CF blanking plates made to order

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 9:22 am

its always the easiest methods that work best

A1ex · Post by **A1ex** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 9:28 am

I know, cant believe I didn't think of doing it sooner. It's such a pain in the arse waxing the mould 5 times to still get streaks which then don't polish out

Post by **lewd lude lover** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 10:20 am

i spent ages thinking about a side project. then i had a brainwave and its worked out perfectly.

i will of course be putting up a build thread when iv finished

its so nice when a plan comes together...

A1ex · Post by **A1ex** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 10:34 am

oooh, what is it?

A1ex · Post by **A1ex** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 2:29 pm

I bought a cutting disc today as I couldn't be arsed to file it out

Can cut holes for the 52mm gauges very easily now

BMCC · Post by **BMCC** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 5:33 pm

Interesting post

So what sort of time frame are we looking at for one of these to be made?
How do you attach the CF to the frame?

A1ex · Post by **A1ex** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 6:23 pm

BMCC wrote:Interesting post

So what sort of time frame are we looking at for one of these to be made?
How do you attach the CF to the frame?

Cheers

For the blanking plates I can turn one around in 24 hrs as there isn't much prep to do before hand or cutting work to do afterwards which is nice. I've got a tool to cut out the gauge holes as well now so this doesn't cause a delay either.

The gear trims are proving to be a lot slower at the moment as they take about 3-4 hours to prep and about 10 hours to tidy up afterwards and finding the time is a big problem. You can ask Mercutio and LLL about that one

As for attaching the CF to the frame there are a couple ways you can do it, either with some double sided tape or if you want something a bit more permanent use some 2 part resin, you wouldn't need much something like this would be ideal;

http://www.maplin.co.uk/5-minute-epoxy- ... 8&t=module

If you want one drop me a PM with the details of what your looking for we can something out

A1ex · Post by **A1ex** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 9:39 am

Got some new pictures with a better finish ( ipod photos sorry

)

There is 1 part sold from this plate already ( BMCC

) but can get another double or two singles out of it this week if anyone wants them for the weekend?

EDIT: The creace in the bottom isn't being use for a panel

A1ex · Post by **A1ex** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 9:40 pm

Me again

Got some extra pictures of a cut piece, you can see the finish better too

Dino · Post by **Dino** » Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:56 pm

Alex.
Will the double blank plate fit a 4th gen stereo and tray area? or are these cut to 5th gen size?
Cheers