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M Hathiyari
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Hi
i plan on making a Roll Wrapped carbon fiber tube of 90mm ID and 97mm OD.I was planing on using 12k 400gsm plain weave Carbon fiber material for the same but i am concerned that the cloth will not conform well to the mandrel at the time of wrapping.I plan to vacuum bag after wrapping it manually .
So will 12k 400gsm plain weave cloth work or do i need to change the weave/cloth?
Please help
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Unsure why the Vaseline worked when the others didn't, Paul at EC put me on to it.
I expected to wrap the tube and the simply tap the carbon off BUT it was solid.
You have to be able to brake the initial key that is formed by the curing process, i tried freezing it, heating it and smashing with a block NO JOY but vaseline gave no problems.
will post picture when photobucket issues sorted.
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Determine which fabric to chose while roll wrapping a 90mm rod
M Hathiyari
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10 Years Ago
I do not think you will have much trouble using 400gsm plain weave on a 90 mm mandrel -- keeping the...
Dravis
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10 Years Ago
How long is the tube going to be and is it a parallel tube. first thing I made was 100mm parallel...
VVS
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10 Years Ago
@Dravis Thank you Could you please elaborate on how the ends of the fabric would displace and why...
M Hathiyari
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10 Years Ago
One of the biggest problems you will have is removing the mandrel, one method is using a metal...
ChrisR
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10 Years Ago
I can answer alot of your questions as ive been and tried them. you may have less problems than I...
VVS
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10 Years Ago
Hi VVS Any idea why Vaseline works better than most of the commercially available release agents?...
mep12rid
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10 Years Ago
I think perhaps Vaseline forms a slightly thicker layer on the mandrel, leaving some room for...
Dravis
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10 Years Ago
Unsure why the Vaseline worked when the others didn't, Paul at EC put me on to it. I expected to...
VVS
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10 Years Ago
@VVS With your method of using heatshrink tubing you start off wrapping a relatively cold...
Dravis
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10 Years Ago
You could be right about the expansion although I tried to keep the heat down as much as possible...
VVS
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10 Years Ago
Yeah ... I did some electronics work, using glue lined shrink tube, and we had all kinds of problems...
Dravis
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10 Years Ago
some pictures. shrink tube all fitted...
VVS
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10 Years Ago
Haaah :w00t: ... Thats exactly the same thing I made my first tubes for ... using EC high Temp...
Dravis
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10 Years Ago
I'm probably following the same road you've been down. Restoring an old race bike and foolishly...
VVS
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10 Years Ago
@vvs Does using a un-perforated film cause loss of dimensional accuracy? Also do you know the...
M Hathiyari
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10 Years Ago
It didn't affect my diamentional accuracy as its very thin, perhaps 0.2 mm. its unlike other...
VVS
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