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Re: Star cracks in the mold
By:Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks
Date: 4/2/1999, 10:18 am
In Response To: Star cracks in the mold (Dave Williams)

Reworking the mold would probably cost more than making a new one. You would have to grind out all those cracks then fill them in. You would then need to smooth and fair out the patches. When you are all done there is no guarrantee that the probablem won't reappear.

You can probably make a new mold by making a mold of the mold - just like pulling a boat but you use a heavier layup. Then clean up the surface of this plug. Then pull a mold off the plug. The risk in doing this is some accumulated error due to shrinkage of each mold.

> What can I do? Does the whole mold need to be reworked eventually? What
> does that entail?

> Much thanks for any advice!

Messages In This Thread

Star cracks in the mold
Dave Williams -- 4/1/1999, 9:21 am
Re: Star cracks in the mold
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 4/2/1999, 10:18 am
Re: Star cracks in the mold
Matthew Bastian -- 4/1/1999, 12:05 pm