Custom dash binnacle manufacture

[DonkeyApple]

Does anyone know a firm who could fabricate a simple buck for a custom instrument pod and also manufacture them?

Very low volume.

[anonymous-user]

What are we talking about, simple wooden buck to fibreglass mould to fibreglass/carbon parts?

What sort of accuracy is required, are we talking about CAD data via CNC for the buck?

[DonkeyApple]

Hi Max,

We are talking about a simple wooden buck that I could make myself if I had a shed and the time

Nothing OTT. It just needs to then be used to make the dash binnacle either in GRP or plastic formed (vacuum I assume is cheapest).

I thought I'd find plenty of workshops on Google but no joy.

It's only for a small run and doesn't need to be critically accurate.

[AER]

make it from cardboard and expanding polyurethane foam on the kitchen table, if the wife allows:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O23TM-z0OXk

laminate it with a bit of glass cloth and surface it with body filler and patience. All doable in the kitchen with the vacuum cleaner handy.

[DonkeyApple]

AER said:

make it from cardboard and expanding polyurethane foam on the kitchen table, if the wife allows:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O23TM-z0OXk

laminate it with a bit of glass cloth and surface it with body filler and patience. All doable in the kitchen with the vacuum cleaner handy.

Thanks. The issue is that I do not have the time to do this myself. That is the frustrating element as knocking up a buck and then creating a GRP mould is something I have done many times before.

What's needed is a business who can do this.

[anonymous-user]

These guys do lots of custom fibreglass work. The issue is they are usually very busy!

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