as mentioned previously a small volume of air can be introduced just below the compacted pre form fiber truss during the initial portion of the upward stroke of the punch 55 in order to increase the separation between the pre form fiber truss held to the moveable wet forming die 52 and the advancing slurry the space separating the pre form fiber truss from the slurry is vented to atmosphere just before the punch 55 and the pre form fiber truss are fully withdrawn above the top of the deckle 38 the venting operation halts the intake of slurry and facilitates removal of the punch 55 and pre form fiber truss from the deckle 38 to complete the wet forming operation the pre form fiber truss is held in a transfer position above the deckle 38 where it waits to be moved to the truss finishing station 90 on the transfer caul 96 synchronized with the downward stroke of the wet forming press at the wet forming station 69 the pre form fiber truss prepared prior to initialization of the forming cycle as described in initial condition d is transferred to the upper hot press die 92 using a short down up movement of the upper platen 93 of the hot press simultaneously the finished fiber truss prepared prior to initialization of the forming cycle as described in initial condition e is transferred from the lower hot press die 94 to the undersurface of the caul 96 using a short up down stroke of the lower finishing assembly 97 there is.