Heh, it was really cool. They demonstrated how to do moulding, skinning (wrapping) and infusion. They also gave out a quick guide, I was going to scan it in and post here, but figured that may be a little cheeky.
What was also shown was a crowd that does Rapid Prototyping. If you've ever wondered what the coolest of the cool bits of kit to have, this is it! It literally prints whatever you want as an object. You want a hair dryer? No problem, 4 hours later it's printed, ready as a sample for injection molding. And it's actually not as expensive as I thought. Printing an object as big as my hand, with about the same complexity, would be R800. This object is then solid enough to be used.
What this course has also shown is that I may have to re-consider my approach. I still want to go CF, but I'm thinking I should have the CF infused into thin sheets and then to stick those sheets to my enclosure, like veneer. You will never get the smooth shine from wrapping, sanding and then polishing like you can get from infusion. Or at least, I will never be able to get that. I just need to chommie up with the guys to see if they'll do me a favour...
But nevertheless, I was still busy the weekend. Both enclosures' kerfs are filled with F19 polyurethane resin and this stuff is hard. This is the most brilliant stuff to use for the purpose, albeit a little pricey. But it's so worth it!
Up this weekend is a lot of sanding to get the sides nice and smooth and to fix a few screwups. I'm stopping myself to get the E-Glass to wrap the enclosures with, so I don't take any shortcuts.
