Equipment source for hobby size composite manufacturing?
Equipment source for hobby size composite manufacturing?
(OP)
Want to play with composites on a hobby scale.
I would appreciate any suggestions for equipment that anyone cared to make.
Thanks,
Tom
I would appreciate any suggestions for equipment that anyone cared to make.
Thanks,
Tom
Thomas J. Walz
Carbide Processors, Inc.
www.carbideprocessors.com
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RE: Equipment source for hobby size composite manufacturing?
RE: Equipment source for hobby size composite manufacturing?
Do you want to make moulds.
Do you want to use prepregs.
Do you want to do hand layups of fibre reinforcement with two pot resin mixes over existing objects.
If the latter, a pair of scissors, a ribbed roller, a brush or two, some good scales, some rubber gloves, a ventilated area, some old cloths and plenty of polypropylene containers or cups and some lollipop sticks as stirrers and spatulas or a putty knife
Regards
Pat
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RE: Equipment source for hobby size composite manufacturing?
I had no idea the technology was that pervasive. I was thinking it was still aircraft and similar.
I found Fiber Glast which looks like a pretty good start.
Tom
Thomas J. Walz
Carbide Processors, Inc.
www.carbideprocessors.com
Good engineering starts with a Grainger Catalog.
RE: Equipment source for hobby size composite manufacturing?
Fascinating way to make stuff IMO
Regards,
Mike
RE: Equipment source for hobby size composite manufacturing?
RE: Equipment source for hobby size composite manufacturing?
Check out Fiberlay I think they have a store near you.
They will sell anything from a 2oz pot of resin to a full roll of glass cloth, your choice.
B.E.
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RE: Equipment source for hobby size composite manufacturing?