Resin does not easily flow into the carbon fiber cloth – it needs some encouragement, usually by pressure.<\/p>\n
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Hexcel has an excellent guide called the “Technical Fabrics Handbook<\/a>” that explains the different types of fabrics available, and another on “Prepreg Technology<\/a>“.<\/p>\n The Jarvis Illustrated Guide to Carbon Fiber Construction<\/a> is an article on Rocketry Planet with a lot of good step-by-step information<\/p>\n West Systems has an excellent guide on Vacuum Bagging entitled “Vacuum Bagging Techniques”<\/a><\/p>\n “Genes L3 Project”<\/a> is a series of web pages showing Gene Engelgau’s (Fruity Chutes) carbon fiber\u00a0level 3 project.\u00a0 Check out the instructional pages on “Building Composite Centering Rings”<\/a>\u00a0and “Making the composite fins”<\/a><\/p>\n If you really want to read up on composite construction, the Department of Defense has a five volume “Composite Materials Handbook”\u00a0 Volume 1<\/a>\u00a0 Volume 2<\/a>\u00a0 Volume 3<\/a>\u00a0 Volume 4<\/a>\u00a0 Volume 5<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Resin does not easily flow into the carbon fiber cloth – it needs some encouragement, usually by pressure. If you are making a body tube, this is most easily done using a mandrel for the form, applying the carbon fiber and resin, wrapping with a heat shrink tape and heating.\u00a0 Shadow Aero has an excellent … Continue reading General Information<\/span>