Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
I've got some fabrication experimenting I want to do this winter and I
just might try it with carbon fiber cloth rather than glass.


Well, weigh out the advantages versus the cost. There's a
few disadvantages as well, like when you build a boat out of
it and people tend to throw it over their heads when picking
it up for the first time

If you want, email me at the usual place and I'll send you
some of the helpful notes I've been sent by a few others and
things I've compiled and shared around the list. There is
really very little documentation on how to work with this
stuff. It's a lot like regular fiberglass but also different.

If you're looking for stuff that's *stupid* strong, you
might look into a kevlar/glass composite, and either vacuum
bagging or one of the other closed laminating techniques.
The next step is simply using peel ply (which is what I've
done) and it makes a HUGE difference over open molding.



Wayne.B wrote:
http://www.aircraftspruce.com/menus/cm/index.html

http://www.raka.com/Carbon.html

http://www.thomasnet.com/products/ca...0673358-3.html

http://tinyurl.com/j8xu8


heh, there's one I didn't know about. I didn't fool with
certified aviation grade stuff though.

DSK