Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Carbon fiber molding

We bought a few yards of plane weave carbon fiber cloth to see what all the fuss is about.
We have used carbon fiber tape in all the ferrules and throats of our blades.  It seemed to raise the breaking strength of the ferrule but we haven't gotten scientific about destructive testing yet.
But low and behold, blades made exclusively with CF are noticeably stiffer and over 2 oz lighter.
Here is the cloth we are using:



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