Carbon fiber tables "Including pictures"

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#1

Hi guys,

last month a customer order me 4 tables of 2.30m x 1m, 3 tables of 1.90m x 1m and 7 tables of 1m x 1m. The tables must be too strong and extremely very smooth surface without any waves on the top of it.

So the first think was the mold. I create the molds from Wood sandwich Laminates with nice curve borders inside.

All the panels was created with PLAIN carbon fiber plus poly plus foam. I use strong foam “60” and 1.50cm depth. All the proccedure is through infusion progress and using multiple input vacuum holes.

Tomorrow I will add some picture of all proccedure.

#2

Here is the Mold of 1m x 1m:

#3

…the 200x100:

sorry for the deleted backround but is totaly mess :stuck_out_tongue:

#4

adding the carbon fiber cloths…

#5

Peel ply:

#6

Resin flow:

#7

Bagging:

#8

air out:

#9

resin goes for trip:

#10

forget to tell you that I add foam:

#11

out of the mold 1m x 1m:

#12

out of the mold 2m x 1m:

#13

in the end of this week I will post the table when sand it and after the final look.:smiley:

#14

How is the surface? Pinholes?

Did you bag the whole lot (envelop) or taped on the mould?

#15

The pinholes for me is not exist any more :stuck_out_tongue: NO, pinholes at all. Is very importand on infusion progress to control the speed and direction of resin because if some areas closed from resin then is too difficult to infused.
Yes I bag the whole lot (envelop)because the wood is breathing. Honestly ,at the begining I try to tape on the mould but unfortunately it was impossible to have vaccum :blink:
I will post some closed picture of the panel.

#16

Yes, very good, and well done.