FS-18 - "Bare Bones"

[Aripeka Angler]

Richard it looks good. I haven't done carbon fiber, but they say it's harder to wet out than fiberglass. You might want to wet out the part before you slide the sleeve on and then wet out as you did. It will at least get some epoxy on the inside of the sleeve. Just my 2 cents on what I know of wetting out fiberglass.

Tom

Thanks Tom. It is an extreme pain in the ass just to get a carbon fiber sleeve to conform to the shape I'm working with.
I'll try laminating wet on wet next next time, I'l post a report.

[Fuzz]

I love this forum There are so many folks doing such neat things it is amazing.

[willg]

Super cool, Richard. I hope that shrink wrap peels off the cured epoxy easily. I'm curious about the texture of the shrink wrap before you heat it. Is it tough, delicate, crinkly? And what's it like after you shrink it?

[Fuzz]

So is the shrink wrap a flat piece or a tube? Looks like a flat sheet but for some reason I thought it was a tube Either way this is great to watch.

[Aripeka Angler]

Super cool, Richard. I hope that shrink wrap peels off the cured epoxy easily. I'm curious about the texture of the shrink wrap before you heat it. Is it tough, delicate, crinkly? And what's it like after you shrink it?

This batch of clear shrink tubing is very thin, crinkly and delicate. As I hit it with the heat gun, it slicked off, got smooth and squeezed down onto the CF. I also have some black heat shrink tubing. It's much thicker. Both are pre-treated so as to not stick to epoxy.

So is the shrink wrap a flat piece or a tube? Looks like a flat sheet but for some reason I thought it was a tube Either way this is great to watch.

The heat shrink is packed flat like a roll of electrical tape but it's actually cylindrical tubing.

[Browndog]

Like vacuum bagging without the vacuum. Very cool! Or hot in this case.

[Noles309]

Looking good. I used zip ties to cinch down the ends and hold them tight.
I don't see how you could slide the sock over a wet part and not have it stick and deform the cf. I did two layers at a time as well. I'm anxious to see how it comes out with the heat shrink.

[Aripeka Angler]

Gary, I didn't get a chance to cut off the heat shrink this afternoon. I will do that before Monday and post photos.

I got a present from BBC today. Bling for "Bare Bones." Bob's jack plate for a low horsepower motor...





I'm way over budget, I may have to change the boat name.

[Newt]

Just call it "Bare Bones +".

Newt

[Fuzz]

I always heard it is better to under promise and over deliver. Nothing wrong with a little bling on Bare Bones.