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Tech Talk => Gelcoat / Paint / Fireberglass Repair => Topic started by: beerjet on May 06, 2007, 03:18:16 PM

Title: Making a mold
Post by: beerjet on May 06, 2007, 03:18:16 PM: How hard or should I say what all is invloved in making a mold for lets say a scoop. The clam shell type.

-beerjet-
Title: Re: Making a mold
Post by: hotrod56cars on May 06, 2007, 07:09:53 PM: Quote from: beerjet on May 06, 2007, 03:18:16 PM
How hard or should I say what all is invloved in making a mold for lets say a scoop. The clam shell type.

-beerjet-

You'll need to splash the bottom and the top in two seperate halves, figure out where the two halves are going to meet, cut where they meet, add material to the two halves to give you a flange to bolt the two halves together, and then for the rest I'd have to read the book that I bought. ;)
Title: Re: Making a mold
Post by: beerjet on May 06, 2007, 07:30:18 PM: What is this thing you call a "book" ??? I'm kidding . It never occured to me to read a fockin book on how to do sh!t .

-beerjet-
Title: Re: Making a mold
Post by: hotrod56cars on May 06, 2007, 07:33:53 PM: ;D The book I bought is "How To Make Fiberglass Hot Rod Bodies", or something like that...
Title: Re: Making a mold
Post by: Brad @ SCJB on May 06, 2007, 08:54:27 PM: Quote from: beerjet on May 06, 2007, 07:30:18 PM
What is this thing you call a "book" ??? I'm kidding . It never occured to me to read a fockin book on how to do sh!t .

-beerjet-

no different then readin stuff online :) like youre doin now!
Title: Re: Making a mold
Post by: hotrod56cars on May 06, 2007, 10:26:44 PM: I never thought of that. ;D