Time machine...it has begun.

[smcguiga]

This is going to take a while.







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[mluder]

What are you going to cast them out of? Silicon?

Cheers
Steve

[smcguiga]

What are you going to cast them out of? Silicon?

Cheers
Steve

I have some Rubber ReoFlex 60 and black tint from Smooth-On that I will use for casting. I've made two silicon molds so I can cast two at a time. The cure time says 16 hours for the ReoFlex 60.

[smcguiga]

Next up is an idea I had for mounting the flux band brackets. I'm suspending hard drive magnets just inside the mold so they will be slightly under the bottom of the bracket.



Now the Reoflex goes in and wait 16 hours!



I'm testing on the front fender since it's easy to get magnets behind the stainless.



Now the bracket will stick to the car!



I'm not sure if this will be strong enough to hold while driving. I guess once they are all on the car I'll have to see how much force it takes to pull them all off. I have a feeling I will need to fasten them to the car somewhere for safety....time will tell.

Now on to make a crap load of these....


Next up, flux boxes!




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[mluder]

Next up is an idea I had for mounting the flux band brackets. I'm suspending hard drive magnets just inside the mold so they will be slightly under the bottom of the bracket.



Now the Reoflex goes in and wait 16 hours!



I'm testing on the front fender since it's easy to get magnets behind the stainless.



Now the bracket will stick to the car!



I'm not sure if this will be strong enough to hold while driving. I guess once they are all on the car I'll have to see how much force it takes to pull them all off. I have a feeling I will need to fasten them to the car somewhere for safety....time will tell.

Now on to make a crap load of these....


Next up, flux boxes!




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This is great... You're making real all the things I've been thinking and writing down. It's always handy to have someone else prove the concepts.

Is the wood flux box the final piece or are you casting those too?

Cheers
Steve

[smcguiga]

This is great... You're making real all the things I've been thinking and writing down. It's always handy to have someone else prove the concepts.

Is the wood flux box the final piece or are you casting those too?

Cheers
Steve

I'll be casting the flux boxes once the wood models are perfect.


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[Mark D]

Lookin good so far Steve!

[Hoverboy]

Looks great so far! I'm excited to see your progress on the magnets. Great idea!

[smcguiga]

I think I am finally ready to make some molds. The oil separator model (thanks Steven Maguire for the measurements and pics) has removable dowel pieces for the pipes so I will just mold the base. Question now is what material should I use for casting. I'm thinking it would be good to tint the material the blue/gray for the boxes and of course black for the oil separator.



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[smcguiga]

I didn't forget about the little angle piece on the oil separator.
I don't know if it's perfect yet but looks pretty good I think.




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