Author Topic: Considering (no more)  (Read 13386 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline REEFMAN

  • Ultimate Champ
  • ****
  • Posts: 9766
  • Cred: 768
  • Gender: Male
  • Location: Jozi
Re: Considering (no more)
« Reply #20 on: July 04, 2016, 07:08:07 AM »
Henk your milling skills are mind-blowing!! That screw you made and the adjustable ball mount are works of art... you're gifted bru!

Offline LGF

  • Ultimate member
  • ***
  • Posts: 1042
  • Cred: 80
  • Gender: Male
  • One flew into the Cuckoo's nest
  • Location: Pretoria
Re: Considering (no more)
« Reply #21 on: July 04, 2016, 08:54:24 AM »
Thanx Tony :bow: , but the little lathe I have and the recently completed diy CNC machine it's mostly responsible for making things look like they do, far better than what they would have looked like had I done it by hand  :rotfl
When I die, will somebody please dress up as the Grim Reaper and attend, don't need to do or say anything, just stand there!

Offline LGF

  • Ultimate member
  • ***
  • Posts: 1042
  • Cred: 80
  • Gender: Male
  • One flew into the Cuckoo's nest
  • Location: Pretoria
Re: Considering (no more)
« Reply #22 on: August 23, 2016, 01:22:11 PM »
Ok so I wasn't happy with the previous console which at the time was attempt no 2 or 3, so I redid the entire console and this is what the attempt after scrapping the previous turned out to be.
When I die, will somebody please dress up as the Grim Reaper and attend, don't need to do or say anything, just stand there!

Offline LGF

  • Ultimate member
  • ***
  • Posts: 1042
  • Cred: 80
  • Gender: Male
  • One flew into the Cuckoo's nest
  • Location: Pretoria
Re: Considering (no more)
« Reply #23 on: August 23, 2016, 01:35:19 PM »
Then the foam shape (curve) was resin'd, but it did not harden or stiffen the foam as much as I was hoping, so I ripped that off and closed the large area on top with aluminium foil and poured PU foam into the underside of the console.

Took the foil off and started "free-hand" shaping the PU foam and got a rough shape. Applied a lightweight body-filler and sanded.
I kept on sanding into the foam below the filler and it became stupid silly applying more filler, sanding  and applying filler again and again and .... so I glassed the entire console with a thin weaved mat and then applied filler to the areas I needed to build up and to smooth it out more and that's is where I am at now, pic below.

I plan to glass over when the console if smoothed out, has perfectly mirrored opposing curves and the shape is 110%. Once this is done I will remove all the PU foam from the inside including the thin layer of glass and then bulk it up/reinforce the console from inside, fair and spray outside.

Found a Wonderful product called "peel-ply". Its a breathable fabric that soaks up excess resin and leaves the surfaces ready for either the next layer of glass or for primer/paint, little to no sanding required!!!!!!!
When I die, will somebody please dress up as the Grim Reaper and attend, don't need to do or say anything, just stand there!

Offline LGF

  • Ultimate member
  • ***
  • Posts: 1042
  • Cred: 80
  • Gender: Male
  • One flew into the Cuckoo's nest
  • Location: Pretoria
Re: Considering (no more)
« Reply #24 on: August 23, 2016, 01:37:50 PM »
the last pic looks very rough and that's because it actually is, just applied filler and have not sanded that down at all, been to busy "Maaking a Plan" for the upcoming bass comp at the end of the week  :rotfl
When I die, will somebody please dress up as the Grim Reaper and attend, don't need to do or say anything, just stand there!

Offline Big B

  • Barry
  • Ultimate member
  • ***
  • Posts: 760
  • Cred: 20
  • Gender: Male
  • I am a fish-a-holic!
  • Location: Pretoria
Re: Considering (no more)
« Reply #25 on: August 23, 2016, 11:59:37 PM »
Loving this thread.....
Lets go FISHING!

 

SimplePortal 2.3.7 © 2008-2026, SimplePortal