. I’m out of resin though, and will have to order more before continuing.
Well, enough of that. On to the pics! Here I’m using a template to cut out the layers of CF.
The interior mold continued…
Posted by: | CommentsAlthough Project Hutch has been getting most of my time lately, I was able to get a little work done on OSIDIAS while waiting for some JB Weld to dry… I picked up on the continuation of the molds for the interior assembly. When I last updated, I had the inner mold completed. Now it was a matter of laying out and cutting the exterior. What you see here is another 1′x4′ piece of aluminum sheet.
Starting the interior assembly, part 1
Posted by: | CommentsToday we pick up with the start of the interior assembly. Since I’m a glutton for punishment, I’ve decided to make the entire thing out of a single piece of molded carbon fiber. Since the dimensions have to be perfect, I am going to be using a two part mold. An inner and outer layer, with the CF sandwiched in between. In order to pull this off, I’ve got to do some very careful measurements, and even better cutting.
I’ll be using 1.5mm aluminum for the molds. Here you can see a 4′ piece marked down the center. I should be able to get both an inner and outer mold out of this 2′x4′ sheet.
