anyone have success cutting carbon fiber without cracking/leaving crappy edges?  any suggestions?  i wanna go to town on a fender and make it minimal.

I was pleasantly surprised when I cut my CF tail with a thin Dremel (copy) cutting wheel.

Like butter and with no rough edges - just a light sanding to round them off.

My tail is probably not as thick as your fender, but I think it'll go very well.

WARNING: someone said CF dust is NOT ok to inhale. Wear a mask.

Quote from: stopintime on August 09, 2011, 04:46:19 PM
I was pleasantly surprised when I cut my CF tail with a thin Dremel (copy) cutting wheel.

Like butter and with no rough edges - just a light sanding to round them off.

My tail is probably not as thick as your fender, but I think it'll go very well.

WARNING: someone said CF dust is NOT ok to inhale. Wear a mask.

roger that. thanks man.  are there various cutting wheels thicknesses? i guess i can peruse the hardware store .. .

In my kit, there are two. One is not much thicker than paper and that's the one I used. The other is about 1 mm and I think it's meant for cutting metal.

Maybe you should do a test run close to the current edge, so you're prepared when you cut where you want....

Quote from: stopintime on August 09, 2011, 05:07:45 PM
In my kit, there are two. One is not much thicker than paper and that's the one I used. The other is about 1 mm and I think it's meant for cutting metal.

Maybe you should do a test run close to the current edge, so you're prepared when you cut where you want....

that's brilliant.  7 years of higher education and that honestly would have never occurred to me . . . hahaha - i guess logic can't be taught 

Keep us posted 

 

Quote from: Speeddog on August 09, 2011, 06:29:38 PM

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.  that means i'm not allowed to do it.  damnit.  i'll bring it over nick. 

Just make sure you wear a mask as the air born dust is deadly if inhaled...

Very fine grade finishing paper will give a good result...

Geoff...

Quote from: uglyducky on August 09, 2011, 12:47:02 PM
anyone have success cutting carbon fiber without cracking/leaving crappy edges?  any suggestions?  i wanna go to town on a fender and make it minimal.

I've done a lot of these.  Dremel is your friend.  Use a low speed since CF is hard.
+1 on the face mask.  Also use safety googles.  CF throws off a fine dust, but is very easy to trim.