RichieC
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| posted on 27/2/06 at 09:57 PM |
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Finishing Carbon Fibre
Hi,
Just having a dash idea............How easy is it to achieve a good finish with proper carbon fibre?
Can it be easily routered to give a radiused edge? Do the edges go dull or can they be finished the same as the surface?
Thanks for any advice
Richie
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Major Stare
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| posted on 27/2/06 at 10:02 PM |
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Cutting to a radius can be done, but i it would leave you with a dull finish.
Jon "FISH"
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DIY Si
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| posted on 27/2/06 at 10:02 PM |
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Is it not possible to curve the egde of the sheet? or is it too thick for such things?
Just had another thought, would it poss to persaude Triton to knock up a curved bit that can be attached for the sva?
[Edited on 27/2/06 by DIY Si]
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RichieC
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| posted on 27/2/06 at 10:05 PM |
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Im only talking 3mm thickness but the radius isnt for SVA, just so it looks tidy.
I guessed it would go dull when cut, no biggy though.
Thanks for the replies
Rich
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kendo
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| posted on 28/2/06 at 10:51 AM |
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finishing carbon
Once you have cut and radiused the edge just work through the grades of wet and dry with a bit of soapy water (just like polishing paint) and you can
polish the cut surface.
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tom_loughlin
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| posted on 28/2/06 at 10:57 AM |
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are you looking to make your own from scratch, or buy an existing one, and round the edges?
Mine is a GTS carbon dash, and has the raduis moulded in at the bottom - went through sva fine.
I would imagine that mr sva wouldnt pass a routed one,as the radius had to be 17mm (or something like that) - it you put such a large radius on a
material with thickness only 4mm, in effect, you would be sharpening the edge.
Tom
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RichieC
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| posted on 28/2/06 at 11:06 AM |
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Ill reiterate, its not for SVA I was wanting to round the edges, it was purely for asthetics.
The material Im using is 3mm so clearly a 16mm radius isnt going to work. Im only doing a couple of panels not the entire dash.
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