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saafbusiness(at)gmail.com
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 Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 6:20 am Post subject: Nav light lenses |
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I have the Pulsar XP form 1995 era. I was trying to get the nav light lenses off to replace the vent line houses inside....and since I silicone'd them in so well, of course they broke getting them off.
I can't remember who in the group I bought them from.
Does anyone know who made them in our group or how to get a hold of a pair of red and green lenses ?
Thanks
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gregsmi
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| Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 6:39 am Post subject: Nav light lenses |
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I have the molds that were used to make the lenses, but not the skills. I have tried several hardware bought plastics but have not been successful. If anyone in the group has experience with hand molding plastic, please contact me.
Greg
In a message dated 4/25/2013 9:21:12 A.M. Central Daylight Time, saafbusiness(at)gmail.com writes:
| Quote: | I have the Pulsar XP form 1995 era. I was trying to get the nav light lenses off to replace the vent line houses inside....and since I silicone'd them in so well, of course they broke getting them off.
I can't remember who in the group I bought them from.
Does anyone know who made them in our group or how to get a hold of a pair of red and green lenses ?
Thanks
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kdpalmer(at)mweb.co.za
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| Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 7:34 am Post subject: Nav light lenses |
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Greg,
Do a search on :-
[b]Drape forming acrylic sheet
Drape forming plastic
Drape forming Perspex
You must know which you are going to use, a plastics supplier could tell you which to use on your moulds & give you some hints.
Keith
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surratt_do(at)msn.com
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| Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 8:06 am Post subject: Nav light lenses |
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Greg, I too have molds and a home vacuum mold system for small parts , but no more plastic sheets. Getting material to soften correctly and not bubble was very problematic so I went thru a lot of material to get a good set made. My molds were for an original Pulsar 582 plane.
Don Surratt
From: GREGSMI(at)aol.com
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:37:01 -0400
Subject: Re: Nav light lenses
To: pulsar-list(at)matronics.com
I have the molds that were used to make the lenses, but not the skills. I have tried several hardware bought plastics but have not been successful. If anyone in the group has experience with hand molding plastic, please contact me.
Greg
In a message dated 4/25/2013 9:21:12 A.M. Central Daylight Time, saafbusiness(at)gmail.com writes:
| Quote: | I have the Pulsar XP form 1995 era. I was trying to get the nav light lenses off to replace the vent line houses inside....and since I silicone'd them in so well, of course they broke getting them off.
I can't remember who in the group I bought them from.
Does anyone know who made them in our group or how to get a hold of a pair of red and green lenses ?
Thanks
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MyronTruex(at)comcast.net
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| Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 6:00 am Post subject: Nav light lenses |
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Try Ricks Restorations in Las Vegas. I see them making lens' for their projects.
From: owner-pulsar-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-pulsar-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of GREGSMI(at)aol.com
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 7:37 AM
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Subject: Re: Pulsar-List: Nav light lenses
I have the molds that were used to make the lenses, but not the skills. I have tried several hardware bought plastics but have not been successful. If anyone in the group has experience with hand molding plastic, please contact me.
Greg
In a message dated 4/25/2013 9:21:12 A.M. Central Daylight Time, saafbusiness(at)gmail.com writes:
| Quote: | I have the Pulsar XP form 1995 era. I was trying to get the nav light lenses off to replace the vent line houses inside....and since I silicone'd them in so well, of course they broke getting them off.
I can't remember who in the group I bought them from.
Does anyone know who made them in our group or how to get a hold of a pair of red and green lenses ?
Thanks
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propeLLers(at)aol.com
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| Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 6:28 am Post subject: Nav light lenses |
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Hello Mr. Truex, haven't talked to you in a long time, hope all is going well. When I ran the Canopy business we had several methods of forming plastic for canopies, but on my KR-1, I used a similar method http://blog.makezine.com/2011/09/08/how-to-large-homemade-vacuum-forming-machine/ for light lens that of course can be modified for simplification. One can use a home oven for heating Plexiglas but be aware of the plastic degassing issues, but the process is easy and expect failures until all the mistakes have been concurred with and for vacuum use a shop vac. Do a search on vacuum forming or Plexiglas forming and many ideas will be discovered
Another method I used for R/C Planes was similar but did not use vacuum. I had the male plug or shape of the part in basswood, hard balsa, filled with bondo and sanded smooth then make a female part shaped like the bottom of the plug that is the thickness of the Plexiglas larger than bottom of the part. Clamp the Plexiglas in a frame and heat until the Plexiglas was sagging in the frame and jiggled like jello. Take the frame with Plexiglas and quickly pressing over the male mold then using the part that was made earlier and press over the part..this stretches the Plexiglas over the male mold to dimension.
www.princeaircraft.com
Lonnie Prince
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In a message dated 4/26/2013 10:00:33 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, MyronTruex(at)comcast.net writes:
| Quote: | Try Ricks Restorations in Las Vegas. I see them making lens' for their projects.
From: owner-pulsar-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-pulsar-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of GREGSMI(at)aol.com
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 7:37 AM
To: pulsar-list(at)matronics.com
Subject: Re: Pulsar-List: Nav light lenses
I have the molds that were used to make the lenses, but not the skills. I have tried several hardware bought plastics but have not been successful. If anyone in the group has experience with hand molding plastic, please contact me.
Greg
In a message dated 4/25/2013 9:21:12 A.M. Central Daylight Time, saafbusiness(at)gmail.com writes:
| Quote: | I have the Pulsar XP form 1995 era. I was trying to get the nav light lenses off to replace the vent line houses inside....and since I silicone'd them in so well, of course they broke getting them off.
I can't remember who in the group I bought them from.
Does anyone know who made them in our group or how to get a hold of a pair of red and green lenses ?
Thanks
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esalehto(at)yahoo.com
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| Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 6:32 am Post subject: Nav light lenses |
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Hi,
I checked from YouTube and you are able to find lot of good information. I can see that the second video is exactly what you want to do with the mold. Looks really easy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkLqwFd66Uk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=50-sR54UBgY&feature=fvwp
Esa
Pulsar XP
Rotax 912UL
From: Keith Palmer <kdpalmer(at)mweb.co.za>
To: pulsar-list(at)matronics.com
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 8:31 AM
Subject: Re: Nav light lenses
Greg,
Do a search on :-
[b]Drape forming acrylic sheet
Drape forming plastic
Drape forming Perspex
You must know which you are going to use, a plastics supplier could tell you which to use on your moulds & give you some hints.
Keith
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