Hi, I'm new and I apologise if this is a dumb question. I'm making things out of carbon fibre with compression moulds and they will easily fit into a kitchen oven. I googled it and nobody seems to be using their kitchen oven. Is there a hidden problem that I'm missing? Will the epoxy fumes kill me or something like that?

The reason I want to make the switch from room temp epoxy to pre preg is that I can't seem to get a neat weave. Will using pre preg help me keep the weave straight?

My oven goes as low as 60 celcius and my moulding material can withstand 300ish. So getting the right temperature shouldn't be an issue.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hey, Adam.

Your setup looks nice and clean, i hope that with proper nuts and bolts it will be fine.

As your description suggests it (different thicknesses), your tiny bubbles and voids would be caused by a lack of pressure on the sides, so hopefully its "only" a mechanical problem... Guess the shims would help here.

Keep on refining and show what DIY'ers can do

Cheers from Belgium.

 



 


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