PART ONE: I Vacuum Bagged The Whole Damn Thing 'Cuz I’m Chassis That Way
Carbon forgings are coming along slowly and steadily.
Here’s one fresh out of the mold, still with its dusting of 13 original herbs and spices:
And after much cleanup and grinding:
These flat panels are made by drawing patterns onto craft paper and vacuum bagging them onto end grain balsa, to make a lightweight sandwich that’s carvable with a knife:
All the panels are glued up with thickened epoxy to make the center frame of the chassis, and the outside edges are rounded over:
The inside edges are filleted with a epoxy/silica/sawdust mix:
The forgings are glued on and over-wrapped with carbon:
The tricky spots are wrapped with flax fabric manually:
The whole thing gets bagged up (and i make my room extremely messy):
The end result is approved by my supurrrvisor:
