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By Greg Bull — GBI Technical Advisor I used this quick mold method in order to move the mainsail traveler cleat from the transom of Strings to put it within easy reach of the helmsmen. The part I made had to be strong enough to withstand the loads of the traveler. A male mold was […]
Using a car body mold to modify a race car demonstrates this approach to building composite parts using different kinds of molds. By Don Gutzmer – GBI Technical Advisor Featured image (above): A scrap of curved fiberglass panel was the perfect piece to extend the nose of the car body to match the new profile. […]
With G/5 Five-Minute Epoxy Adhesive By Tom Pawlak — GBI Technical Advisor A few years back Mary, my better half, suggested I make a custom stained glass lampshade for our den at home. There are molds commercially available for making glass lampshades. They hold glass pieces in position in the desired curved shape until the soldering […]
by Tom Pawlak — GBI Technical Advisor Above: Three 8″ plywood supports isolate the mold from the mold strongback. Back in the 1980s, Gougeon Brothers, Inc. was one of the largest producers of wind turbine blades in the US. The blades were built of wood veneer and epoxy, and varied in length from 10′ to […]
by Captain James R. Watson As winter wore on, I ran out of things to do. There was no snow for skiing and no ice for ice boating. I figured it was a good time to make something fancy for the new catamaran. I reckoned that fairing the compasses that stuck up out of the […]
