It also offers additional manufacturing versatility to carbon ... via dry layup in a mold, or the preform can be laid directly onto a round, square or rectangular tool. The second processing stage, ...

[Turner Hunt] is bringing carbon fiber manufacture into the hands of makers — at considerable cost savings! So how does it work? The machine wraps the filament around the workpiece, not unlike a ...

Wet sanding was quick because he simply wanted to remove any gross imperfections. The next step is to put a UV resin on the mold to prevent the carbon fiber resin from bonding to the plastic.