Achieving good roundness and size to tolerance on tubes


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Hi,

I am working on a bicycle project and feel fairly confident with most of the aspects but I need to make two components that need to have good dimensional accuracy on the outside for bearing fit etc.

1. If I use a machined plastic core and wrap carbon around the outside (perhaps using braid) how accurate am I likely to be able to make the final outer diameter? I am thinking of using a wet lay up and vacuum bagging. It would be ideal to be able to achieve +/-0.05 or better.

2. If I try to use a female mould and insert a bladder and apply pressure then I assume I will get a pretty good final OD, but will it need to be an axially split mould or could I hope to get a finished part out of a simple tube with no draft angle if it is only over a relatively short length (30mm diameter over 100mm). Are there any good sources of advice out there on using bladders (which is a very standard method in the bike industry).

3. If I wrap around a core and then build up a 0.2mm thick layer of resin to machine back to size what effect will this have on properties locally? Will the surface be able to take high contact stresses as well as if the reinforcement were nearer the surface?

Thanks for any help.

George 
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