wrote: A few years ago a friend asked if it was more difficult to work with carbon fiber as opposed to e-glass. I told him that the biggest difference that I had found was that the Sharpies were harder to see on the carbon. That is moot now as I've discovered the Sharpie metallic pens, number 39108. Perhaps I'm the last person on earth to discover these but if any of you are building with carbon and haven't tried these treat yourself. FWIW Leighton Mangels --0-1230765147-1119923434=:81571 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

While it isn't necissarily terrible, the bonding characteristcs on the marked area are an unknown. It could be argued that it is only a tiny part of the overall laminate but it is definitely a contaminate with unknown properties. I prefer to work on a clean shop table and if making 0 - 90 degree cuts, pull one strand of fiber once measured to give me my dimensions. If there is some shape, I may make a template and cut with a knife.

And I don't spray lubricants in the air! Never allow silicone spray in the air around your laminating area.

Dan Newland

Leighton <leighton@teleport.com> wrote:

A few years ago a friend asked if it was more difficult to work with carbon fiber as opposed to e-glass. I told him that the biggest difference that I had found was that the Sharpies were harder to see on the carbon. That is moot now as I've discovered the Sharpie metallic pens, number 39108. Perhaps I'm the last person on earth to discover these but if any of you are building with carbon and haven't tried these treat yourself. FWIW

Leighton Mangels

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