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dgdogz
07-02-2009, 16:02
anyone know the best way to bend carbon fibre?
im planning to make a custom air box sort of thing under the bonnet but i dont wanna buy a shett of carbon and wreck it
any info or help
cheers guys
:)
Os8472
07-02-2009, 16:12
Thin carbon sheets like 1.4mm is proper bendy and proper strong, I bent a spare bit i had from doing my door cards and I could bend it so the oposit ends were touching each other, you've gotta give some serious stick to break it
clee
07-02-2009, 16:15
You cant .
It wont form from sheet ,it is layered in a mold under pressure to shape .Much like fibreglass .
It's cross layered that's how it gets its strength .
J$£5GTT
07-02-2009, 16:16
You cant .
It wont form from sheet ,it is layered in a mold under pressure to shape .Much like fibreglass .
It's cross layered that's how it gets its strength .


:agree:
clee
07-02-2009, 16:25
Thin carbon sheets like 1.4mm is proper bendy and proper strong, I bent a spare bit i had from doing my door cards and I could bend it so the oposit ends were touching each other, you've gotta give some serious stick to break it


Well yes, it will roll into a tube .Diameter dependent on thickness :agree:
Os8472
07-02-2009, 16:50
Well yes, it will roll into a tube .Diameter dependent on thickness :agree:

Yep, add a couple of small holes at either end and some tie wraps and away ya go :agree:
dgdogz
07-02-2009, 17:01
i only really wann put a 90 degree bend in it

i was maybe thinkin a heat gun and a bit of strength???
Os8472
07-02-2009, 17:09
i only really wann put a 90 degree bend in it

i was maybe thinkin a heat gun and a bit of strength???

Sorry Clee is right, for a 90degree bend you'd have to buy it like that
dgdogz
07-02-2009, 17:11
so ther no way at all id be able to reshape it whithout either snapping it or just wasting my time?
Os8472
07-02-2009, 17:19
so ther no way at all id be able to reshape it whithout either snapping it or just wasting my time?

U can bend it and u can cut it but thats about it
dgdogz
07-02-2009, 17:21
but no reshaping
anyone know of wer i could get this done?
or maybe another material that is light i could do it with???
would acrylic be suitable
Tiny Tim
07-02-2009, 17:21
Cut it and glue it neatly?
Os8472
07-02-2009, 17:39
Cut it and glue it neatly?

Or make some little brakets
clee
07-02-2009, 19:29
You can get real CF with an adhesive backing from 3M .Apply this to some thin ali or polycarbonate :agree:
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