Carbon layer thickness: do you know it?

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Carbon layer thickness: do you know it?

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AlessandroPA	AlessandroPA posted 10 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 26, Visits: 301	Hi guys, I hope somebody can help me. I have to make a 27,2mm diameter tube, and to make this I'will wrap more times a single sheet of carbon around a 1" diameter tube (25,4mm). the tube will be used to be connected to the hull of a saddle I'm going to create. My question is: does anybody know the thickness of a single layer of carbon? In this way I will know the number of wrapping I have to do in order to reach the 27,2mm. Consider that, after the wrapping, the created tube will be closed into the bag and used with the vacuum bagging, so that the carbon will be more compressed. In the end I will give a layer of glossy finishing. Thanks a lot for the help
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AlessandroPA	AlessandroPA posted 10 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 26, Visits: 301	I tried to make this but it is quite difficult, I made only one of the two pieces. It should be ok if the mould would be in aluminium or steel CNC (really expensive) so that the two halves match perfectly using bolts on the flanges, but I can do moulds in general with fiberglass and gelcoat and is really hard to connect the halves. Anyway thanks for your tip, I will let you know redeye (25/04/2015) If the outer diameter is important, then why not look at making a female mould out of some pipe in 2 halves with bolted together flanges and using an inflatable bladder on the internal diameter. You'd have to "make" a pipe with the correct internal diameter though but it would give you good surface finish and a more accurate dimension. Bare in mind I haven't done this before but I'm sure the experts will chime in.Good luck regardless of your approach.
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