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« on: January 30, 2012, 05:38:01 PM »
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« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2012, 05:47:29 PM »
Want!

But I'd end up using the left rear corner for other things....
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« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2012, 06:06:25 PM »
heck you cut up that other bus... imagine the things you could have done...
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« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2012, 06:49:44 PM »
You know it would be possible to pull a mold from a bus and reproduce them in fiberglass . . .   Cool
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« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2012, 09:33:20 PM »
Quote from: 74loaf on January 30, 2012, 06:06:25 PM
heck you cut up that other bus... imagine the things you could have done...

Nah, that one had the area between the engine bay and the rear hatch cut out. The guy that stripped it  it it out to make pulling the motor easier... Grrrr


Zen, how hard is it to make a fiberglass mold?
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« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2012, 09:51:32 PM »
I've never actually done it, but several years ago I looked into it.  It's not a complicated process, but if it's a complicated shape, you have to make the mold in pieces so you can get the part out of the mold when you're done.  The basic process can be as simple as coating the part you are going to copy with a mold release agent, then covering it with fiberglass . . . when it cures, pop the fiberglass off and there's your mold.  Coat it with a release agent and lay fiberglass in it.  When it cures, pop out the part and clean up the edges.
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« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2012, 10:59:48 AM »
I don't need anymore projects...
I don't need anymore projects...
I don't need anymore projects...
I don't need anymore projects...


I might have to try this!
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