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Re: Material: Biaxial tapes and cloth
By:Michael Lynskey
Date: 1/3/2012, 1:46 pm
In Response To: Material: Biaxial tapes and cloth (Etienne Muller)

: I was wondering if anyone has used this stuff?

: 10cm wide 300 Gram Bi-Axle Tape

: That is about 9oz

: for instance:

: Does it wet out ok?

: Is it possible to cut along it's length without fraying too much?

: Does it fray to billio?

: Any other experiences?

I got a piece of 20oz triaxial tape from RAKA and tried using it for molding my cockpit combing, using 2 layers. The way it's weaved I had to cut it in the short direction to get it to wrap correctly, resulting in 12" segments, but then it wrapped nicely on the combing mold. I don't know how well the two layers bonded, since there is a lot of potential void space with the course weave (maybe should have laid a fill coat between layers?), but it seems strong. I'm a newby at all of this and am just winging it... I'll probably put some finer cloth on as a final layer, or should I just add some fill coats of epoxy to get it smooth and call it good?

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Material: Biaxial tapes and cloth
Etienne Muller -- 1/1/2012, 3:56 pm
Re: Material: Biaxial tapes and cloth
Bill Hamm -- 1/2/2012, 1:59 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/2/2012, 2:03 am
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Etienne Muller -- 1/2/2012, 5:24 am
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Mike Bielski -- 1/2/2012, 9:21 am
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Etienne Muller -- 1/2/2012, 12:35 pm
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Will N 2 Go -- 1/4/2012, 5:55 pm
Re: Material: Biaxial tapes and cloth
Michael Lynskey -- 1/3/2012, 1:46 pm
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Will N 2 Go -- 1/5/2012, 7:05 pm
Re: Material: Biaxial tapes and cloth
Etienne Muller -- 1/5/2012, 9:49 pm
Re: Material: Biaxial tapes and cloth
Mike Savage -- 1/6/2012, 7:39 am
Re: Material: Biaxial tapes and cloth
Etienne Muller -- 1/6/2012, 12:40 pm