cutting CF?

Pablodragon · Post by **Pablodragon** » Tue May 26, 2009 7:27 pm

what's the best tool to use to trim carbon fiber?.. like the hard laminated kind... someone told me something that spins fast, like a dremel tool with a cut off wheel? yes?... no?

Post by **racer12306** » Tue May 26, 2009 7:31 pm

I would think that anything you can put on a dremel will get eaten up really fast.

Carbide or diamond would probably give you best results.

blueneo03 · Post by **blueneo03** » Wed May 27, 2009 4:03 pm

im not sure if mine would be the same as you, but i just used a dremel tool with a sander type cone thing that worked fine..

joelrgr · Post by **joelrgr** » Wed May 27, 2009 6:57 pm

Dremel with cone bit. CF is pretty soft once you get into it. Helped cut some washer fluid holes with a friend once and it was like warm butter with a regular cone bit.

blueneo03 · Post by **blueneo03** » Wed May 27, 2009 9:01 pm

ya mine was the same i had to clean out the wiper holes,... and it was pretty soft and messy..

Caraudioholic24 · Post by **Caraudioholic24** » Thu May 28, 2009 2:33 am

Yea dremel but use a diamond or carbide bit as mentioned before. Also do not stay in one spot too long as you will make a mess and chance ruining the part in other areas.

Im having fun trying out my kit with raw material and I can usually cut the ends of with a sharp exacto knife.