NO NO NO. This item was made as a replacement part. This is just a nice looking item we are trying to make, we are trying to shed weight and make a structural piece as well as something cosmetic.
Just for the record i was not trying to start a fight or arguement, i was defending myself b/c i felt that some were attacking me.
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If you’d said the mold was too small, I would have understood, because PER and VER can often give problems with shrinkage. Do you think you should consider an epoxy mould as it is generally more stable and not so prone to shrinkage problems?
this is a good point. If I am going to make a carbon mold then I would use high temp epoxy and vacuum bag it to get its full potential and have minimal shrinkage.
Its pretty easy to see from the OPs pics that his mould is too small. This sort of thing is repairable, but in the case of a smallish mould its probably not going to be cost effective to do so.
Shrinkage when making moulds can be much reduced if tooling resin system with the appropriate catlyist is used, rather than general lay up resin, which will shrink a little especially if the finished mould is going to be quite thick.
hey all,
I am going to so some through measuring tomorrow morning to confirm if the mould is small or big. from the gaps between the the lid and the edge i thought it was too big.
But now i am thinking that the panel is not fitting inside of the mould.
I am going to get cnc pricing on mond. Im tierd of detailing with mould makers who cant do what they say.
if i knew more about mould making i would do it myself
Sorry you had such a bad experience with you mould maker.
Here is a similar project I made for a customer using epoxy tooling dough;
Create Flange and prime;
Finish paint and release;
Finished mould awaiting inside mould;
Expect to pay well over $2000 for something like this, but at least it’s accurate!
If I can help you please PM me. We also have access to CNC machining.
How can i measure the radius on the plug then measure the radius of the mould to confirm that the two are the same?
I have been trying to derive equations using arc length and such but i cant find a way to measure a radius with the dimensions i have.
any ideas?
What i would like to know is,
How did you create a flange for this part? I bet i could use a similar method to remake a mould if i needed to. I am going to work on the mould tomorrow and give the dimensions of the part and the mould at that time. I have something very important to do today.
thanks for everyones help and input