There’s lot of video’s on youtube about carbon layup.

I didn’t vacuumbag it, but it’s a wet layup. I sandwiched between two sheets of glass with wax on it and clamped that in a large woodwork vice. The only tricky part is to figure out how many layers to get the thickness you need. Layup is all unidirectional with weave as the outer layers for looks.

Carbon sheet is very expensive here, but the uni directional fibers are not if you shop around and buy a few meters. I now have enough cloth to make more than 10 of these sets for less than $100.

It’s just a lot of work.

You just have to take your time and be precise. I like tinkering with small stuff, it’s like meditation to me.

I’m not sure using a CNC machine would help. I’ve not found anybody willing to CNC the parts here, it’s not an easy material to cut. It will delaminate, and the dust is supposed to be harmfull too.

But sanding it to shape is surprisingly easy, you can take away a lot of material fast with course 80 grit, or be really precise with fine grit. I would say it is not more difficult than making the same piece out of wood. But wear gloves, this stuff itches…. :banghead:

If I would have to make a few sets I would get it watercut, but it was too expensive for such a small number of parts.

Snap! :thumbsup:

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Clearing the snow is my only concern with this system. I might wax the whole top of the board to prevent snow sticking. I have this stuff in a spraycan that I think might work…
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Not sure about locking the binding in place yet. The original plan was a skishoe buckle on one side, and a simple stop on the other. So it rotates untill the stop, and is than locked in place by fastening the buckle. But with the bindings now on it feels so solid, that maybe something a little less complicated and lighter may be better.

But it will be a solution that also holds two corners of the binding down so there will be less stress on the 4×4 disk.

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And no, I don’t know how much torque this can take. I had doubts about the cabonfibre beeing strong enough. I still have room underfoot to add a few more layers of carbon, but it seems pretty solid already.

When finished I’ll make a few short runs to test and tweak, and will probably carry a spare 4×4 disk the first few trips.

Anyway, I was never sure it was going to work. But I didn’t drill into the board yet as this uses the original inserts, so I figure I can always buy pucks if this is a failure. The hooks and clips use the same hole pattern as normal, so if those fail I can replace them too.

So far I only spend some money on carbonfibre and screws, it wasn’t expensive at all. If it doesn’t work out i’ve wasted a lot of time, but it’s entertainment for you guys too…

I wouldn’t really know how to run fibers vertically, but you can send me a message with details. I’m interested.

Hadn’t thought of wetsanding, that makes a lot of sense.