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Oli 
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 Topic: Pimp ClubPosted: 01 Dec 10 at 9:32am |
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too late! its already had the jesters leaving party!
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Oli
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Posted: 30 Nov 10 at 9:33am |
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winkle brigg pics coming soon.....
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Merlinboy
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Posted: 29 Nov 10 at 11:00pm |
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Any more pimping happening over the colder months?? Watch this space for more 5oh action over the festive period!!!
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s.a.l.t.y
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Posted: 16 Nov 10 at 9:25am |
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Thanks! No i didnt think about the loop, but what would it actually be for seeing as the trapeze line runs through the disc and attaches to the clamcleat. But i reckon it would be pretty difficult anyway, as the loop would be pretty small so the carbon wouldnt be easlily moulded without something premade to hold it to that shape
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getafix
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Posted: 16 Nov 10 at 6:30am |
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that's a cracking effort salty - did you think about creating a loop/eye on the 'top' of the handle? i'd like to know how thats done when working with carbon....
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s.a.l.t.y
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Posted: 15 Nov 10 at 10:48pm |
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Cheers Jamie. I thought they came out rather well!
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Jamie600
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Posted: 15 Nov 10 at 10:32pm |
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Superb mate!
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s.a.l.t.y
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Posted: 15 Nov 10 at 7:34pm |
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Its been a while but i finally got round to finishing off the trapeze discs last night. So heres the result...
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alstorer
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Posted: 29 Oct 10 at 10:24pm |
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do remember that for small items, a kitchen oven on low is actually quite a good curing oven- though try to avoid contamination. Don't go above 80°C- at 80, I'd reckon standard West should be done (as in fully done, not just hard) in about a couple of hours. This is though somewhat guess work, as I've not got time or inclination to actually investigate it in the lab properly
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s.a.l.t.y
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Posted: 29 Oct 10 at 9:29pm |
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No I didn't use anything at all technical like that at all Jamie! I bought a carbon compass bracket off ebay ages ago, and when it arrived it was a piece of crap. It was a complete waste of money so I just put it in the garage and left it. Then I had the trapeze disc idea.
The bracket was only about 1.5mm thick (made from a sandwich of twill weave carbon, glass cloth and then another layer of twill carbon), so I cut out 4 discs the same size and then roughed up the worst side of each one. I then mixed up some west system epoxy and glued them together. Now for this bit I had no special tools. I found a sheet of clear acrylic which was pretty smooth and shiny to use to get the flat underside finish. And because my mate has my release wax I had to improvise with some turtle wax car polish. I spread some epoxy on the acrylic and placed 2 of the discs 'good-side down' on top, trying to smooth it out and make sure I had as few bubbles as possible underneath (queue the clear plastic to see the underside). Then I spread some more epoxy over the top of the 2 discs and placed the other 2 on top so that the roughed sides matched up. Then to finish it I poured the remaining epoxy over the top and spread it around a bit so it was about 2mm thick, and because of the nature of the liquid epoxy, there was a meniscus around the edge of each disc which gave the nice rounded edge. I then just let it settle itself down and rested it between the gap in the workmate with an electric fan heater underneath on full chat to speed up the curing process (it was pretty cold in the garage today). After about an hour they were done. I just peeled the epoxy 'splatter' off the acrylic - it all dribbled together so the discs were joined - and then trimmed off the excess from around the edge and gave the top a quick sand over with some 600 and then 1200 wet n dry. And voila, 2 carbon trapeze discs. Ive cleaned the t cut out now aswell so they look better than in that photo.
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