Have you ever wondered what it takes to make a mold?
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Re: Have you ever wondered what it takes to make a mold?
You're going to make a fortune from those rear corner moulds
You're going to make a fortune from those rear corner moulds
Norm
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Re: Have you ever wondered what it takes to make a mold?
Haven't commented on this thread till now, I have read it a few times and all I can say is" Your doing a pretty damn good job". Hopefully I won't be a customer ( don't want to break any cladding) but if I do, I don't think I'll have a problem putting one of your pieces on .
Haven't commented on this thread till now, I have read it a few times and all I can say is" Your doing a pretty damn good job". Hopefully I won't be a customer ( don't want to break any cladding) but if I do, I don't think I'll have a problem putting one of your pieces on .
Captain Morgan
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Re: Have you ever wondered what it takes to make a mold?
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fivetodrive
CRISPY
Re: Have you ever wondered what it takes to make a mold?
Would you be interested in making a mold for the SOGT bumperettes? I have a set...
I would actually love to have a sogt passenger rear on my sy and have the exhaust exit there...
Aaron
Would you be interested in making a mold for the SOGT bumperettes? I have a set...
I would actually love to have a sogt passenger rear on my sy and have the exhaust exit there...
Aaron
mattw
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Re: Have you ever wondered what it takes to make a mold?
I just happen to have left-over tooling gelcoat and resin and yes I would like to make a mold of the bumperettes. I'll PM you my address and gladly paypal you shipping..
Would you mind if I have them for a few months? I work on this stuff as I have time and it may take me 2-3 months to make the molds...
I just happen to have left-over tooling gelcoat and resin and yes I would like to make a mold of the bumperettes. I'll PM you my address and gladly paypal you shipping..
Would you mind if I have them for a few months? I work on this stuff as I have time and it may take me 2-3 months to make the molds...
fivetodrive
CRISPY
Re: Have you ever wondered what it takes to make a mold?
No problem! I bottom on a whim hoping you would be able to make copiesI just wish I had a son Noma GTcorner for you to copy...
No problem! I bottom on a whim hoping you would be able to make copiesI just wish I had a son Noma GTcorner for you to copy...
mattw
Active member
Re: Have you ever wondered what it takes to make a mold?
I don't think a GT corner would work on your Sy.. The Sy corner accepts the rear arch and the GT corner doesn't have provisions to do that. A hybrid of the 2 could be made but that would be a fair amount of work..
I don't think a GT corner would work on your Sy.. The Sy corner accepts the rear arch and the GT corner doesn't have provisions to do that. A hybrid of the 2 could be made but that would be a fair amount of work..
mattw
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Re: Have you ever wondered what it takes to make a mold?
I took some pics for you today Dave. This is factory 2-door cladding on my 4-door. I installed these and then drew a line on the body where they sit. That way I can ensure my 4-door cladding gets positioned the same..
I took some pics for you today Dave. This is factory 2-door cladding on my 4-door. I installed these and then drew a line on the body where they sit. That way I can ensure my 4-door cladding gets positioned the same..
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mattw
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Re: Have you ever wondered what it takes to make a mold?
Here is an update on the parts that I started Friday. Over the weekend I have:
Layed the first layer of glass over the gel-coat and wetted it out with resin:
Waited for that to set up then did another layer of slightly heavier glass and wetted that out..
I also started what I'm calling my ghetto mold. It will be used one time to make part of the custom 4-door cladding. To make it I put blue painters tape over the original cladding. Then I painted on some old resin that has gotten thick over the years and probably isn't useful for much of anything else. I let this setup like a gelcoat then grabbed my box of scrap cloth/MAT and started laying it up. I'm curious to see how it works out as I've never cut corners making a mold before but since this will only be a one time use I didn't really care much about it..
They just need a layer or two of MAT then they can be pulled from the molds and trimmed. I may try to make it over tomorrow evening to lay the MAT up on at least a few of those parts.. I'm tired of smelling that crap so I'm not working on it anymore today..
Here is an update on the parts that I started Friday. Over the weekend I have:
Layed the first layer of glass over the gel-coat and wetted it out with resin:
Waited for that to set up then did another layer of slightly heavier glass and wetted that out..
I also started what I'm calling my ghetto mold. It will be used one time to make part of the custom 4-door cladding. To make it I put blue painters tape over the original cladding. Then I painted on some old resin that has gotten thick over the years and probably isn't useful for much of anything else. I let this setup like a gelcoat then grabbed my box of scrap cloth/MAT and started laying it up. I'm curious to see how it works out as I've never cut corners making a mold before but since this will only be a one time use I didn't really care much about it..
They just need a layer or two of MAT then they can be pulled from the molds and trimmed. I may try to make it over tomorrow evening to lay the MAT up on at least a few of those parts.. I'm tired of smelling that crap so I'm not working on it anymore today..
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mattw
Active member
Re: Have you ever wondered what it takes to make a mold?
Yep, I thinking of spraying my cladding a satin or flat white. I don't want it to be the same base/clear white as the body..
Yep, I thinking of spraying my cladding a satin or flat white. I don't want it to be the same base/clear white as the body..
mattw
Active member
Re: Have you ever wondered what it takes to make a mold?
So I have FINALLY finished molding all of the parts that I need to make my custom 4-door kit. At this point I just need to modify and combine some 2-door parts to make my 4-door parts..
These are my "ghetto molds" that will be used to build the back part of the one-off rear door cladding parts.
So I have FINALLY finished molding all of the parts that I need to make my custom 4-door kit. At this point I just need to modify and combine some 2-door parts to make my 4-door parts..
These are my "ghetto molds" that will be used to build the back part of the one-off rear door cladding parts.