Is this a HEXEL product?
wes
On Feb 26, 2006, at 1:20 AM, John Burk wrote:
> My friend gave me a piece of material that might have possibilities
> for making
> composit compund curve bodies . People who work with composits may be
> familiar
> with this 3/16" thick plastic honeycomb stuff with a thin layer of
> woven
> fabric bonded to each side . It's intended to be the core of a panel
> with a
> layer of carbon or glass epoxied to each side which makes it very
> stiff . If
> it was stapled to a buck I think it's stiff enough to make a
> continious 2 or 3
> dimentional shape . With your fingers it will bend to a 4" radius and
> with the
> same force will make a mild compound bent of maybe 2 or 3 ft radius . I
> picture stapeling this over a buck and laying up the outside and then
> removing
> it and laying up the inside . Don't see how this would be good for a
> nose of a
> body with tighter compound curvs . It would need a coat of spray on
> filler
> over the layup and to be sanded to get rid of the slight hex patern .
> Does
> Jack or anybody have any any comments on the amount of labor or
> reduced need
> for skill for this method compared to the foam and drywall mud method .
> John Burk joyseydevil@comcast.net
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