George Lendich wrote:

Paul,

Be kind! I read the message about you going away for a while but got excited about the progress and thought I would sneak that photo in before you left.
Needless to say, I didn't make it

Now a follow up!

I used that water pressure suggestion, did you see the hose connection on the mould?

My Son thinking it would take a lot of pressure to separate the mould, turned the water on hard (thinking he was helping) - I thought the whole thing was
going to blow-up. It did the job alright but I'm lucky that I have a mould left to show you, it did get a few stress fractures as it was a fairly light
lay-up.

Anyhow a photo to update everyone, is attached.

This will be the master mould in which the pattern is laid-up.

The pattern will consist of one light layer of cloth followed by a thicker Core material, to get the 5mm thickness targeted. The outside will be nice and
smooth but inside the pattern will need to be smoothed out.

The beauty of this approach is that if the pattern is lost or destroyed, a new one is much more easily manufactured using the master mould.

Having a master mould also maintains the dimensional integrity of any subsequent patterns.

George (down under)

You were OK George. That was not directed at you alone. Some people sent me three or
four messages asking what happened :).

Paul Lamar

 
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