where to buy carbon fiber?

[Rudz]

bah!!!!!!!!

the goverment is stealin all our carbon fiber!!! no more cf grips and barells?? waaaaaah!!!

lol

[slade]

Also from Mcmaster the stuff they sell is 100% carbon fiber right, I bought some carbon fiber laminate from "dragon plate" by mistake and its two pieces of carbon glued on the sides of a wood/fiber looking material

its solid. mcmaster will tell you just about everything there is to know about any of their products.

Ahem.

/me <------Has an open account with them.



I love McMaster Carr. Between them and Fastenal, there is not a fastener that I cannot lay hands on.

ahh. well, of course youre allowed to be a mcmaster fan.

/has an account through school robotics club
//orders something at 6:30 PM, and its there by noon the next day

[buzzboy]

On flex/strength:

CF used to be used in the surfboard buisness(price drove it out) and it is used in the kiteboarding/sailboarding industry as well. It is a great material because it is incredibly strong when used with Epoxy or, more frequently, polyester resin and because it stiffens up the board. Int he late 90's some company's were using a 1" wide strip of CF on a surfboard that would dramatically decrease the flex of the board.

[warpfeedmod]

/me raises Mcmaster shopper hand.


I too utilize them for all of my computer case builds and mods.

I built a custom carbon fibre case and even with bulk discounts from my various suppliers, I paid something close to $100 per sqare foot. That was over a year ago and now I can't get my hands on the stuff

[mkmckinley]

I used cf for a class once. it comes in like a fabric sheet and you mix it with an epoxy and layer it. You form it while it's wet and then it cures and becomes stiff.

[hvacman250]

Also try Ebay. Ive seen it fairly reasonable on Ebay, but its been a couple months. I thought about trying my hand in CF triggers.

[nevets11_2003]

Also try Ebay. Ive seen it fairly reasonable on Ebay, but its been a couple months. I thought about trying my hand in CF triggers.

Tried ebay I didnt have any luck
I ordered some 12"X3" at 1/8 thick for my experiment

Do you think it would be possible to glue two peices of carbon together with say epoxy?
How good would it hold together? Would there be a seam?

[olinar]

ebay has some carbon fiber but idk is they can be reused to mold since they are hardened cf. they also has some wven carbon fiber but not epoxied yet.i thought that would be ptrtty usefu. i ordered some vinyl just to see what my gun would look like, incase i decide to somehow make carbonfiber parts.

[Fred]

.25 is awfully thick for CF... thats why its expensive... that thickness will probably be very strong...

what application are you experimenting with?

[buzzboy]

You talking end to end?

That would be mighty difficult. You would have to have an overlap to make it look right. But it really isn't that bad. Do you know the weight of the cf?

[slade]

You talking end to end?

That would be mighty difficult. You would have to have an overlap to make it look right. But it really isn't that bad. Do you know the weight of the cf?

hes talking about epoxying 2 sheets of .125" CF to make one sheet of .25". sounds plausible if you have the right epoxy, although it will most likely be weaker at the seam and you will probably be able to see the seam. i take it that you plan on making yourself a trigger though, in which case it wont matter too much.

[luke]

On top of ALL the great things about McMaster is their shipping, they are crazy fast. I normally get my stuff 24-48 hours after I order. The shipping on my last order was so fast that I received my order before they found a screw up with my credit card number.

[nevets11_2003]

hes talking about epoxying 2 sheets of .125" CF to make one sheet of .25". sounds plausible if you have the right epoxy, although it will most likely be weaker at the seam and you will probably be able to see the seam. i take it that you plan on making yourself a trigger though, in which case it wont matter too much.

Yes I plan on making a trigger, I decide to get a .125 sheet that I will cut in half and glue it so that it has two epoxy/gloss looking sides, instead of one shiny side and one ruff bonding side. It shouldn't be under to much pressure used a a trigger, I just dont want it to have a gap in the middle of them, making the trigger feel weird

[slade]

Yes I plan on making a trigger, I decide to get a .125 sheet that I will cut in half and glue it so that it has two epoxy/gloss looking sides, instead of one shiny side and one ruff bonding side. It shouldn't be under to much pressure used a a trigger, I just dont want it to have a gap in the middle of them, making the trigger feel weird

well, the carbon fiber is already held together with epoxy. as long as you dont have an air bubble between the two sheets, when you cut and sand the trigger it should be smooth, although there could be a visible line.

its a pretty good idea, and if you sell a few you could make your money back.

[Timmee]

I picked up 3-4 sheets of C/F plate (.110) on eBay, back when I used to race electric R/C cars every week. It was like $30 for a 12"x8" sheet, IIRC.