Making a flagpole

[Owain]

I suspect he also has a second workshop equipped with lots of little elves to do the "here's one I prepared earlier" bits.

Owain

[Aidan]

On Nov 30, 4:32 pm, "PeterK" wrote: you thought about a yacht/dingy mast? Aluminium or wood. What is

Building a carbon fibre mast around a foam mandrel;

carbon fibre, substitute glass fibre tape, since weight doesn't matter.

There was a 'How it's Made' programme (I'm sad) about making GRP lamp posts. The machine seemed to be a like a big coil winder, winding GRP tape from a resin bath onto a mandrel. They kept the mandrel rotating whilst setting so the resin wouldn't run to the bottom. The mandrel could be internally heated.

I've seen a similar article about making a GRP mast on the web, but I've no idea where.

[LSR]

See

for the tools Norm used to make the flagpole.

[mike]

Did you see one this week where he built a tool cabinet - he need a wheelbarrow to remove his routers - All 20 of them!

[gort]

Theres a guy around the corner from me who flys a large skull and crossbones every day. Wonder who he asked?

Dave

[Andy Hall]

His therapist?