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Originally Posted by s1900ahon
Safety first. Carbon fiber dust is a slew of short sharp nasties that you do not want to breath in. Use appropriate personal protective equipment.
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I too would like to echo this.
In addition to the dust, when cutting it is possible to end up with edges that will give you splinters, these are not pleasant and are often harder to spot and extract.
As for designing with carbon fibre, you want to get good at epoxy. A well designed carbon fibre structure will usually involve understanding the forces it takes and working out how to glue it together effectively.
The key thing is that you can't really treat carbon fibre like metal. It's much more susceptible to concentrated local stress, which is why gluing and wrapping are generally preferred to bolts and rivets.