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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
are carbon fiber barrels the wave of the future?
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<blockquote data-quote="A/C Guy" data-source="post: 1981481" data-attributes="member: 13490"><p>I've worked with carbon fiber on my race cars. You never use more than the minimum amount of epoxy because the epoxy itself is the weakest part of the compound (the same is true when working with fiberglass). More resin used = a weaker finished product that is likely to crack. You can always tell how much experience a person has with those materials simply by looking at how much excessive resin was used.</p><p>Most commercial fabricators use either a vacuum method to draw the epoxy into the fibers or they use pre-pregged mat and bake it. There are YouTube videos showing both methods if you want to see the Hows and Whys.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="A/C Guy, post: 1981481, member: 13490"] I've worked with carbon fiber on my race cars. You never use more than the minimum amount of epoxy because the epoxy itself is the weakest part of the compound (the same is true when working with fiberglass). More resin used = a weaker finished product that is likely to crack. You can always tell how much experience a person has with those materials simply by looking at how much excessive resin was used. Most commercial fabricators use either a vacuum method to draw the epoxy into the fibers or they use pre-pregged mat and bake it. There are YouTube videos showing both methods if you want to see the Hows and Whys. [/QUOTE]
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