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kylle
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I'm planing to make a carbon brake lever.
Q1: Should a two part mould be strong
enough to do this?
Q2:Now I'm seeing a lot of bike part brands using unidirectional carbon layers to do this kind of works. what do you advise? twill or uni?
example of a carbon brake lever:
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kylle
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Q1-bad choice of words.... (rusty english)
I meant if it's
reliable enough to make a clean job. I'm planing to make a 2 sided mould and apply G clamps to press it together.
Q2- How many layer's and what order should I follow?
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Brake lever
kylle
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13 Years Ago
Q2 - Most forces will be along the levers but not only, for that reason, I believe you should use...
MJCT
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13 Years Ago
Q1-bad choice of words.... (rusty english) I meant if it's reliable enough to make a clean job....
kylle
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13 Years Ago
I owna pair of Formula R1 myself but my leavers are made ofmagnesium. Some time ago I also...
MJCT
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13 Years Ago
Other terms that you should account for are "quasi-isotropic", "nesting" and "stacking" ? what do...
kylle
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13 Years Ago
Open your mail box.
MJCT
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13 Years Ago
[quote][b]MJCT (23/02/2012)[/b][hr]Open your mail box.[/quote] didn-t get anything!!!
kylle
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13 Years Ago
I’ve sent you an email to your Hotmail mailbox on February 22. But I’ll send it again.
MJCT
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13 Years Ago
The mail goes like this (to much troble to translate every thing, but all you folks can use google...
MJCT
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13 Years Ago
i think u should use kevlar after 4 layers of carbon and i think u should fill it with resin before...
mhdghoul
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13 Years Ago
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