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Bean Bandit	Bean Bandit posted 10 Years Ago Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 10, Visits: 136	Hi I'm Bean, living in Israel but I move every few years all over the planet. Currently I'm restoring my Toyota AE86, I already created a few custom parts and got more planed - some of them being made out of composites. Later down the line I'd like to try and build up my own little business creating custom composite parts as this is something I can set-up pretty much everywhere I end up (which I can't do with a Tuning-Workshop). Still new to this whole thing and learning everyday but was hoping to get some recommendations for a good book I can keep as a reference. Hopefully I'll have some progress to show next year. Looking forward to learn and share experiences Bean
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Dravis	Dravis posted 10 Years Ago Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 592, Visits: 1.9K	Welcome to the EC forum!! I my humble opinion (And as Harry Callahan put it: Opinions are like ... everybody has one ) Composites work is a hands on "craft" and while books may give you some starting point, I have personally never read a book on composites all the way through.. Development in this "craft" is fast paced, new ideas proliferate on the net, and I have picked my knowledge up from a mix of forums and trial and error ... But I had a good starting point in having good metal-working, woodworking and mechanical skills to start with ... That really helps ... When it comes to the actual work of making composite parts, you really need to practice -- start on small projects -non structural or cosmetic stuff ... Good luck!! "Sapere Aude"... Dare to KNOW! The written word is the only truly efficient vehicle for transmitting a complex concept from mind to mind... 103% of all people do not understand statistics... Do not adjust our mind, theres a fault in reality :-)
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Bean Bandit	Bean Bandit posted 10 Years Ago Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 10, Visits: 136	Thanks, I though as much. I can't even say it's bad that way - I learned almost all I know about cars through hand on experience (been building and tuning them for almost 15 years now). I guess my first two composite projects are spot on then. I plan to make an airbox including velocity stacks... the mould for the stacks is going to be 3D printed as it's the easiest way for me to get my own design made. The reason for the book was more as reference book (read something with and index you only open a couple a time) to avoid some no goes I'm sure plenty of beginners do just because they didn't know. Considering my future plans (unless I realy suck at this, which I doubt) it would also be nice to have a table with things like shelf life of consumables and so forth. I already learned that I won't be able to use pre-preg as there is no way I can reliably import it here, let alone store it in the small freezer we have (my wife would not be happy). I purchased the materials for my start about 2 years ago and been living with average temperatures of 40-50°C (this equals to 25-30°C inside). Let's say I learned the hard way that some projects shouldn't be delayed that long - my resin hopefuly is still fine, on the hardener I'm not so sure and the easylees evaporated completely (was stored in a save environment unfortunately not cooled)... If I can't find a book I'll collect the info one piece at a time but it's sure going to be quicker when there's a book. Last but not least I'd like to know more about combining CF and Kevlar for protection in case of an impact (i.e. when making a door), also regarding heat resistance (I'll be buying a laser/infrared thermometer soon and start collect data, been sick for the last few days) - I'm sure there are a few tricks in the trade beyond just using heat resistant resin - especially for infusion projects. Thanks a lot and looking forward to learn.
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Dravis	Dravis posted 10 Years Ago Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 592, Visits: 1.9K	I've made my own short "checklists" for the different processes in composites, with things like : What needs to be in the "stack" when doing wet lay with vacuum bagging. What the different mixing ratios are for different resin/hardener systems e.t.c. Timing sheets for things like "cure to a tack" for the tooling Gelcoats .e.t.c. Fortunately my workshop is very well "temperature controlled" being rather small, and extremely well insulated (Did it myself with 100 and 200 mm rockwool all around ... so its cheap to heat in winter, and easy to keep cool in summer. It very rarely drops below 18 deg. C and only occasionally gets above 22 in summer.) This makes the "time-sheets" posted on my wall very usefull .. "Sapere Aude"... Dare to KNOW! The written word is the only truly efficient vehicle for transmitting a complex concept from mind to mind... 103% of all people do not understand statistics... Do not adjust our mind, theres a fault in reality :-)
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