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What to do with carbon off cuts?

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By D3O Phil - 4/8/2016 3:11:47 PM

Perhaps it's to do with being a bit new at this game but....

Every time I do an infusion or cut some carbon I seem to end up with lengths of carbon tow laying around on the floor

Does anyone have any interesting uses for this otherwise waste material?

I have tried to wrap some around a bar to make a ring which kind of worked after some sanding and clear coat.
By VVS - 4/12/2016 9:22:50 PM

Ive just been sticking them into a plastic tidy box under my bed so they stay flat,

then if you need them for a small part or as ive recently been doing, using them for reinforcement at the mount points on a fairing you got them.