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Warren (Staff)	Warren (Staff) posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Administrators Posts: 2.5K, Visits: 8.5K	Make the compomotives in carbon!! you know you want to! Would be interesting to experiment with a full sized wheel. Only a few manufacturers make them and they are very tight lipped about the processes used to get it to work. Warren Penalver Easy Composites / Carbon Mods - Technical Support Assistant
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wozza	wozza posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 688, Visits: 5.4K	Are you involved in the whole project or just the wheels? This is what I love about this business you never know whats coming through the door next. Keeps life interesting Warren Carbon Copies Ltd
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ajb100	ajb100 posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 346, Visits: 4.4K	Haha, not that much thankfully. I haven't actually weighed it yet, will wait again until it's bonded to get an accurate idea.
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wozza	wozza posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 688, Visits: 5.4K	Excellent. I misread the post at first, I thought you were saying the carbon wheel weighed in at 19kg Thought that cant be right. Warren Carbon Copies Ltd Edited 11 Years Ago by wozza
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ajb100	ajb100 posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 346, Visits: 4.4K	Little update. It passed the lateral load test with flying colours today, to the point I'm re evaluating the layup schedule for them as it now seems excessive. The clamps are to simulate it being bonded together at the outer edge as I haven't done that yet. Each wheel with tyre weigh 19kg and there was minimal deflection. I expect it to get even stronger when it is fully bonded
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wozza	wozza posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 688, Visits: 5.4K	Nice to see something different. Keep us updated on progress. Warren Carbon Copies Ltd
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ajb100	ajb100 posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 346, Visits: 4.4K	Got nothing interesting and shiny ATM, but recently started on making some carbon fibre wheels for an Eco racer. This is the first one nearly ready for testing to ensure its strong enough! The bodywork when I get to it will also be a combination of carbon fibre, jute and flax which I'm quite looking forward to.
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Matthieu Libeert	Matthieu Libeert posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 955, Visits: 3.4K	great job Joe! You've made some great decisions and I must say I would have done it exactly as you did! Matthieu Libeert Founder MAT2 Composites X Sports website: www.mat2composites.com
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wozza	wozza posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 688, Visits: 5.4K	Very Very Nice. I particularly like those hinges, art and engineering beautifully combined. Warren Carbon Copies Ltd
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Joe	Joe posted 11 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 310, Visits: 1.5K	Hey there, It's been a while I did not post anything, so I thought I could show the last thing I did. It's a storage shelf for me to organize my garage a little bit more. It's made using Aluminium square tubes that I TIG welded together, then brushed with scotchbrite stuff, then clearcoated. Hinges and handles are made with TIG welded hand polished stainless steel. Hand polishing those was really time consuming but I think it was worth it. It looks a bit better in real life than in the pics. For the hinges I left the gold coloration due to the welding process since it goes well with the bronze bushings. I removed the gold discoloration for the handles. And finally the doors are made with 22 twill Carbon fiber and 2mm Soric. Here's the layup: 1 200g Carbon, 1450g Carbon, 2mm soric, 1450g Carbon and 1* 200g Carbon. I used infusion process with IN2 Epoxy resin from EC. It was made on a glass table coated with Easy Lease once again from EC. I chose to use resin distribution mesh on the whole panel (despite the fact of having soric to aid the infusion), but I still made a resin brake of 40 mm before reaching the vacuum line to prevent possible dry spots. Infusion was made width-wise from one end to another. The "satin" finish was made by simply sand the panels with a DA sander and 600 grit sandpaper (and a respirator and gloves). I thought it would look better than shiny. I'm happy I did it this way, it makes the stainless steel pop more to the eye. Doors are kept close thanks to magnets. An expensive way to make doors, I agree, but you know how it goes when it comes to your personal place, right? A $1000 electronic device will always protect a 10 cents fuse Attachments Chest 01.JPG (613 views, 102.00 KB) Chest 02.JPG (578 views, 102.00 KB) Handles.JPG (561 views, 115.00 KB) Hinges.JPG (554 views, 112.00 KB)
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