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Re: Material: carbon fiber
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 11/4/2009, 8:14 pm
In Response To: Material: carbon fiber (george jung)

: The site my boats designer recommended for carbon fiber has apparently thrown
: in the towel. Any recommendations?

: I've had only bad luck finding flexible ply for the coaming riser; how about
: using a veneer, re-inforcing with external FG/epoxy, and then building the
: inner layers with FG and carbon fiber ala Vaclavs' method?

: Do most here use the twill Carbon fiber? Cut strips/place around the coaming
: rim, or cut one piece for the top and piece in the inside? I've seen the
: second method in pictures, wonder if the first would be more attractive?

: As you can see, I'm at an impasse. Those that can, do. Those waiting on
: shipping post on the Forum.

Both Soller Composites and Sweet Composites have CF. It's not cheap, at around $35-50 a yard.

Making the top one piece would probably be pretty, also very expensive. Making it from short pieces works fine and looks good too with a heck of alot less waste.

The twill fabric is much more flexible in the weave than a straight weave, nice for curved surfaces.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Material: carbon fiber
george jung -- 11/4/2009, 7:50 pm
Re: Material: carbon fiber
Robert Warren -- 11/7/2009, 7:35 am
Re: Material: carbon fiber
Ken Blanton -- 11/5/2009, 5:21 am
Re: Material: carbon fiber
Bill Hamm -- 11/4/2009, 8:14 pm
Re: Material: carbon fiber
george jung -- 11/4/2009, 8:24 pm
Re: Material: carbon fiber
Bill Hamm -- 11/4/2009, 8:47 pm
Re: Material: carbon fiber
george jung -- 11/4/2009, 10:08 pm
Re: Material: carbon fiber
Bill Hamm -- 11/5/2009, 9:18 am
Re: Material: carbon fiber
george jung -- 11/5/2009, 9:22 am
Re: Material: carbon fiber
george jung -- 11/5/2009, 9:24 am
Re: Material: carbon fiber
Bill Hamm -- 11/5/2009, 10:15 am
Re: Material: carbon fiber
Bill Hamm -- 11/5/2009, 10:09 am
Re: Material: carbon fiber
Bill Hamm -- 11/5/2009, 10:10 am
Re: Material: carbon fiber *LINK*
Farback -- 11/4/2009, 10:37 pm