Re: S&G: build your own carbon fibre panels..
In Response To: S&G: build your own carbon fibre panels.. (ewan)
: So, if you were to make your own cabon fibre panels for a s&g build- Could
: you use the method in this link
: http://www.mashie.org/guides/cfbalsa01.html
: Or, would there be issues?
: (for thosethat don't want to follow the link- its 3mm balsa with carbon stuck
: on either side to create a panel)
Biggest trick is to have a perfectly flat surface the length of the kayak to lay it up on. And if you don't vacuum bag it, you'd probably still end up with a boat heavier than a wood strip one. The wood isn't the heavy part, the resin is.
Bill H.
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ewan -- 5/6/2009, 8:53 pm- Re: S&G: build your own carbon fibre panels..
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Bill Hamm -- 5/7/2009, 4:22 pm
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Simeon -- 5/6/2009, 11:59 pm - Re: S&G: build your own carbon fibre panels..
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