Carbon I beam for lap steel guitar

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Neiluj	Neiluj posted 11 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 2, Visits: 44	Hi everyone, I would like to build a carbon I beam (IPN). Around 1 meter long, 12 cm for the center part and 8 cm for the parallel parts. I would need it to be quite stiff and with a thickness around 3mm at least. Does anyone has any idea of how to do this ? To be honest my project is to build a lap steel guitar, similar to this one (already made by myself, into aluminum) My questions are : Will I find a rather easy way of making a I beam, or is it more simple to just do 2 U beams that I glue together ? What would be the down points of making two you beams instead of a I beam ? Can I avoid the backing part ? I saw tutorials on the internet where the guy puts his composites in the oven and some where he does not and I haven't yet figured out what the true difference is ? (the video clips i saw about cello and guitars were actually baking their parts). Can I avoid the infusion part (although I find it very cool) ? In other words what would be the down points of doing a simple method like this one : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAdVO8Rkv6c I hope I have not asked too many questions at the same time. Thank you all in advance for your answer. Regards, Julien Tags beam infusion IPN lap steel guitar Edited 11 Years Ago by Neiluj
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