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just built our first Blak Sheep prototype with our own sublimated graphics.
heater wasnt working so well.
After about an hour and it wasnt heating up by feel, i shut off the bag and checked the probe, it was pushed in to where the board materials were, and iit got kinda crushed.
No problem, so i reset it and inflated the bag again. Turned heat up to 220 just to be sure. Sorry I'm kinda buzzed from beers and my spelling is wack.
Anyway, it never really got HOT but seemed warm, and the resin coming out the press was kicked. So after like 2 hous I pulled it. And found this...
Keep your probe off any parts of the heat blanket where the press may crush it into the blanket. Looks like something else also cut into the blanket I'm not sure what.
Anyway so everything prior to the cut was RED HOT. The board came out fine except it's got like 1.5inch of camber to it, crazy, so i have the heat blanket, erm, half heat blanket, over top of it trying to keep the top warm hoping it will sag some.
ANYBODY PRESSING ONE SKI AT A TIME THAT WANTS A 16"....ERM...8" WIDE HEAT BLANKET??? Everything prior to the cut in the photo works fine. I'd sell this thing for mad cheap, i need a new one NOW NOW NOW>
Its a good thing i had a few beers, this is kindof a setback for us at the moment .
oh well, you live you learn, please learn from my mistakes .
heater wasnt working so well.
After about an hour and it wasnt heating up by feel, i shut off the bag and checked the probe, it was pushed in to where the board materials were, and iit got kinda crushed.
No problem, so i reset it and inflated the bag again. Turned heat up to 220 just to be sure. Sorry I'm kinda buzzed from beers and my spelling is wack.
Anyway, it never really got HOT but seemed warm, and the resin coming out the press was kicked. So after like 2 hous I pulled it. And found this...
Keep your probe off any parts of the heat blanket where the press may crush it into the blanket. Looks like something else also cut into the blanket I'm not sure what.
Anyway so everything prior to the cut was RED HOT. The board came out fine except it's got like 1.5inch of camber to it, crazy, so i have the heat blanket, erm, half heat blanket, over top of it trying to keep the top warm hoping it will sag some.
ANYBODY PRESSING ONE SKI AT A TIME THAT WANTS A 16"....ERM...8" WIDE HEAT BLANKET??? Everything prior to the cut in the photo works fine. I'd sell this thing for mad cheap, i need a new one NOW NOW NOW>
Its a good thing i had a few beers, this is kindof a setback for us at the moment .
oh well, you live you learn, please learn from my mistakes .
Doug
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they told me to try barrel clamps. The solder may melt off once the thing is heated up, the heat element has to hit much higher temps to get the blanket up to temperature.
BH thermal was strongly suggesting we not do it, they're scared we're gonna burn the place down, but yea i think its possible, we just have to find the breaks and fill the holes, then figure out a better way to protect it.
thanks
BH thermal was strongly suggesting we not do it, they're scared we're gonna burn the place down, but yea i think its possible, we just have to find the breaks and fill the holes, then figure out a better way to protect it.
thanks
Doug