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    Posted: 18/April/2008 at 16:43
Hi all
 
Some guys making a fairing the hard way :-
 
 
Makes Lees Red Zepplin look a walk in the park !
 
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I have been making an EPS plug for a new HPV but a slightly easier way. I was going to use a 5 axis router but the company who was going to do it for me went out of business. So I started with an 8' bu 4' by 2' block of EHD EPS, then using 2 pairs of templates, hot wire cut in 2 planes then started marking off triangles from the cross section plans and cutting them off. Eventually when the triangles get small enough I use shaping screen to round it all off. This is the same way custom surf and windsurf boards are made. (Which I used to shape about 4 a day of). I will post some photos when I can work out how to attach them. I have sent some to the photo section that should be posted soon as well.   
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Here hopefully are some photos of making the plug.
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Posts: 434 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26/April/2008 at 09:56
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Absolutely beautiful , lets hope you will fit into it when it is done.

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Paul. I made a mock-up and then fitted plywood templates round it to check the fit. Then checked the plug with the templates. I will find a photo. This new download for photos is great . Simon
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Photo of mock-up with fairing templates.
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Simon that looks gorgeous!

Is that a whale fin on the top of the plug in photo 3?
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It's the carboard mock-up of the clear bubble canopy I am going to blow.
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