Where can i get sheets of carbon fiber?

[dieselstation]

i need a sheet of carbon fiber that i can cut into different shapes. where can i get some and where can i go to get it cut up? basically i'm looking for like a 1/8th inch thick or maybe even thinner sheet of hard carbon fiber. i have an idea i wanna test out and maybe sell.

 

[Fausto]

Does it have to be the pre-glued and cured hard sheets? It'd be a lot cheaper to buy the cloth and do the resin yourself. Likely won't come out quite as perfect since you don't have the vacuum tools to get all the voids out, but you'd be able to tinker with it pretty easily.

Check out these links. (click on the "Advanced Composites" link to take you to the relevant stuff on that page) Lots of good stuff there.

Fausto

 

[Moonbeam]

You could probably get some off a B1 bomber.

 

[notfred]

it's not like you can cut the stuff up w/ scissors, either.

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: notfred
it's not like you can cut the stuff up w/ scissors, either.

You can when it's still just cloth, which is why I recommended it. I used some to repair a carbon-fiber bicycle wheel with good success. It's not super-pretty, but it was pretty easy to do and has held up for two years.

Fausto