Curb feelers and a nodding head dog will make it go faster.
That's quite the project. That's some great worksmanship. I've wanted to try making some custom CF motorcycle parts for a good while now, but haven't really had the time.
I'll stick to my traditional 2 wheeled bikes for now though.
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Ft laud, went to brow cc in the 70's, drove yellow cab for mr gaddis 6 years. If you can make a smooth plug the way you want it. PM me, I'll tell you what ive learned makeing the molds. I make bladder molded sq carbon fiber tubes too/sell on ebay. 1"&1/2 x 1"&1/2.
Last edited by gunoil; 04-27-2016 at 07:57 PM.
Much work finished at rear bulkhead of the mold. But much filling and sanding togo!
Mold is on rotisserie and six wheels.
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Get off ya butt bout 4 days a week and pedal neighborhood on a recumbent. It works.
I've taken some classes at BCC, and the academy is there. They actually dropped one of the C's from the name and just call it Broward College now, because they started doing at least one bachelor's program.
It must've been something to have cabbies that weren't fresh off the boat.
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god it was heaven when l was there, lesters, brownies, etc.. Went back years later, what a total loss. City council ruined ft laud.. Tore the whole beach down. Parked cars a lil while @ mai-kai when l started school. Sorry to say l had no sense of direction. I do have memories. If l had only known what l know now. Some get theirs late in life.
Lester's is still there on SR84. I've been there many, many times before. It's funny that I knew it as a nice family oriented type of place going there for breakfast with my parents Sunday morning. It's a whole different world at 4am after the clubs have emptied out.
I'm pretty sure Brownie's is still there on Andrews as well but I've never been in there.
Things have definitely changed around here, just since I was a kid. My parents bought a place in the mountains 10 years ago and don't even like visiting here anymore.
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my dad and my brother has place in avery county. NC mtns.. Much Florida people do also. I'll be back.
Making a plug for rear rollover Raingutter behind your head. You can hold a water hose on here and the gutter will have plenty of run-off. I shape with grinders and pointy sander from harborfreight, then shapeing by hand a lil before covering with fg,micro balloons and epoxy. Then wet sanding a priming/polishing for few days/weeks. Then lay cfiber over plug to make the gutter. Then store plug in attic.
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Where are the anti-gun web sites? Its a total loss. I was nieve, @ 63 never paid attention to cycling, hard core liberals? Well l know now.
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New pic. Now Iam finishing the frt wheel well area now. Blk carbon pieces cleico'ed in place. Will roll mold upside down tomorrow and skin the 4 places. Then roll back uprite, fill with micro and epoxy and sand for days before priming with 2K primer. I will polish and wax mold before layup and final is (water based) mclube 818 which is sprayed on. The carbon fiber shell unibody will be trimed,washed, painted, and wrapped for advertisement. Then install hardwares, this should be a first class velomobile.
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Well it seems like a whole lot of work to make one of these by hand.
And that's coming from a part time professional blacksmith LOL
Keep at it. looks good.
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Any mold/tool is work. alot of work. If you hired someone nowdays to make you a mold/tool it would be a small fortune.
But, when mold is finished, its gets fun and simple/ make 2 cf shells per month.
Thanks, well when l get the mold finished in next couple months, l can make one every 10 days (or 2 per month) and have it boxed & ready for anyone.
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Paint or wrap, order & install hardwares is for the customer. And that is super easy for bicycle people. Even l did it, riding the prototype mule for 5 months (pics here). Never owned nothing more than a 3sp hub all my life/now 9 & 10 speeds.
Last edited by gunoil; 06-07-2016 at 07:24 AM.
took a order today, my doctor! he wants one.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |