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titch16	titch16 posted 13 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 1, Visits: 6	I'm planning to build a bicycle frame using a mixture of Carbon tubes, fabric and aluminium. I will need to bond the aluminium to the carbon but I'm not too sure how I would do that. And also I will need to join carbon tubes together. I don't know what I will need to buy to do all this. I want to use a 12k weave as the surface layer. What else will I need?
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Joe	Joe posted 13 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 310, Visits: 1.5K	Hi, Titch. Here's a link I found. It might help you decide which process to choose. I know its not purely "Tube Assembling", but the way he assembles his frame is just like putting tubes together. http://www.youtube.com/user/TheProjectJunkie1/videos?sort=dd&view=u&page=2 Hope it will help. A $1000 electronic device will always protect a 10 cents fuse Edited 13 Years Ago by Joe
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Matthieu Libeert	Matthieu Libeert posted 13 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 955, Visits: 3.4K	Haha have seen the videos of projectjunkie a week ago... I planned to make a bike too, but after seeing his video's with all the problems,time and money he put in his project, I was like "Nàh' let's find something else Matthieu Libeert Founder MAT2 Composites X Sports website: www.mat2composites.com
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brummelisa	brummelisa posted 13 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 20, Visits: 144	I'm also planning to build a bike (tt frame that looks like Cervelo P5). Sure, it's lot to do and think about, but it's fun Anyway, I have found some other links that may be nice to see http://fairwheelbikes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6655 http://fairwheelbikes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=7194 http://fairwheelbikes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=7602 / Marcus
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mhdghoul	mhdghoul posted 13 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 49, Visits: 113	i do 1 thing for sure i know it will be very strong in bonding 1st i bond the 2 parts with epoxy (the two mixture tubes ) i prefer alteco or abro or whatever , i just align the two parts and stick them with papertape and leave the parts where i want to put the epoxy not covered then i add epoxy to exactly look like small dots and leave it till its done , after that i take of the paper tape and see if it was aligned perfectly if not i break the spots and try again if it is good ( this process is to stick the two parts together aligned only . the next step is to mix resin with cf cut into very small pieces (usually use left over for that) and it will look like fiber putty then i add the caatalist to it and fill the area between the two parts , this will make it very stong and the next day i sand it with a grinder to the shape and when u finish the part it will not be something od cause its the same exact color and its cf at the end . best regards mhd alghoul mhdghoul@hotmail.com youtube channel :atmospherejo link is http://www.youtube.com/user/atmospherejo?ob=0&feature=results_main
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kylle	kylle posted 13 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 34, Visits: 101	brummelisa (28/02/2012) I'm also planning to build a bike (tt frame that looks like Cervelo P5). Sure, it's lot to do and think about, but it's fun Anyway, I have found some other links that may be nice to see http://fairwheelbikes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6655 http://fairwheelbikes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=7194 http://fairwheelbikes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=7602 / Marcus I tink that kind of frame "monocoque" style its triky but doable at home...
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brummelisa	brummelisa posted 13 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 20, Visits: 144	Yes, it's tricky, but this is the result so far. I wish I took more photos during the build, but I thought building was more fun than documentary it The next stage is to wrap several layers of CF around the joints
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Joe	Joe posted 13 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 310, Visits: 1.5K	Looks awesome. Good luck for the next steps A $1000 electronic device will always protect a 10 cents fuse
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kylle	kylle posted 13 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 34, Visits: 101	I sell Cervelo's for a living!!! and that's right on the spot! perfect!! can u show the mould of the top tube? did u do integrated headset? it's maybe the picture but it seems the chain line is a bit to short!!
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brummelisa	brummelisa posted 13 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 20, Visits: 144	Thanks Kylle. I can unfortunately not show the mould, since I didn't use any mould when I made it. I simply made plug for each part and wrapped CF around it. Yes, I made integrated headset and that was really tough. The reason is not only that it had to be perfectly aligned, but the fork was tapered. I used my headsets to act as a mould and mounted them on the fork so they were aligned. It took several days and tries to make it perfect. Right now, the headtube looks a bit ugly on the outside, but I will put some nice layers at the end. Since I don't have a P5 around me I simply used a photo in Photoshop to measure all the measurements. I agree that the chain stay looks a bit short, but I think it was just the photo. Here you see an earlier photo with the wheels.
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