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Had a need for some carbon angle to make some servo mounting mounts for, so I decided to document how I did it so I could share it here.
Pretty basic... Get yourself a piece of aluminum angle from Home Depot or ??? that has a 90-degree inside edge. Get a matching piece of box aluminum to form the inside of the angle.
I used a peel ply on both sides of the layup because I wanted to be able to bond well to it. If you want/need it smooth and "shiny", then don't use the peel.
I ran some scotchbright over the surfaces to clean it up, then waxed all of the contact surfaces with some mold release wax. You can use McQuires #23 or bascially any type of decent wax as well.
I clamped the outter piece of angle to the bench, laid down one of the peel ply pieces, then one layer of carbon. I applied the epoxy to wet out the first piece, and then laid on the next piece. Using a minimal amount of epoxy, I laid in each layer, 8 in total, and then finished it with another piece of peel-ply.
I then put the box tubing on and clamped it in place.
After letting the piece sit for 5 hours or so to get the epoxy set, I took the piece and cured it in the oven at 125 degrees for about 5 hours.
End result was a nice solid piece of carbon angle that has bondable surfaces. Just have to set it back into the outter angle and use that as a guide to trim the edges.
Pretty simple, and relatively inexpensive to do. More layers, heavier layup.
Hope someone finds this useful.
Pretty basic... Get yourself a piece of aluminum angle from Home Depot or ??? that has a 90-degree inside edge. Get a matching piece of box aluminum to form the inside of the angle.
I used a peel ply on both sides of the layup because I wanted to be able to bond well to it. If you want/need it smooth and "shiny", then don't use the peel.
I ran some scotchbright over the surfaces to clean it up, then waxed all of the contact surfaces with some mold release wax. You can use McQuires #23 or bascially any type of decent wax as well.
I clamped the outter piece of angle to the bench, laid down one of the peel ply pieces, then one layer of carbon. I applied the epoxy to wet out the first piece, and then laid on the next piece. Using a minimal amount of epoxy, I laid in each layer, 8 in total, and then finished it with another piece of peel-ply.
I then put the box tubing on and clamped it in place.
After letting the piece sit for 5 hours or so to get the epoxy set, I took the piece and cured it in the oven at 125 degrees for about 5 hours.
End result was a nice solid piece of carbon angle that has bondable surfaces. Just have to set it back into the outter angle and use that as a guide to trim the edges.
Pretty simple, and relatively inexpensive to do. More layers, heavier layup.
Hope someone finds this useful.
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