Beginners' Guide to Out-of-Autoclave Prepreg Carbon Fibre


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Hi Everyone,

21 page tutorial guide with lots of detailed photographs throughout explaining the complete process from start to finish for simple out-of-autoclave prepreg carbon fibre. Available to download completely free using the link below.

This guide will accompany our new Prepreg Carbon Fibre Starter Kit and will of course be followed up with a video tutorial in the not too distant future.

Please provide any feedback on this tutorial here. If anything is unclear of could be explained better (or you spot any mistakes) then please let me know; I can use your input to improve the guide for everyone and ensure that the video tutorial is spot-on.

I look forward to hearing your thoughts and particularly to seeing your results if you follow this guide yourself.

Best regards, Matt

Matt Statham
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Matt,

  I'd read in the previous posts that it wasn't considered "dangerous goods"... didn't even register with me!  looks like I've got to go find an old freezer and pressure vessel now... thanks again for everything guys!

David
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David, and everyone else reading this thread - YOU DON'T NEED A PRESSURE VESSEL, that's the whole point of the article and the kit we're putting together.

Fred, I might have to do some 'surgery' on this article I'm afraid, it's accidentally giving a lot of people the impression you need a pressure vessel/autoclave which is exactly the opposite of the point I'm trying to make. I might start a new thread and move your very interesting pressure vessel info into it so I can get this thread back 'on message'.

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Matt (Staff) (07/01/2013)
David, and everyone else reading this thread - YOU DON'T NEED A PRESSURE VESSEL, that's the whole point of the article and the kit we're putting together.

Fred, I might have to do some 'surgery' on this article I'm afraid, it's accidentally giving a lot of people the impression you need a pressure vessel/autoclave which is exactly the opposite of the point I'm trying to make. I might start a new thread and move your very interesting pressure vessel info into it so I can get this thread back 'on message'.


Hi Matt
Sorry about that, I guess I did it again. Feel free to move or edit my post as you see fit. No problem at all.
I was talking to a composite manufacturer from Australia at Oshkosh, who made UAVs, a type of unmanned surveillance drone.
He said that autoclaves are on there way out with prepreg because as you said, the out of autoclave prepreg stuff is so good now the difference is hardly measurable. I will probably use mine more for compressing bubbles in plastic castings.
I will be ordering some of your prepreg soon.

Fred

 
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Matt (Staff) - 12 Years Ago
     A good read :)
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                             thanks Matt, This makes everything clear! I'll give it a go soon
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             Haha, OK, not a problem :)
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                 debulk every couple layers and you should be fine
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