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Guilty as charged!
Today, I have done the elbow pad moulding and the central moulding. The central one came later and isn't ready for demould, but the elbow one has come out really well. There are a couple of very small ripples in the finish due to imperfections in the finish of the mould. If I am honest, I kinda knew this was coming, but prepping a mould for a top-quality end result is really time consuming, and the inside of the elbow cups is covered in foam anyway.
Next step is to cut the elbow pads into two, and bond them to a sheet of 3mm carbon I bought - which is quite a bit higher carbon (hence stiffer & stronger) than I can achieve on these complex shapes. It also allows me to fine-tune the angle of the elbow cups, and the wrist separation.
Obviously, there is also a lot of trimming and finishing work required on these, but maybe its interesting to see the process?
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