newbie needs info on carbon fiber

I am wondering if working with carbon fiber is in anyway like working with leather. I am interested in making things out of carbon fiber and need information on where I can get sheets of carbon fiber and how to cut and use it. Anyone have any info or links?

It’s more like Papier Mâché :stuck_out_tongue:

[ame=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEGOsc7HvYw”]Carbon fiber production techniques Part 1 - YouTube[/ame] for a simple flat plate

What kind of things do you want to make? Are you intending to just use a straight fabric, no resin?

In either case, the raw fabric or cured CF piece would be completely unlike leather I would have thought…

Do you mean prepreg, wet fabric, dry fabric, or cured material?

Also where in Wisconsin are you?

seems like what I mean is dry fabric. I am from Appleton