Comments on: Applied Vehicle Technology http://toolmonger.com/2009/09/14/applied-vehicle-technology/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:55:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: jmudler http://toolmonger.com/2009/09/14/applied-vehicle-technology/#comment-1029476 jmudler Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:55:24 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=31313#comment-1029476 I am building a carbon fiber trike (petal powered) and found another site with great pricing. I ordered my materials from solarcomposites.com. I am building a carbon fiber trike (petal powered) and found another site with great pricing. I ordered my materials from solarcomposites.com.

]]> By: Lex Dodson http://toolmonger.com/2009/09/14/applied-vehicle-technology/#comment-1029381 Lex Dodson Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:01:15 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=31313#comment-1029381 Try Fiber Glast's Learning Center. They have plenty of videos and other media to get you started. http://www.fibreglast.com/contentpages-Learning-Center-286.html Try Fiber Glast’s Learning Center. They have plenty of videos and other media to get you started.

http://www.fibreglast.com/contentpages-Learning-Center-286.html

]]> By: Kris http://toolmonger.com/2009/09/14/applied-vehicle-technology/#comment-1029377 Kris Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:34:07 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=31313#comment-1029377 Anyone know of a good book or website to learn about the "nuts and bolts" of working with carbon fiber? Anyone know of a good book or website to learn about the “nuts and bolts” of working with carbon fiber?

]]> By: FredB http://toolmonger.com/2009/09/14/applied-vehicle-technology/#comment-1029332 FredB Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:27:53 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=31313#comment-1029332 Handle carbon fiber like you would fiberglass, taking care to heed all the eye, lung, and skin embedding cautions that go with fiberglass. Handle carbon fiber like you would fiberglass, taking care to heed all the eye, lung, and skin embedding cautions that go with fiberglass.

]]> By: Chris http://toolmonger.com/2009/09/14/applied-vehicle-technology/#comment-1029300 Chris Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:32:38 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=31313#comment-1029300 Blind: your mention of carbon fiber's failure mode reminded me of this: http://www.rivbike.com/article/bicycle_making/frame_materials which basically says the same thing -- catastrophic failure is bad in a lot of applications. cl Blind: your mention of carbon fiber’s failure mode reminded me of this:

http://www.rivbike.com/article/bicycle_making/frame_materials

which basically says the same thing — catastrophic failure is bad in a lot of applications.

cl

]]> By: Blind http://toolmonger.com/2009/09/14/applied-vehicle-technology/#comment-1029247 Blind Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:32:16 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=31313#comment-1029247 The problem I had when I did a cursory look into making stuff with carbon fiber at home was that while it seems incredibly easy to use (it's paper mache basically), it makes a nasty mess and it doesn't seem to have a progressive failure; it either works or fails spectacularly, which goes back to the nasty mess issue, and there isn't really an easy way to tel if it's about to fail. Perhaps I'm over thinking the issues with the splinters and what not, and I'll probably pick some up anyhow and start playing with it, but many questions I still have. The problem I had when I did a cursory look into making stuff with carbon fiber at home was that while it seems incredibly easy to use (it’s paper mache basically), it makes a nasty mess and it doesn’t seem to have a progressive failure; it either works or fails spectacularly, which goes back to the nasty mess issue, and there isn’t really an easy way to tel if it’s about to fail. Perhaps I’m over thinking the issues with the splinters and what not, and I’ll probably pick some up anyhow and start playing with it, but many questions I still have.

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