Friday, July 8, 2011

Making the flange on the Girder

The flange runs the length of the girder and down the aft side. 

Firstly we found a good flat non stick surface and if i can recall it was made with 2 layers of EDB240 fiber glass and held together with resin from the WEST SYSTEM with a layer of peel ply then left to dry.


Now that the glass is hardened we placed it on a flat level surface. Placed the glassed girder on top of the center of the flange then held in place using masking tape. once the girder is secure it is then coved with rubberised epoxy. This is real sticky stuff and can get real messy if not careful, so we used masking tape to reduce the spread.



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