How do you fab carbon fiber, anyone? Options

[Britain Smith]

Can anyone share their knowledge on how to fabricate carbon fiber peices...I would love to make some stuff out of carbon fiber but I don't know how to do it or where to get the materials.

Help????

-Britain (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pray.gif)

[914Timo]

Together with Mueller we could start our own 914 rice club biggrin.gif

May I join the club too !!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif)

I think it is rice to use some stupid CF sticker material over original parts.

I have done some FG parts with clear gelcoat and CF as first layer material. I have used only polyester epoxy and I have not use any vacum bags. So, some seems to like they are not real CF parts. I have to agree, they are not. They are also not stronger or lighter than normal good quality FG parts (IMHO), but they look a lot better and you dont need to paint them. Only shoot one or two clear coats.

The problem in making these parts is the airbubles. The fan shroud below is fourth I did and there are still some airbubles. I know I should use vacuum, but thats too complicate to me. I dont have vacum pump and I should make new mold and so on..... Maybe some day. I just try to say that making those parts with easy way is nothing but a easy job atleast for me. It takes time and practice a lot.