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Postby max » Sun Feb 19, 2017 9:26 pm
DartBoard wrote: grunt 100um plastic?. Is there nothing Bunnings can provide!!!
Board looks great! Can wait to see it in action.
Thanks Matt.
I think 100um . . . was actually a Mitre 10 store this time
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Postby RalfsB » Mon Feb 20, 2017 8:26 am
What is the weight of the board after glassing?
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Postby max » Mon Feb 20, 2017 8:40 am
RalfsB wrote:What is the weight of the board after glassing?
The board weighs in currently (with a fill coat on the bottom weave and rails) 1.8 kg
I now need to glass the top with rail wraps down to bottom curve. Am thinking of 2x 6onz with a 4onz patch over mast mount.
I feel that I have perhaps over built it but it is the first time I have used this foam and am uncertain of what it needs.
My target was below 3kg all up.
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Postby RalfsB » Mon Feb 20, 2017 3:41 pm
max wrote:
The board weighs in currently (with a fill coat on the bottom weave and rails) 1.8 kg
I now need to glass the top with rail wraps down to bottom curve. Am thinking of 2x 6onz with a 4onz patch over mast mount.
I feel that I have perhaps over built it but it is the first time I have used this foam and am uncertain of what it needs.
My target was below 3kg all up.
Cool! I am currently building an XPS board, its current weight with a carbon foil box inside and the bottom side glassed is also about 1.8kg. The top side will have footstrap inserts and more layers than the bottom, so I hope the total will be close to 3kg.
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Postby max » Mon Feb 20, 2017 9:10 pm
RalfsB wrote:
Cool! I am currently building an XPS board, its current weight with a carbon foil box inside and the bottom side glassed is also about 1.8kg. The top side will have footstrap inserts and more layers than the bottom, so I hope the total will be close to 3kg.
I was going to use carbon on the bottom but decided not to for a few reasons but one being that this foam apparently does not like getting too hot and I do not plan on painting it. Maybe the next one
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Postby omg » Mon Feb 20, 2017 11:12 pm
max, excellent workmanship you have in there!
Can I ask what material you used for the plugs (for drilling holes for the foil attachment bolts)?
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Postby max » Tue Feb 21, 2017 8:47 am
omg wrote:max, excellent workmanship you have in there!
Can I ask what material you used for the plugs (for drilling holes for the foil attachment bolts)?
cheers omg.
I think it is called Acetal . . . really tough plastic . . . have even used it for footstrap inserts in days gone by.
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Postby TomW » Fri Mar 03, 2017 2:45 am
Good glass job Max.
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Postby faklord » Fri Mar 03, 2017 4:28 pm
Acetal? Difficult stuff to bond well. Have you found a trick?
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Postby TomW » Sat Mar 04, 2017 9:41 pm
You can flame treat PE and achieve acceptable bonding. sweep a propane flame over it, not melting. Don't touch after. Might work with acetal ( aka Delrin). But I think Delrin has better bonding characteristics than PE and Nylon.
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