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posted 6 Years Ago
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They are Warren. I thought I would see what they were like against my own dibbers, I'm especially interested in how well they can be sanded to make them more bespoke
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They look like the ones we recently started selling:
Prepreg Laminating Dibber Tool
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Lets see some photos. I have seen many weird and wonderful creations over the years.
even a phd student made some and they were handed out at an engineering shows last year
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Teflon tools for me too. mine are a 10mm thick sheet cut into various shapes to suit your preference. Nice and slippery on the carbon too.
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Hi Fred
Mine are made from PTFE sheet, so teflon as you have used. I also make a lot of carbon dibbers as the prepreg doesnt stick to it that badly, and its all easy to clean with a bit of acetone.
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scottracing (22/04/2015)
Thought as these tools are pretty much hand made by each laminator for laying up prepreg, but you cant find much info on them I would post up a pic of some of mine. I'm in the process of making some new ones as I haven't been able to bring my toolbox to germany yet and I've got some parts to make soon.
So heres mine, no doubt some of the more 'unusual' prodders will make an appearance if any of the lammys want to share them
I have made similar types of shapes. I don't know what you made yours out of but I have found the best material to make them out of is virgin teflon. Its expensive but well worth it, for it doesn't build up with resin and get all sticky. The teflon is firm but soft. I bought a 1/4 inch thick 12"x12" on line for about $60.00 shipped. You can cut out the shapes on a band saw and shape on a belt sander. Continue to sand to shape by hand to a very fine grit. Best money I ever spent.
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Well those are nice...
Here's mine:
Yep.
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Thought as these tools are pretty much hand made by each laminator for laying up prepreg, but you cant find much info on them I would post up a pic of some of mine. I'm in the process of making some new ones as I haven't been able to bring my toolbox to germany yet and I've got some parts to make soon.
So heres mine, no doubt some of the more 'unusual' prodders will make an appearance if any of the lammys want to share them
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