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Re: Carbon Fiber
We're using a whole lot of carbon fiber composite. We're using both a vacuum bag method like mrnoble (with thin aluminum replacing the melamine coated wood), and just doing a wet lay up of carbon and glass fiber sheets with epoxy and then compressing it on smooth, waxed surfaces. Using compression is easier, but you have to be careful with how much epoxy gets put in because there is less pressure trying to push it out of the fibers. If you use too much epoxy, the fibers will be farther apart, weaker, and heavier. You also have to make sure the surfaces are good ones, we've had issues with the epoxy sticking to some materials and with glass shattering under pressure when used.
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