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Author:  mk e [ Tue Feb 12, 2019 1:33 pm ]
Post subject:  Autoclave

I think I need an autoclave.

I found a 200 gal compressor tank for $200.....if they still have it. So cut an end off and add flanges and the gut from an old over, wrap with insulation and I think it's an autoclave big enough to make ....oh I don't know....wheels maybe????

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Author:  mk e [ Tue Feb 12, 2019 2:34 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Autoclave

damn it, hes says someone it picking it up tonight but he'll let me know if the guy is a no-show.

Author:  MerlinTech [ Tue Feb 12, 2019 5:20 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Autoclave

Hell yeah, I am liking what you are thinking. 8-)

Author:  TheDarkSideOfWill [ Sun Feb 17, 2019 1:05 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Autoclave

Because everyone needs an autoclave.

Wheels OTOH... there's a LOT of engineering that goes into wheels and even more that goes into composite wheels. I just happened to watch this this morning:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGGiuaQwcd8

IOW, I don't think I'd want to try composite wheels without them being designed by a composites engineer who understands how to design composite structures against specific load cases AND thoroughly modeled by someone who knows what they're doing in wheel modeling. A destructive test or two to verify the model's predictions would also be welcome. The consequences of failure in that structure are pretty severe and FRP engineering is complicated.

Author:  mk e [ Sun Feb 17, 2019 2:26 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Autoclave

Blah, blah, blah.....isn't safe blah, blah

;)

Not that you're wrong :)

I watched that video...its what convinced me to give it a go.

https://youtu.be/OynKbfEGV_A

Author:  MerlinTech [ Mon Feb 18, 2019 7:59 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Autoclave

mk e wrote:
Blah, blah, blah.....isn't safe blah, blah

;)

Not that you're wrong :)

I watched that video...its what convinced me to give it a go.

https://youtu.be/OynKbfEGV_A


Of coarse you did. How hard can it be? Somebody has done it, why not Mark?
I get it, why pay for what you can do? Makes perfect sense.

Author:  mk e [ Mon Feb 18, 2019 10:11 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Autoclave

To Wil's point though my though is I'll make at least 1 in WAY cheaper fiberglass to get the laying up sorted and if I think it's a good wheel then I break it and cut it open to be sure it was good......then the real ones. That's the plan anyway.

Author:  kkrace [ Thu Mar 07, 2019 11:17 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Autoclave

I have a whole package of rock wool insulation I can donate. I got it for a powder coating oven I was planning on building. I also just got rid of a 275 oil tank that was in great shape.

Sold it to some guy that is turning it into a BBQ grill. I was trying to figure out how much it was going to cost me to make it go away and then a friend told me to try and sell it. Had 10 calls in the first couple hours of guys begging to buy it and haul it away.

I also have a friend that follows your v12 build that's a used lab equipment dealer that probably has dozens of used ones if you want to just buy one?

Author:  mk e [ Thu Mar 07, 2019 9:25 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Autoclave

Hmmmm.......I've back burnered this a little but this is interesting and very generous of you. Let me get through the weekend and get my new used dyno rollers home and see where I am.

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