Hi, I'm planning to make some parts out of your carbon fibre sheet, what is the best way for me to cut shapes out of the carbon? also will normal drill-bits work to drill it? The parts I am making at the moment are just prototypes, if I want to make more (like hundreds) of parts I don't want to be doing them by hand, can the sheet be laser cut? Thanks. Mike

Hi,
I've purchased some rigid CF sheets for a project and have had them water-jet cut into shapes, as we've done on other projects. Unfortunately, we've suffered quite bad delamination at many of the small hole sites - which I now see is indicated as likely by Paul's post of 7 years ago (see above) - but also on some of the edges of the pieces which is perhaps not so expected a result. I'd like to find out your opinion, please, on water-cutting - has it come on any in the last 7 years, and are there any new techniques that greatly reduce the likelihood of delamination? 

We are now looking at either CNC cutting or laser cutting of the pieces. Laser looks worth a go, judging from Paul's post above - but may not work to our satisfaction.  Are any CNC methods or approaches better than others, in your view?

Thanks!