Carbonfibre

[Guest]

anybody has any ideas to form carbon fibre? Ill be using 1 plate CF, but it has a strange form (wedges on it and curves and so on), how am I supposed to make it that way?

[peterw]

Carbonfibre

Carbon fibre is like fire glass in many ways you can buy a a soft woven cloth which can be made into complex shapes usually in some type of mould and you then apply epoxy resine to it which sets off and fixes the shape. If you have bought a sheet of carbon fibre that is already hard this has already had the epoxy applied. This cannot be formed or even bent all you can do is cut it,drill it or glue bit together.

[Guest]

Carbonfibre

I Havent bought a sheet yet, but it really needs to be a special shape.
Could I ask my hobby shop owner to do it for me? Do they sell those? (cloth&resin)
If they did sell it, could I just make a wooden mould and make it myself? If so, that would be so neat .

[beligerant]

Carbonfibre

Hi Nils
You can get all you need in the way of carbon fibre cloth & resin from this place:
http://www.prestwich.ndirect.co.uk/fsrv/materials.htmhttp://www.prestwich.ndirect.co.uk/fsrv/materials.htm
There are probably others and you may be able to find a local supplier - try model boats, full-size boats, canoes etc.
On my site you can find the story so far on R.O.N.N.Ys CF shell. Im only half way through the mould so far, but I will post more details as soon as I make some more progress!

Gary

[fwsorg]

Carbonfibre

Also, sussex-model-centre do CF cloth and suitable epoxies. Making moulds is fun- just make sure your two halfs fit together as smoothly as possible, and clamp the moulds up well (couple of g-clamps) and leave the whole thing for 3 or 4 days to cure to rock solid. CF is fun

[Guest]

Carbonfibre

ok, sounds good . btw, is it really true that CF splinters cause cancer? I heard something like that, wouldnt like to try it out, lol . I though of putting the piece underwater (cf) and drilling it soaked to prevent dust to come out, would that work?

[Guest]

Carbonfibre

I think ill firstly make a mould out of balsa, then make a fiberglass mould with help of the balsa one and finally make my chassis with the fiberglass mould. Would that be okay?

[fwsorg]

Carbonfibre

Hmm, even by Daily Mail standards thats quite a health scare. CF particles will irritate your lungs if you inhale them. Theres no need to drill under water, but If you do have some cutting fluid that would help, or a vacuum cleaner would do the trick.

[Guest]

Carbonfibre

ok, that could work. Btw, does the epoxy resin stick on polycarbonate? maybe I could make a mix with a layer of PC(bout 0.5 mm or maybe 1 mm) and 2 to 3 layers of carbon cloth. That would kinda help it if the carbon should get weakened by the bad making process of it. also, I wouldnt need no mount, just cut the lexan, bend it, and stick it with carbon cloth .

[chris]

Carbonfibre

on sticking CF
i use apoxy resin and fibre glass cloth very effect and light

[maddox]

Carbonfibre

Kenshee... why didnt you ask me?
Im around, and knows the stuff.And knows where to buy in in Belgium.
use the gouden gids.
http://www.goudengids.behttp://www.goudengids.be
In any case, Im still available trough ICQ and MSN to give any advice you want.

[Guest]

Carbonfibre

Ok thnxs, but I think I didnt add you to my msn list, ill do it immediatly. I do already know where to get my carbon fiberclotch and stuff, I have 2 shops where I can buy it.

[chris]

Carbonfibre

nils you already have me or hve you changed your addy?

[Guest]

Carbonfibre

no, ill talk to you when I can.