DSK wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

Very nice - I assume you are going to paint it?

Roll and Tip?


Thanks. I am going to paint it, and am hoping to use an airless sprayer.
I have done roll & tip before and can get it pretty good that way
(especially with some buffing). But sprayed is so much more cool.




Who needs a dinghy that can support a locomotive?



Well, if you sail it on the railroad tracks....


If we're attacked by pirates, we can deploy it vertically as a
bulletproof shield!

DSK


Or if you sail the rocky roads & ditches of Derby Kansas.......

If we're attacked by pirates, we can deploy it vertically as a
bulletproof shield!


Don White wrote:
Or if you sail the rocky roads & ditches of Derby Kansas.......

Ahem....
I said "bulletproof"

NOT "BS proof"

DSK

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
Out of curiosity, where did you get the carbon fiber?

Or did I read that wrong?

No, you read it right. Amazing stuff.

It's readily available from airplane kit suppliers, also
race car hobbyists are apparently into molding their own
custom carbon fiber hood scoops & such.

DSK

On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 00:17:44 GMT, 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.

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

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