Hello, I would need help to perfectly get this emblem sanded and cut. For starters what would be the best way to sand the edges without hitting the top layer. And secondly what would be the best way to make the holes inside of the Hyundai emblem?

I know it sounds stupid but ive been thinking and ive read up that the recommended pressure for bagging parts is between 12 and 25hg. I dont wanna spend alot of money on a pump but have seen that a hand powered brake line bleeder can reach 0-30hg. Has anyone had experience trying this or any other budget friendly methods?

Hey folks,

Years and years ago I did carbon fiber wetlayup for work on aluminum templates. I just got an e-bike with a skidplate and immediately broke it (below). I've already repaired it with plastic bond but for giggles I wanted to do a wet layup and make a copy with carbon fiber. I've got all my old stuff, but I've only ever done it over aluminum. At the time I used PVA on the aluminum, did my wet layup, and that was that.

For this plastic part, what do you recommend I use for release?

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Can someone tell me how cooked my new lip is? I literally had this on for about 3 weeks and the roads in cali fried my lip 😭. Looking for someone to fix it.

somehow messed up my hardener and epoxy ratio and had a layer that never cured right... added another layer to try to cause a secondary reaction but when sanding i made it thru the first layer and sanded some small parts on the still-viscous layer underneath. wondering if there's any fix or if those spots are just screwed😔

When it comes to carbon fiber modification kits for your car, do you prefer buying locally or are you open to importing from overseas, like Taiwan, China, or Malaysia?

What’s most important to you when choosing a supplier? • Quality and durability (e.g., dry carbon vs. wet carbon) • Perfect fitment for your car • Pricing, including shipping and taxes • Seller reputation or after-sales support

If you’ve bought from overseas before, how was your experience? Any tips for finding the best deals or avoiding issues? Let’s discuss!

I've got a large part that won't fit into my curing oven. I was wondering if I need to get a bigger oven, or if separating it into half and then reassembling it after curing (with it still looking like it's one smooth, flush, piece afterwards), was possible.

Example: Say I have a circle I want to make that's too big for the curing oven. Rather than make the entire circle at once, I make two half-circles that do fit in the curing oven, and cure those separately, and then reassemble them later into the full circle that I wanted from the start (I'd also prefer if the pattern matches up afterwards so that it looks like it was never made of two separate semicircles)

So I sold my bicycle online and it arrived to the buyer house with this massive dent on the frame. I’m trying to think of how this could have happened during shipping. Any thoughts?

New posts about filament winding and thermoset matrices on r/learncarbonfiber as well and www.youtube/learncarbonfiber if anyone is interested. THANK YOU👍

Any recommendations?

There’s one in Ogden, UT for $2,000 tuition but I don’t know how long the program is

There’s also The Fab School but I believe their tuition is around $30,000

Hello! A newbie question, I am planning to make a standoff off for my motherboard using carbon fiber, and the majority uses clear epoxy to shape the CF I am worried if the heat generated by the motherboard can possibly weaken/soften or possibly melt the epoxy in CF and I cant seem to find any clear heat resistant epoxy. I need help of those who are well experienced to help a newbie out hehehe TYIA (any info is appreciated as i lack knowledge in CF making xd)

Excuse me, I'm trying to find a place to download the 3D models Car to create accesories. Could someone help to me please.

I’m gonna retry and give it another go after this mold and most definitely buy more gel coat 💀

I have a carbon fiber wing that had all 4 rivnuts rust to shit and had to be drilled out. What would be the best way to fill all 4 holes that will have to be redrilled and have a new rivnuts inserted?

Would something like jb weld plastic epoxy be sufficient? Stuff with chopped carbon fiber and some other type of 2 part epoxy? Cut part way through,, inlay a metal plate with epoxy, and cover with layer of carbon fiber?

Looking for an economical and permanent solution. Metal plate I could just weld a normal nut instead of having to use rivnuts.

Hi, I was wondering how I could mould this out of dry carbon fibre fabric ( non prepreg ). It's quite an odd shape, does anyone know how I could do this without making something extremely complecated as it's going to be my first part. For those who are wondering, It's a nose cone for a small rocket. I don't have access to any vacuum bags which are made to go inside objects which I relise is a massive problem...

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Www.youtube.com/@learncarbonfiber

I post daily videos about different principles used in the construction of carbon fiber products and real world examples of how these principles can be applied practically. I also post projects that I’m currently doing and how they are progressing.

THANK YOU

Does anybody know the best Chinagraph pencils in the market for marking uncured carbon? Recently started a job within carbon lamination and the chinagraph provided from the company is beyond useless…willing to buy some good quality ones to make my work-day a tad easier, thanks.

I’ve been tasked with a project where I have two polycarbonate sheets that I’m essentially skinning with a piece of fabric and creating a flexible joint between the two pieces along each face using the fabric.

I’ve done basic CF work before so I’m debating if using similar techniques with epoxy would be best or if I should just use contact cement?

Any input would be appreciated.