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YouStoleMyMash - 8/23/2019 6:10:44 AM

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scottracing - 8/22/2019 10:14:56 PM

ive always made my own dibbers, the company that you are working for do they allow the use of PTFE dibbers as many aerospace companies don't?

You can make dibbers out of plastic or composites, for the tight corners i use a steel rule with the sharp corners taken off.
I would suggest you buy a  small sheet of PTFE and see if you can copy one of the other lammys dibbers. Have a look at my selection here.

http://www.talkcomposites.com/16604/RE-Lets-see-you-dibbers#32505

Hi, thanks for getting back to me. 

They do allow the use of PTFE dibbers. I had a look at buying a sheet last night, but was unsure about what size to get. Do you think 6mm thickness would be ok?

Also, how would you go about shaping it? I.e. What would you use to cut it and what would you use to make it smooth?

Cheers

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scottracing - 8/23/2019 8:46:51 PM

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YouStoleMyMash - 8/23/2019 6:10:44 AM

+x

 

scottracing - 8/22/2019 10:14:56 PM

ive always made my own dibbers, the company that you are working for do they allow the use of PTFE dibbers as many aerospace companies don't?

You can make dibbers out of plastic or composites, for the tight corners i use a steel rule with the sharp corners taken off.
I would suggest you buy a  small sheet of PTFE and see if you can copy one of the other lammys dibbers. Have a look at my selection here.

http://www.talkcomposites.com/16604/RE-Lets-see-you-dibbers#32505

Hi, thanks for getting back to me. 

They do allow the use of PTFE dibbers. I had a look at buying a sheet last night, but was unsure about what size to get. Do you think 6mm thickness would be ok?

Also, how would you go about shaping it? I.e. What would you use to cut it and what would you use to make it smooth?

Cheers

bandsaw to cut the shapes out and then just normal sanding tools to do the sanding and contours, I spent a couple of hours doing mine.
Ask  the other laminators if you can see there dibbers and ask if you can draw round them onto a template and transfer to the PTFE. Its also worthgetting some cured carbon sheet and making some from that or Tufnel.