[Jared]

Put on my suit and respirator and started grinding and tapering the fiberglass back around 6" from the cut on each side. I used a 4 1/2" angle grinder with a 36 grit disc for this part. There was a 3/4" plastic honeycomb core behind the 2 surfaces where electronics and steering/throttle would be mounted, I cut this back 6" as well.


Grinding mostly done, once I had the 2 sides temporarily joined together I came back and knocked down a handful of spots to make the fiberglass lay better later on.






Clamped the 2 sides lined up as good as I can and took some 2" strips of aluminum and pop riveted them together. I made sure the rivets were spaced far enough from the center of the joint that I could lay up the first few plys, let it kick, drill the rivets out and remove the plates, and then the last layup would cover the rivet holes from the inside. Put packing tape on the outside of the console around the joint so the resin wouldn't come through and make a big mess.