Making my first piece of carbon fibre honeycomb sheet.
Made pattern using plastic card. I had a little moment when I thought clutch master cylinder would foul top of bulkhead but it just fits.
Cut carbon sheet to pattern. Two pieces, mirrored.
Cut section of honeycomb just bigger than carbon
Made resin tray out of same plastic card.
Mixed 2-part resin. No idea how much I would need so erred on the high side - 200gms of part 1 and 66gms of part 2.
Poured resin into tray and spread it evenly.
Placed honeycomb into tray and shuffled it about to make sure of decent coverage.
Placed honeycomb on to carbon sheet and placed other sheet onto unglued side so it could be weighed down using bolt bins
Removed unused resin from tray and it weighed 150gms. Left for 3 hours to cure.
Removed weights and it seems to have worked.
Reduced next resin batch to 150 and 50.
Filled tray with next batch of resin. Placed honeycomb/carbon into resin with honeycomb down.
Removed from tray and placed onto second carbon sheet and weighed it down again with bolt bins.
Removed bolts this morning and unstuck carbon from bench
Didn't turn out too bad for first attempt.
Next job is to make fixing bobbins so pedal box can be attached. These have to be used otherwise tightening bolts will crush the honeycomb.