HellFyre
Super Fancy.
- Joined
- Oct 21, 2002
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- Santa Clara
- Moto(s)
- 2006 R6 (race), 2003 Z1000 (street), 2002 WR250F (dirt)
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- Justus
Boy is it brilliant in the sunlight!!!!
HellFyre said:Chris, you sort of touched on this during the seminar, but I didn't quite get it. My question is, how many layers?
For example with I <3 Twins' part trimmed down to your lines, if that part were made out of CF only, and no Fiberglass backing, how many layers would be structurally sound?
What if he wanted to cut out the center of it? Again, only CF, how many layers?
Like you explained, this is assuming the layers are placed in alternating directions for added strength.
stangmx13 said:15$ ehh.. is that a nice round figure for materials cost?? ive been wondering lately how expensive CF and the required epoxies are... wouldnt have to include labor cause i wanna do it myself.
quasi888 said:Great stuff!
Chris, what's your take on vinyl ester resins, rather than epoxies?
DougZ said:This is a great thread. Glad I just read through the whole thing.
I would have liked to see some pics of how guys were cutting off the rough edges of things, like the hanger and that exhaust shield.
1. Is Chris(Tygaboy) the guy that someone joked looked like Richard Dean Anderson? Red sweat shirt? Just to put a name iwth the face.
2. Is the aluminzed fabric Texaluim, from a company called Hexcel? If so, do you know what its strength is vs CF fabric of a similar weight, weave and thickness?
As always, Thanks.
DZ
tygaboy said:1. Dat's me!
2. Not sure who the original mfg of the aluminized 'glass is. For the similar weight, etc. the carbon is much stronger. And when I say weight, I mean the weight of the finished part. Remember, you can make almost anything strong...if you use enough of it.
DougZ said:
?? Where did you get all the materials you used for the bagging process? I am looking at TAP plastics and Fiberglast and not seeing them?
Thanks, DZ