DIY Carbon fiber barrel?

[cboom]

Fun thread to follow! Looking forward to seeing the results.

 

[bigngreen]

I have 3 different barrels shouldered right against the carbon with the brake. These barrels are a strqnd/resin wound design(paradigm/pederson), not sheet wrapped like the hells canyon/Christensen barrels. I wonder if the sheet wrapping isn't as strong as the strand design, in that axis anyways.

The sheet wrap is just an outer layer for looks, under it is carbon laid up length wise not wound on the barrel which supposedly makes them stiffer.

 

[Mram10us]

Been on the phone blowing more money on this project. Seems they all say mix the different types for most stability or stiffness, for lack of a better term. I won't have any more to report until the materials get here at the end of the week. Why can't amazon prime have this stuff!

 

[Clay Target Guy]

It is at Walmart, in the carbon barrel ilea, next to the one hole groups...................lol

 

[Mram10us]

After talking to a gentlemen with a lot of professional experience in this field, I turned the barrel down a bit further in some areas. Still exceeding min tolerances by .030" and got the weight down to 66.7oz for barrel, action and cf. It made me sweep the shop floor, which was waaaaay overdue

 

[Bucky27]

Standard threading and chambering is easy on a cf. No difference in the way I do a cf or a fluted.

The sketchy part for me was... I didn't want to crack the CF tube that BSF uses on their barrels, with the Viper fixture.
So far the Proof barrels haven't been any issue getting set up.

 

[Orange Dust]

One thing I did learn making carbon composites for RC airplanes years ago. That stuff will bury in your skin like nothing I have ever seen, and make some nasty sores. Make sure you have the right PPE or you will regret it in a couple of months. I made this mistake, please don't.

 

[Mram10us]

One thing I did learn making carbon composites for RC airplanes years ago. That stuff will bury in your skin like nothing I have ever seen, and make some nasty sores. Make sure you have the right PPE or you will regret it in a couple of months. I made this mistake, please don't.

Great advice. Lots of nasty stuff that only needs one shot to destroy your lungs.

 

[Clay Target Guy]

I can tell you CF stuff is bad stuff to inhale or get under your skin. You can not pull it out like wood or metal, it just break off

 

[Mram10us]

Just finished contouring barrel #3. Was a sporter take-off 30-06. Will be a 30-28 nosler when it's done. Went from 43.5oz w/brake to 37.4oz w/ brake. Again, left more meat than min required by .030".

 

[Mram10us]

Whoever sent me some CF tow from texas, I cannot read your writing on the envelope to thank you in person .... on here Thank you very much. Waiting for some epoxy that is supposed to show up today, then I can give the tow you sent me a test run. Again, THANK YOU!

 

[ntsqd]

I've been told that like Stainless & Titanium slivers/chips, CF also doesn't fester because your body doesn't recognize it as foreign. Those with first-hand experience, any truth to that?

 

[Orange Dust]

Whoever sent me some CF tow from texas, I cannot read your writing on the envelope to thank you in person .... on here Thank you very much. Waiting for some epoxy that is supposed to show up today, then I can give the tow you sent me a test run. Again, THANK YOU!

Do not touch it with your bare hands, and don't open the package and look at it without a respirator and goggles.

 

[Orange Dust]

I've been told that like Stainless & Titanium slivers/chips, CF also doesn't fester because your body doesn't recognize it as foreign. Those with first-hand experience, any truth to that?

It will make some nasty sores, with plenty of puss. Takes awhile. You can't get it out either. Don't know if it is the carbon or germs sitting on it, but I am a lumper and it doesn't matter.