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Vincent Keene
 Post subject: My latest project (warning 56K users!)
PostPosted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 1:54 pm 
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After reading tons on the web and buying a figerglass DVD I decided I was ready to jump into a custom molded pod.

I bought the materials last week and started the fabrication on Saturday and finished it up on Sunday. I'm still waiting on the IP-Bus cable to use the XM’s AUX input (I’m not a fan of FM Modulation) before I actually install it in the car, but all the custom fab work is done. I'm quite pleased with the final result especially considering this was my first time working with these materials.

Here are the pictures of the process step by step. Let me know what you guys think...be nice!

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Looks just a bit crooked... :P
:poke:

Nice job, VK!

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Vincent Keene
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Carl Fisher wrote:
Looks just a bit crooked... :P
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Nice job, VK!


The pod is straight...trust me. The unit was just placed in there for the picture (isn't mounted yet) which does appear off just a bit.

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This is one of the coolest things that I have ever seen.

You've got PM VK...

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Vincent Keene
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Karl Shultz wrote:
This is one of the coolest things that I have ever seen...


Not cooler than my tire trailer though right? :wink:

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very nice.

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Wow. That turned out really nice Vincent (especially the paint).

Was it tough to heat & bend the ABS without snapping it?
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Very cool Vincent- you have much more patience than me...


BTW- if the bondo you're using is setting up in 30 seconds, you might be using too much hardener. Try using a little bit less next time and you should get more working time.




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Agreed with what Bret said. Slower curing bondo will give you more time to form it like you want and cause much less required sanding. You can go so thin on the hardener that it never sets, but there is a happy medium where you get a couple minutes before it gets too gooey.

Very nice work, though. Do you think the hot glue is fine, or would it have been worth it to epoxy that part, too? Or maybe Epoxy some on top of the hot glue? My fear is things moving enough to possibly crack the bondo, or at least the joints between the bondo and the ABS.

I really want to learn to lay up my own carbon fiber one day. How cool would it be to have stopped at the sanding stage and then use the piece you made as a mold for a new CF replacement? :twisted:

Very nice work, though. You've got some serious patience.


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...You've got some serious patience....


Did anybody else get spray coke all over their monitor when they read that comment. :lol: :lol:

Seriously, that looks great Vincent. Very pimp!! :thumbsup:

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Todd Breakey wrote:
Donnie Barnes wrote:
...You've got some serious patience....


Did anybody else get spray coke all over their monitor when they read that comment. :lol: :lol:

Seriously, that looks great Vincent. Very pimp!! :thumbsup:



well Todd, if people could be molded more readily, i am guessing VK would have patience with them too. :wink:
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Todd Breakey wrote:
Donnie Barnes wrote:
...You've got some serious patience....


Did anybody else get spray coke all over their monitor when they read that comment. :lol: :lol:

Seriously, that looks great Vincent. Very pimp!! :thumbsup:



Wait, did we all just get transported back to 1977 ????



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Vincent Keene
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Matt McGrain wrote:
Wow. That turned out really nice Vincent (especially the paint).

Was it tough to heat & bend the ABS without snapping it?


Thanks Matt. The paint was the easy part. Who knew truck bedliner spray was so user friendly to texture a dash? The ABS is very easy to bend and shape. I built this four gauge pod a few weeks back using only ABS epoxy and a heat gun.

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Donnie Barnes wrote:
Agreed with what Bret said. Slower curing bondo will give you more time to form it like you want and cause much less required sanding. You can go so thin on the hardener that it never sets, but there is a happy medium where you get a couple minutes before it gets too gooey.


Live and learn. This was my very first attempt using Bondo. On my next project I’ll use less hardner to try and get more working time.

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Do you think the hot glue is fine, or would it have been worth it to epoxy that part, too? Or maybe Epoxy some on top of the hot glue? My fear is things moving enough to possibly crack the bondo, or at least the joints between the bondo and the ABS.


I’ll have to say that I don’t *know* about any of this. FYI, epoxy is harder to work with that the Bondo! The hot glue method was used on several of the projects I found on the web so I decided to try it. It’s very easy to work with too. The portion of the bezel (and how it mounts in the car) is very rigid so I don’t *think* it will crack. Only time will tell though.

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steve remchak wrote:
Todd Breakey wrote:
Donnie Barnes wrote:
...You've got some serious patience....


Did anybody else get spray coke all over their monitor when they read that comment. :lol: :lol:

Seriously, that looks great Vincent. Very pimp!! :thumbsup:



well Todd, if people could be molded more readily, i am guessing VK would have patience with them too. :wink:


Wow, I think we have had a break through here!!

VK, looks very sweet. I want to add a couple of guages to the Mini but I feel guilty buying a pod now!

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clinehall wrote:
VK, looks very sweet. I want to add a couple of guages to the Mini but I feel guilty buying a pod now!


Thanks!

Talk to Keith Strassel...seriously. He made his own version of the "Mouse Ears" that looks great in his Mini.

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