+x scottracing - 4/20/2020 8:37:05 PM+x f1rob - 4/20/2020 7:57:41 PMCarbon brakes are "grown"They start with basic carbon cloth "web"Burn the correct gasses at the right pressure and the right temperature ( VERY HOT ) and slowly pure carbon particles form.Takes about 6 weeks to grow a disc.Modern discs have slightly diffrent characteristics as they alter the gasses used an the various quantities Originally the discs that were used in f1 were the off cuts from the plane industry.F1 discs were the centres that were cut out off the discs for Boeing 747Pretty much what rob says. I thought they took more than 6 weeks and more like 3 months. But I certainly wouldn't look into trying to make some.I bought a couple to make into light fitting bases and they were relatively cheap.
+x f1rob - 4/20/2020 7:57:41 PMCarbon brakes are "grown"They start with basic carbon cloth "web"Burn the correct gasses at the right pressure and the right temperature ( VERY HOT ) and slowly pure carbon particles form.Takes about 6 weeks to grow a disc.Modern discs have slightly diffrent characteristics as they alter the gasses used an the various quantities Originally the discs that were used in f1 were the off cuts from the plane industry.F1 discs were the centres that were cut out off the discs for Boeing 747