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Originally Posted by ANGRY-ALIEN
Hey Neil, thanks for the suggestions man... I will get some tests done to see how the Carbon reacts to the laser.
Alien
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hey dude,
DONT USE LAZER TO CUT CARBON. i have been building some custom carbon chassis over the past few months and i initially tried laser to cut them out as it was going to save me money. the cuts were straight and everything but what happens is the laser melted the epoxy ever so slightly along every cut made. this caused the fabric to be frayed really bad along every cut and the the part looked like shit. also, the frayed fabric gets in your skin like fiberglass and is horrible to try to work with after that.
i just use a CNC shop to cut all my carbon now and it is 10x better. save yourself the trouble. idk, i have heard of people using laser to cut carbon successfully so i dont know if the piece i had cut was inferior or what but since then i have used the same carbon cut on the CNC for my 1/8 brushless truggies and have been racing with them for weeks without any issues. and this is only 3mm carbon so i would say it is decent carbon to hold up to the abuse i have given it.
pm me if you have any other questions. i have been working with custom carbon stuff for the past 6 months and can maybe help you out with any more questions.