CF REPAIR

PracticeChampion said:
No doubt probably stronger but how hard would it be to sand that one little spot back flush vrs some powder and CA
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As I said, Dave did a great job on this one and I am not here to question that. You can cut the tow into very small pieces, each strand is a fraction of the size of a human hair.

Thanks for the comment.
 
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CuesDirectly said:
As I said, Dave did a great job on this one and I am not here to question that. Stay away from Carbon Fiber powder, it comes from sanding Carbon Fiber. You can cut the tow into very small pieces, each strand is a fraction of the size of a human hair, why would anyone use powder?

Thanks for the comment.
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I've never done either yet, just building some feedback and info
 
DeeDeeCues said:
How many multi-million dollar CF structures have you worked on?
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That wasn't the question.
But your avoidance answers my question as figured. You have no lathe, you have no shop and you have no cues.
No fret tho.... 6 months after acquiring your first lathe, you'll be a master builder with 100's of cues all over the world and it'll all be developed from your advertising strategy of passing out dd bucks.
Over the years this place has seen them all come and go.
 
BarenbruggeCues said:
That wasn't the question.
But your avoidance answers my question as figured. You have no lathe, you have no shop and you have no cues.
No fret tho.... 6 months after acquiring your first lathe, you'll be a master builder with 100's of cues all over the world and it'll all be developed from your advertising strategy of passing out dd bucks.
Over the years this place has seen them all come and go.
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Funny stuff. I taught myself how to build cues when I was 19. Didn't ever want to make a career out of it, been working as a professional mechanical engineer. Spent many years with a very prominent company that develops CF layup CNC machines.

You are pretty caught up in this using epoxy as a void filler in cues. I don't. You, apparently have a lot of experience in the matter. Maybe you should stop doing that.

Whether you like it or not, I have a lot of experience with CF. Conetip does too. We said the same thing, that there is a better, stronger way. You can learn from that, or not. You can be a prick about it, or not. You've chosen to not learn and be a prick. Cool by me.
 
DeeDeeCues said:
Funny stuff. I taught myself how to build cues when I was 19. Didn't ever want to make a career out of it, been working as a professional mechanical engineer. Spent many years with a very prominent company that develops CF layup CNC machines.

You are pretty caught up in this using epoxy as a void filler in cues. I don't. You, apparently have a lot of experience in the matter. Maybe you should stop doing that.

Whether you like it or not, I have a lot of experience with CF. Conetip does too. We said the same thing, that there is a better, stronger way. You can learn from that, or not. You can be a prick about it, or not. You've chosen to not learn and be a prick. Cool by me.
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Funny lines we see here: I taught myself how to build cues and I'm an expert...:ROFLMAO:So far you have been the only one being 'prick' like. You have been condescending in most of your posts in this thread.... you implied my idea was all wrong, and were kinda rude about it. There is a way to offer your insight, and advice and still play nice, but you took the 'looking down your nose' approach right from the start. Nick offered his take, but as always, he did it in his subtle, friendly advising way without acting like an asshat-know-it-all like you came off as...My advice would be to take some lessons from Nick! You maybe great at your job....but you simply suck at how you give advice about cue work , get off your pedestal and be helpful, not a dick. FYI....Dave Barenbrugge has forgotten more about making cues than you or I will ever learn in the first place and I, for one, greatly respect his opinion. His work is very impressive, and beyond reproach, and has been there for decades for all to see. He is VERY correct about epoxy shrinking OVER TIME....NOT just the cure time. Even West Systems epoxy does shrink over time, it is not meant to be a large surface void filler especially about an 1/8" ....BTW... You are VERY incorrect about the flex issue, concerning CF shafts, as most simply don't flex at all. Part of the reason they started to use CF for shafts is that fact. Maybe in your job experience flex is an issue, but not really in this application. CA gel is a great way to fill voids, have used it for over 10 yrs on gouges in wood shafts...you know, ones that actually DO flex...with no problems, and I see these repairs often as they come back for new tips over and over and theres has been Zero issues. I tried epoxy as a filler at the beginning and found that the shrinkage was an issue down the road. Maybe you could post some of YOUR work of building/repairing cues and then we may have a better understanding of where your experience level is at. Us cuebuilders/repair guys do cue work, not building $$$$$$$$ equipment with peoples safety at risk etc.
Have a great week!
Dave
 
Dave38 said:
Funny lines we see here: I taught myself how to build cues and I'm an expert...:ROFLMAO:So far you have been the only one being 'prick' like. You have been condescending in most of your posts in this thread.... you implied my idea was all wrong, and were kinda rude about it. There is a way to offer your insight, and advice and still play nice, but you took the 'looking down your nose' approach right from the start. Nick offered his take, but as always, he did it in his subtle, friendly advising way without acting like an asshat-know-it-all like you came off as...My advice would be to take some lessons from Nick! You maybe great at your job....but you simply suck at how you give advice about cue work , get off your pedestal and be helpful, not a dick. FYI....Dave Barenbrugge has forgotten more about making cues than you or I will ever learn in the first place and I, for one, greatly respect his opinion. His work is very impressive, and beyond reproach, and has been there for decades for all to see. He is VERY correct about epoxy shrinking OVER TIME....NOT just the cure time. Even West Systems epoxy does shrink over time, it is not meant to be a large surface void filler especially about an 1/8" ....BTW... You are VERY incorrect about the flex issue, concerning CF shafts, as most simply don't flex at all. Part of the reason they started to use CF for shafts is that fact. Maybe in your job experience flex is an issue, but not really in this application. CA gel is a great way to fill voids, have used it for over 10 yrs on gouges in wood shafts...you know, ones that actually DO flex...with no problems, and I see these repairs often as they come back for new tips over and over and theres has been Zero issues. I tried epoxy as a filler at the beginning and found that the shrinkage was an issue down the road. Maybe you could post some of YOUR work of building/repairing cues and then we may have a better understanding of where your experience level is at. Us cuebuilders/repair guys do cue work, not building $$$$$$$$ equipment with peoples safety at risk etc.
Have a great we
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My first post complimented your work and offered a better filler based off of my working at a place that tested more CF in a day than all of the shaft you have seen.

Daddy b then told me I didn't know what I was talking about.

It really sounds like you just wanted an attaboy.

Okay. Great job.

But...Revo shafts do flex. Flexing causes cracks to grow. These I know. Learn or not, who cares?

As for my cue building, and teaching myself, if you think that is a negative, that's on you. If you think I haven't continued to learn, you are wrong.

But, this thread was about CF repair, which I have professional experience in.
 
DeeDeeCues said:
Funny stuff. I taught myself how to build cues when I was 19. Didn't ever want to make a career out of it, been working as a professional mechanical engineer. Spent many years with a very prominent company that develops CF layup CNC machines.

You are pretty caught up in this using epoxy as a void filler in cues. I don't. You, apparently have a lot of experience in the matter. Maybe you should stop doing that.

Whether you like it or not, I have a lot of experience with CF. Conetip does too. We said the same thing, that there is a better, stronger way. You can learn from that, or not. You can be a prick about it, or not. You've chosen to not learn and be a prick. Cool by me.
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Kind of you being a big fn prick and calling my customers an idiot you fn moron.
We've seen your type come and go but they never leave soon enough. Mr. cfknowitallexpert
You may have possibly been an asset to the community here but have become the community roll of toilet paper.
 
BarenbruggeCues said:
Kind of you being a big fn prick and calling my customers an idiot you fn moron.
We've seen your type come and go but they never leave soon enough. Mr. cfknowitallexpert
You may have possibly been an asset to the community here but have become the community roll of toilet paper.
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Totally love this post.
 
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