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08-22-2013, 09:57 PM
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Internet Tough Guy
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Sintra and Alumalite
Any body have experience making splinters or rear diffuser with Sintra or alumalite?
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08-23-2013, 11:48 AM
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Fast & Filthy
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Never made one.
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08-23-2013, 12:07 PM
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pain's fun, hit me again
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I use plywood. Cheap.
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08-23-2013, 12:08 PM
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I, Vettezuki
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I'll look these materials later, not familiar. But my brother made a fairly fancy front bumper in fiber glass for the snake, so the process of making and using a mold I'm familiar with. Was planning on doing a diffuser in carbon fiber for the fuck of it.
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08-23-2013, 12:56 PM
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pain's fun, hit me again
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Originally Posted by Vettezuki
I'll look these materials later, not familiar. But my brother made a fairly fancy front bumper in fiber glass for the snake, so the process of making and using a mold I'm familiar with. Was planning on doing a diffuser in carbon fiber for the fuck of it.
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Originally Posted by Bruce Lee
Forget about winning and losing; forget about pride and pain. Let your opponent graze your skin and you smash into his flesh; let him smash into your flesh and you fracture his bones; let him fracture your bones and you take his life. Do not be concerned with escaping safely — lay your life before him
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08-23-2013, 01:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Vettezuki
I'll look these materials later, not familiar. But my brother made a fairly fancy front bumper in fiber glass for the snake, so the process of making and using a mold I'm familiar with. Was planning on doing a diffuser in carbon fiber for the fuck of it.
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08-23-2013, 02:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Shaolin Crane
I use plywood. Cheap.
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Heavy and not resistant to moisture. Sintra and Alumalite are both cheap at about $200 for a 8' by 4' board, very light weight and easy to work. Alumalite is a plastic core sandwiched in aluminum. Sintra in expanded PVC. Sintra can be easily formed by using a heat gun. I think it will be easier to shape than wood. Then the base shape is set then you can vacuum bag it with CF or just glass over it. Larpers make their armer out of it.
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08-23-2013, 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by BADDASSC6
Heavy and not resistant to moisture. Sintra and Alumalite are both cheap at about $200 for a 8' by 4' board, very light weight and easy to work. Alumalite is a plastic core sandwiched in aluminum. Sintra in expanded PVC. Sintra can be easily formed by using a heat gun. I think it will be easier to shape than wood. Then the base shape is set then you can vacuum bag it with CF or just glass over it. Larpers make their armer out of it.
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Sounds similar to some plastics we have worked with plastics before ( like my very sophisticated instrument cluster . . .) Basically you can build a form then using the heat gun you can "mold" it around the form and using special plastic glues, can bond the various pieces together. Doesn't sound like what you want to do is terribly difficult, just time. Is what you want not available off the shelf?
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08-23-2013, 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by BADDASSC6
Heavy and not resistant to moisture. Sintra and Alumalite are both cheap at about $200 for a 8' by 4' board, very light weight and easy to work. Alumalite is a plastic core sandwiched in aluminum. Sintra in expanded PVC. Sintra can be easily formed by using a heat gun. I think it will be easier to shape than wood. Then the base shape is set then you can vacuum bag it with CF or just glass over it. Larpers make their armer out of it.
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Not all plywood is heavy and anything is moisture resistant with sealer.
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08-23-2013, 02:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Vettezuki
Sounds similar to some plastics we have worked with plastics before ( like my very sophisticated instrument cluster . . .) Basically you can build a form then using the heat gun you can "mold" it around the form and using special plastic glues, can bond the various pieces together. Doesn't sound like what you want to do is terribly difficult, just time. Is what you want not available off the shelf?
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Yes it's available but they are very expensive,I question their functionality,and I expect them both to be high wear items for a track car. So I'm looking for a product that is easy to produce, cheap, and durable. I think an alums lite panel will be easy to replace if damaged the hardest part would be making the brackets to mount it. The diffuser will be harder, but I think when the mold is made then making copies will be fast and cost effective.
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