GlassStarz wrote:Guy drill and pops everything needs to find a new job doing more damage doesnt make a better repair. Sometimes you need to drill to get to the damage but seldom. I dont drill one in 30 you would be wise to find somewhere else to learn repairs from sounds like you found Bozo
That may be one of the stupidest things I have heard in a while.Often, doing more damage does indeed make a better repair.Sometimes,often actually, a break of any nature can be very tight. If you don't open up a tight break ever, you might be one of the guys whose work I end up fixing 5 or 6 times a week. That big dark splotch in your repairs? That's air....I get several customers a week who tell me that the last wsr tech told them the black splotch is normal and wont affect the quality of the repair. My gosh son.....is that you?
Kinda out of the loop I guess the need to drill is hardly ever needed with the modern equipment enough pressure and the proper resin and if there is a opening the resin will flow. Yes sometimes you need to drill to get in there but its not often. I guess the lfestyle explains the diff in methods some are Fine Art Sculptors and others chop at a hunk of wood with a Chainsaw
GlassStarz wrote:Kinda out of the loop I guess the need to drill is hardly ever needed with the modern equipment enough pressure and the proper resin and if there is a opening the resin will flow. Yes sometimes you need to drill to get in there but its not often. I guess the lfestyle explains the diff in methods some are Fine Art Sculptors and others chop at a hunk of wood with a Chainsaw
You guys obviously went to the same clown school. Whenever you can turn a log into this?? Talk to me about me being an artist. There's only one hack in this conversation.
Stihlcarven & GlassStarz...gentlemen you are both artists. One with paint? and the other with a chainsaw. Both with glass...check your egos and agree to disagree.
I have found through experience that the least amount of injector pressure to fill a break is best. The reason for this especially when the windshield is hot is that it becomes very sensitive, if too much injector pressure is used it increases the chances of the break spreading. Some breaks need to be drilled and tapped to allow the resin to fill the break with the least amount of pressure.
Spending several days with the Model you get all the details down
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I do like the Bird though
I actually spent quite a bit of time with Marshall in Stowe Vermont before his death learning to use the Saw but chose to be a different type of sculptor
I drill most stars. Many of my local competitors don't drill. 2 minutes after the repair, theirs look much better than mine, but 2 days later when the resin has cured completely, their star legs still flex. Mine don't flex. I market that "I go for strong as #1 and pretty as #2." I would obviously love to achieve both every time! Are there systems that completely fill 99% of stars 99.9% of the time 100% without drilling?
Stars usually have a contact point that is open Cant remember the last one I drilled sure you have to flex the odd leg or maybe give it some fire but Drill not often so I guess the answer is yes but i dont think its the equipt its the technique and experience
Are there systems that completely fill 99% of stars 99.9% of the time 100% without drilling?