Cutting and Trimming Kevlar Parts

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KingsleyHill	KingsleyHill posted 12 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 6, Visits: 20	I have found that cutting Kevlar by all the normal means is extremely difficult. Worse than that trimming and finishing edges of vacuum bagged parts containing kevlar has never been satifactory. Kevlar edges always seem to get fuzzy and never look right. Does anyone have some advice on a) cutting kevlar to produce a clean edge and b) (most importantly) trimming and finishing kevlar edges? Thank you. -Kingsley Tags finishing Kevlar trimming
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fgayford	fgayford posted 12 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 433, Visits: 1.2K	wozza (10/03/2013) You can cut kevlar with a decent pair of composite scissors its a slow process, an inch at a time but it does work. If you wet sand edges with 1200's you can get nearly as good a finish as with normal carbon. For drilling I clamp the part between two pieces of perspex, grind the drill bit at a similar angle to that required for sheet metal ie quite steep/pointed. Regards Warren Thanks for the tips. What is perspex? Fred
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KingsleyHill - 12 Years Ago

fgayford - 12 Years Ago

you can get the correct scissors to cut kevlar cloth, some here...

neilb - 12 Years Ago

wozza - 12 Years Ago

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wozza - 12 Years Ago

fgayford - 12 Years Ago

whew! i learned something today. it wasnt a total waste then :) i would NEVER have thought to try...

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