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Everytime I
do this silly foam molds, I get a little better at it.
This time,
I used that green craft foam that Wal-Mart sells, which must be about the
easiest thing in the world to sand. It's almost too soft actually,
though it won't seem that way when I'm trying to chip it out through the open
holes. The other tool I've added is the belt sander. Used
carefully, it makes very short work of the shaping. If you can set up a
big fan behind you, blowing at the sander, the cloud of dust exits the hanger
nicely (best performed when you're neighbors aren't around).
The
round ends were cut with a hole saw, that happened to have about the
right ID.
The glued
in sticks are an improvement from when I built the last airbox/plenum thing I
had. I learned that it's pretty hard to work with a piece that has wet
glass all around it. Now I have a handle :-)
As you can
see, it's now 6:30 central, so I won't be doing any glassing today. I do
have all the pieces cut, as well as having everything else ready to go.
I'll attempt to put on 3 layers in the morning, using fast hardener (air
conditioned garage), then put however many more layers I feel like I need
later in the day.
Cheers,
Rusty (will
the fun ever end...)
Hey, Rusty....I have heard rumors that you
hate fiberglassing. On the other side of the coin....how long do you think it
would take you to make all those compound curves out of
aluminum? Yes, you seem to get better and better with each
fiberglass job.....I think you are really a closet fiberglasser, and afraid to
admit it. Looks good, Rusty. I hope you are rewarded
with excellent cooling from these scoops. Paul
Conner