Hi there,

They should be bonded in using a structural adhesive like our ET515Semi Flexible 15min Epoxy Adhesive  The braiding you want to add will just add further strength but isnt essential if you use inserts.

Warren Penalver
Easy Composites / Carbon Mods - Technical Support Assistant

It would appear that the ET515 has no structural value at all, as it seems to neither bond to degreased aluminium nor to roughed carbon, as in I can scrape it off either with my fingernail after three days of curing. I only discovered this when I had a catastrophic failure of a rather beefy join.

I kind of feel that the ET515 is no stronger than Araldite, no more nor less rigid, and in a similar manner is no more respective of its apparent 15 minute working time.

Hello Tobias

Hmm, this was a 20mm carbon tube, and the join was to a strut coming in below, by means of an aluminium sleeve which wrapped around the tube like a clamp - made from 20x2mm stock.

I will post an image of the part on Friday.