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Carbon fiber avalanche snow shovel

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By taikuri - 2/20/2016 10:48:09 AM

While ago i was looking for some small cf project just to practise more and i came up with this idea, make cf avalanche snow shovel for myself. At the beginning it was easy project, made 2 prototypes testing different fabrics, both came out very strong, just some pinholes. After testing them with snow and icy snow i realised that the tip of the shovel is not strong enough it crushed and they layers started to come apart little bit. Now im looking options what can i do to make the tip stronger, i was thinking some small metal insert to the tip, but havent figured out how to put it there. im happy to hear suggestions or other ideas how could i make it strong enough for icy snow.
 I used wetlayup and vacuum bag, after it was cured in oven i just trimmed the edges. 
By taikuri - 2/25/2016 4:31:00 PM

Hi Richie.

Now i see what you mean, that would be great idea, but also can be difficult to make with the resources what i have in use. Im happy to hear ideas how that could be done.