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Embedding timber into carbon fiber

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By clyons - 10/14/2015 5:20:23 PM

Hi
I am creating a carbonfiber body for a small prototype car, I was thinking of  embedding timber mounting brackets into the body, I was just wondering if this was possible and how best to go about doing it.

Thanks
By Dravis - 10/16/2015 12:37:44 PM

Then I would use infusion, with a peelply backing, and then laminate in the wood afterwards...  Alternatively seal the wood with epoxy when cut/sanded to shape, wrap them in peel-ply - then cure

When laying up the "stack" for infusion remove the peel-ply from the wood inserts, then just add them inside the infusion "stack"  (I do this with roughly sanded metal inserts)