quest for knolege, looking for carbon fibre info?

[Bartman]

Hello all,

Iam a stay at home dad and recently, I have an urdge to learn about carbon fibre, I was wondering if there are any good on line books or step to step sites on how to lay up, mold and maybe even machining of said material?

Any help would be greatly appreaciated , Thanks in advance.

Bart

[Splint]

Not really online course but usefull anyway...

http://www.racingcomposites.net/
http://www.compositeforum.werksberg.com/
http://boatdesign.net/forums/
http://www.fibreglast.com/VBulletin/
http://sweetcomposites.com/
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/index.php?s=
http://www.industrycommunity.com/manufacture/index.htm

Splint

[Bartman]

Thankyou vary much, looks like I have some reading ahead of me.

Talk to you soon.

Bartman

[Splint]

http://forums.about.com/n/pfx/forum....F=y&redirCnt=1

[keebler303]

If you want to lear the basics get some cheap fiberglass and resin and play with it. MUCH cheaper than carbon fiber and almost as cool, plus it pretty much handles the same as far as layup and molding.

Matt

[racecomp]

Hi,

This is my first post on this site, my name is Steve and I own RaceComp.
We make all types of composite parts from high tek parts for the medical industry to decorative show parts for Superbikes. Dont get confused with the different process that are use in the composite industry.

All our parts are made from pre-preg carbon and autoclave cured under vacuum, high pressure and heat; it is a far cry from dabbing a bit of resin on some dry carbon. The pre-preg set-up is very costly to start with, with elevated temperatures and high pressures that are used in the process, tooling is the biggest issue. A normal fibreglass moult would not last 5 minutes in an Autoclave.

It truly is an awesome product, the designs and application are endless.

Have a look at our site; it's a bit out of date now!!! Well overdue for a makeover. www.racecomp.com.au