Thanks for understanding.

You've done more in one day than some of the others have at all.


And turbohunter, that pic in your sig is so messed up.


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Hah, I'll pour the positive tomorrow.

It is. That poor dog has it's **** all over the web!

 

Have you thought about making little rings out of like 1/4" birch, the size of whatever gauge you wanna use and gluing them to whatever angle you want on the fiberglass base. Then stretch fleece over your pillar pod and staple the fleece to the face of the rings and I would use something like superglue to glue the fleece to the back side of the fiberglass base and then soak in resin. Then use some body filler to smooth it all out. That might be the easiest way especially if your planning on doing a lot of them. The other way I was thinking was a two part polyurethane foam, carving and then fiberglassing on it, that would work for a one off part but reproducing it many times would take forever. What your doing is almost the same as if you were making a fiberglass speaker pod or sub enclosure, just on a smaller scale. Good Luck! Looking forward to se how it turns out.

Forgot to mention use painters tape or aluminum foil on your positive to pull your fiberglass of easy.

 

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I know it's gonna take some experimenting.

I used aluminum foil to make the negative yesterday

 

how are you planning to fix it to the pillar.

 

That's what I gotta figure out. I know one end can hook around the pinch-weld under the weatherstripping. It's possible that the other end could be held in place by the windshield seal.

 

Ok, got about 4-6 of positive poured. Will post a pic when it's dried.

 

Yeah you want to try making it without having to drill holes all in your pillar. Have you thought about using something like 3m double sided tape. Like the stuff they use on body kits. maybe recess some grooves on the bottom side of the fiberglass base that the tape can sit in. Just an idea.

 

That's a good idea.

 

Should be just big enough for the footprint of a single gauge pod.

I may just buy a block of clay to shape since I'd be able shape it and reshape it. Plus a 10lb block is only $10.

And fyi, I'll have to wait to do any glass work till I have time to get to my uncle's house since he's got all the resin. Then I'll send off a few pods and reinvest any money into more supplies to start cranking them out.

 

Poured a little more plaster to make the positive bigger and stronger. Also bought some clay. Gotta sand the plaster positive and seal it with paint, then cover it in clay and go to work shaping.

 

Subscribed. May take one, Will be watching.

 

I'm in for at least a 2 pod, but if you make a 3 pod that would be my choice. Pyrometer, boost and fuel pressure. Both my pyrometer and boost are 2 3/4" deep, 2 1/16" diameter. I don't have the fuel pressure yet, but I assume it would be the same dimensions.

Keep us posted!

 

Clay time! Used a piece of pipe for the gauge enclosure, hence the hole; will close that up later. The diameter of the round part is about 3 inches; not entirely sure what size gauge that would equate to. I haven't decided yet if I want to add a second gauge to this one or not. It'll just mean that there's less taper at the top. I'm fully open to suggestions, design considerations, etc.

The front


The back.


Oh, and fordworth, you still skeptical?