Carbon fiber shaft straightening

Possibly return it for a new one depending on manufacture as some are warranted for defects I think. For the life of me I can't understand how a carbon shaft can warp? Thats a new one.
 
muskyed said:
Possibly return it for a new one depending on manufacture as some are warranted for defects I think. For the life of me I can't understand how a carbon shaft can warp? Thats a new one.
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Sorry I should of stated that it is a carbon fiber blank that I have had for a year or so. I didn't check it for defects when I receive it.
 
So you don't think heat would work?
You must of tested it.
Or?
Where I live I burn my hands on my southern metal screen door frame in Fremont County.
Metal on trailer roofs can easily get 140 degrees +++ here.
 
Yes it might work. Sorry, I usually get some joke answer's before the legit one's come in on AZ. I was thinking about using a heat gun along with the method of straightening a wood shaft.
 
Once it has taken a 'set' its done. You can't heat-n-tweak cf without ruining it. Use it for a break shaft.
 
Good info Zar, from whom?
I'm a total newbie in this subject.
Appreciate good info.
The name to me/says no. but the fibre % may, allow ''bend back''.
Do different mfg of cf shafts use different fiber percentages???
 
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CF can creep, but mostly across the fibers, not much axially along the fibers. Heat will quicken the process, but you are likely looking at hundreds of hours of the correct force correctly applied.
 
erriep said:
epoxy is a thermoset resin, that's why heat isn't a good way...
when it's badly molded, it's badly molded -> trash or keep it as it is
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Epoxy gets soft an pliable when heated. It seems like the perfect way to start the experiment to me.
 
jayman said:
Epoxy gets soft an pliable when heated. It seems like the perfect way to start the experiment to me.
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You can (boomerang throwers, as for example, do tune the CF/epoxy boomerangs with heat , even microsandwichs) , but you'll severely alter the composite properties and you'll for sure leave marks and probably break some CF fibers if too much force.
Not a big problem I can agree, since those are only pool shafts , and not critical parts of a mecanical moving assembly where everything must be as perfect as possible.

If to straighten a badly molded empty cone was easy, all the CF shafts sold would be perfectly straight from the factory . But it isn't so easy : those are empty cones with thin walls, not plain cones, in composite material. to fine tune the straightness of an empty composite cone is a challenge for a hobbyist : easy to imagine, but hard to achieve with a high level of accuracy.
 
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