thegarehanman Posted July 6, 2007 Report Share Posted July 6, 2007 Ok, that makes a lot more sense. You could probably completely stop the stop from vibrating with one .2" thick carbon fiber brace, so I it didn't seem right. I've given the carbon fiber/spruce brace some thought, and I think the way to get the lightest/strongest brace with these two materials would be to use unidirectional fabric, wet it out with epoxy, then clamp it between the two pieces of spruce before the epoxy dries. That would save some unnecessary resin weight and still yield the same strength. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted July 7, 2007 Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 Honestly, I'm doing it more for the memory effect (ie, CF has none) than for stiffness. Also, following Mario Proulx's example, I'm going do try laminating a brace with polyurethane. I'll test drive some epoxy as well and destruction test, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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