Re: Working with carbon fiber.. I know someone has done it.
 

which hard foam would that be?

Re: Working with carbon fiber.. I know someone has done it.
 

Hard blue insulating foam from a home depot, or lowes works fairly well as a mold. Shape it with coarse sandpaper. Any foam should be covered in plastic unless you plan on using it as a part of the final product.

http://www.isover.fi/files/pictures/tu_re_avance300.jpg

Re: Working with carbon fiber.. I know someone has done it.
 

*bookmarked*

When i get home from work tomorrow i'll give you a mini write up plus part numbers. I did this bullshit for a year at my old job, and you dont need any kind of oven.

Re: Working with carbon fiber.. I know someone has done it.
 

We used to make replacement cf pieces for our old skool Lola mk.2 indy car. The sheets have to be vaccum'd into shape and all that crap then baked in an extremely high temp oven for quite a while. Our oven was pretty much a gigantic autoclave.

Re: Working with carbon fiber.. I know someone has done it.
 

it will melt away if you just pour some gas on it usually

Re: Working with carbon fiber.. I know someone has done it.
 

Read this:

http://www.turbomustangs.com/PBcarbonfiber.php


That should tell you everything you need to know for what your trying to do