preparing for 1st infusion test

im going to try this on the next bit,its a tee piece with the bottom sliced off so it stands up,it should be much easier to seal up.

For the vacuum or resin inlet?

It seems the resin feed line is a little on the large diameter size too…it may flow it too fast and not let it fully satuate the reinforcement?

for resin inlet,yes the pipe was a little bigger than i wanted to use but its all i had handy,what size do you use?

well ive debagged it and there is no sign at all of any air around that area,rear of the part looks perfect at least,will have to wait until the morning to see the bit that counts :frowning:

lol much to late with me reply to your private message. Even if in the morning it hasnt set hard i.e lift a corner and it should try to snap back down leave it.

I use tees and elbows all the time m8 but no need to mess about cutting them just use a bit of that ol black sealing tape you have. Difficult to see in the pic but you do have tape around the top of the tee first then slit the bag and seal it that way, I take it the tape that looks as though its ontop the bag is insurance.If so thats ok.

Baz

exactly like that yes.

oops,it kind of fell out of the mold ;)…

Duo…as Homer would say!:smiley:

doing another one in twill this time just to see if it was a fluke :slight_smile: the cut down tee worked well,sealed perfectly first go.

Go easy though pulling a vacuum around them tees like that, potential disaster with a pierced bag. Best to put a piece of flow media with a slit cut out over the tee then a piece of peel ply then tape and bag.

Can you see the bag stretched around base of tee, only takes a pin prick to ruin the part m8.

Baz

yeah i thought about that after i had done it,fingers crossed it will hold.
its suprising how quickly you can lay it all up,only takes 20 mins to cut everything and bag it up.
i have tried holding the carbon in loosely with some small bits of masking tape on 2 edges,will see wht happens with this.

see I just take a bit of flow media and wrap it around the tips. Use some masking tape or tacky tape to hold it tight and youre golden.

Normaly I dont use a “T” in the bag anyways. with as small as your part is, you could easily just send the tip of the line in and have it wrapped in flow media.

see I just take a bit of flow media and wrap it around the tips. Use some masking tape or tacky tape to hold it tight and youre golden.

Normaly I dont use a “T” in the bag anyways. with as small as your part is, you could easily just send the tip of the line in and have it wrapped in flow media.