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I've been following this thread with fascination for a long time now, have gone back and read what I missed coming in. Tremendous level of discussion and amount of effort being expended.

I'm going...

For a good, and somewhat amusing, illustration of this principle see the following link, a robotic gripper made from a latex party balloon filled with coffee grounds. Evacuate the air and the coffee...

It seems to be the consensus that attachments to other machine parts need to be in steel (or carbon or some other high modulus material), not the EG itself. The EG's function is damping - even in the...

4-6 months full time is realistic to get to the point where you feel comfortable. Not expert, comfortable.

The thing you have to understand first is that the software tools for machining are a...

Look at this one for an example: http://www.prosetepoxy.com/process_equipment.html

Jeff

Hi Brandon,

Yeah, that is a slick technique. I could be wrong, but I think that's how the interior mandrels for commodity carbon fiber tubing are made.

Re the interface between the carbon outer...

Here is one online source for as little as 1yd, though only 3k twill and a single choice for resin:
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I've been reading this thread with great interest. My company does carbon fiber vacuum infusion and I've had the same thought as I look around the shop at our machine tools. Carbon for stiffness,...