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Re: Material: carbon fiber
By:george jung
Date: 11/4/2009, 8:24 pm
In Response To: Re: Material: carbon fiber (Bill Hamm)

: 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.

Thanks, Bill. I've been 'Googling' and looking at some different sites - sounds about right.

I'm curious - how do you make your riser for the coaming? Ply, or with strips as Nick has shown in his books?

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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