That carbon “sock” reminds me a video I watch some months ago.
Someone glassed a Coke bottle (nice, curved, 3d,…) using just a CARBON SLEEVE.
He folded the bottle with the carbon sleeve, then cut the sleeve at the ends of the bottle, then stretched the carbon sleeve using his hands simply pulling the ends, then saturated with epoxy using a paintbrush.
When cured, he broke the bottle with a hammer and voiden the pieces.
Result: a perfect, clean, easy carbon Coke bottle.
I can’t find it now.
I guess carbon or glass sleeves could be used on surfboards, since they are build in the right dimmension.
Do you mind me asking where the fiber came from and what the cost was? I would also be interested to know how the bond holds up with the spectra after some intensive riding. Keep us informed. Sick board btw.
I’ve got a video of braiding fibres around an object which I’ll try and post. It would be easy to do a board like this, but you’d need some serious technology…
Do you mind me asking where the fiber came from and what the cost was? I would also be interested to know how the bond holds up with the spectra after some intensive riding. Keep us informed. Sick board btw.
Can’t answer your first question except to say that IF we offered it for sale (still needs to be tested) it tentatively would be a $150 option
over the base.
I plan to report back the unclassified portion of the test data, and we’re already talking about doing another one at our normal weight to test.
This one is pushing the limits, as I said in an earlier post.