live and learn

........and, sometimes things just don't go as planned:

in this example. for reasons unknown, the resin flow propagation reached an equilibrium before finishing out the full infusion.....in other words, I goofed.  In this case, it's no big deal. Tomorrow, I'll just slice open the bag, insert another resin flow line just above the dry portion, pull another vacuum and infuse the remaining portion.  

The only difference between yesterdays success and todays....."somewhat less success" was that the shop temperature was about 5 degrees cooler.  This may have increased the resin viscosity just enough to prevent full infusion.

JUST had an idea......why not open up the bag, estimate the remaining amount of resin needed to finish the infusion, introduce it directly into the bag and re-seal it?


Since I had clamped the rudder post to my work bench with a flexed board, it was easy to spin the rudder 180 deg, open the bag and pour in a bit of mixed epoxy


Intervention saves the day!!!!!