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Old 05-29-2014, 03:05 PM
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He might be making the fiberglass shell that will hold and reinforce the silicon mold together when he pours in the plastic so that the mold doesn't shift or warp.

...but I could be wrong.
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so he keeps telling me. I'm thinking maybe the fibreglass in the pics is the mold.
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Sure looks to me like he's already made a black mold underneath and is showing a skid plate in the making using a fiberglass process
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Clockwork maybe on your next update could you kindly confirm in writing from Rick about the details? I don't doubt that he did say he is making them out of ABS plastic, but I did notice on M5board he sells a lot of fiberglass work too...
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RB, I'll get a comment from him. I do know when he and I spoke I told him it can NOT be made of fibreglass and even he recommended the abs plastic material and has since not said anything otherwise.
I'll get confirmation though.
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Then I'm not too worried if that's what was said.

It is probably all part of the process since I know zero about molding plastic parts
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hello all

Just came across this thread and really lovin the product. Is it too late to purchase a skid plate??
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no its not.
Please send me your paypal e-mail address (so Slimmbones can send you an invoice for half of the cost), and your name, in a private message.
Rick is building them now.
I assume you read the first post and understand the charges being invoiced?
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Clockwork maybe on your next update could you kindly confirm in writing from Rick about the details? I don't doubt that he did say he is making them out of ABS plastic, but I did notice on M5board he sells a lot of fiberglass work too...
So I got confirm today from Rick.
here is his statement
No fiberglass it would take me a lot longer because I could only make one a day if fiberglass

makes sense and since he is looking to make many, his time is limited.
He will update me more with timeline on the weekend
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So I got confirm today from Rick.
here is his statement
No fiberglass it would take me a lot longer because I could only make one a day if fiberglass

makes sense and since he is looking to make many, his time is limited.
He will update me more with timeline on the weekend

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