Tapered Carbon Fiber Tubes

[ShootingArts]

My guess too

Non-expanding foam?
Low-expanding foam?

My question is......
How do get the foam on the lathe to turn it down so you can slide it into the CF Tube?

This would be my guess too. One choice might be SeaFoam. This is sold for flotation in boats. Pretty dense foam and fairly strong as foam goes. Many years ago I bought enough to fill a fifty-five gallon drum after it set up for $40. I suspect considerably more now but probably still possible to use especially if it can be bought in quarts. I think West Brothers if I remember the name right sells similar foam.

Probably going to have to use a long tube of some sort that can be used to fill the carbon fiber from end to end as you pull it out. I haven't worked with foam much, just the SeaFoam for some proto-type work. One trick worth knowing especially if you are working in a hot environment, chilling the foam in a refrigerator retards the drying time without seeming to cause any harm, it seems to dry normally when it warms up.

My dealings with foam date back to the early nineties so this information has to be taken with that in mind.

Hu

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[logical]

This would be my guess too. One choice might be SeaFoam. This is sold for flotation in boats. Pretty dense foam and fairly strong as foam goes. Many years ago I bought enough to fill a fifty-five gallon drum after it set up for $40. I suspect considerably more now but probably still possible to use especially if it can be bought in quarts. I think West Brothers if I remember the name right sells similar foam.



Probably going to have to use a long tube of some sort that can be used to fill the carbon fiber from end to end as you pull it out. I haven't worked with foam much, just the SeaFoam for some proto-type work. One trick worth knowing especially if you are working in a hot environment, chilling the foam in a refrigerator retards the drying time without seeming to cause any harm, it seems to dry normally when it warms up.



My dealings with foam date back to the early nineties so this information has to be taken with that in mind.



Hu

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Are you sure about that name? SeaFoam is an engine treatment.

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[ipoppa33]

Foam

I'm not an expert but I've used some different foams in molds. The basics of expanding foam was explained to me like this: there are many different expanding foams, they are sold by density's. For example there is 4lbs foam and 12lbs foam, the 12lbs will be denser and harder. There are also different expansion rates and times it takes to expand.
I could be wrong but I think foam is added to the CF shafts to get the weight of the shaft comparable to wood and for sound.
Good luck and let us know how you make out.
Thanks.

 

[ShootingArts]

SeaFoam

Are you sure about that name? SeaFoam is an engine treatment.

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The foam was named SeaFoam long before the engine treatments came out. Not sure if it is spelled as one word or two but if they are still in business I figured leaving the space out would turn up the foam in a search.

The foam's use of the name dates back to at least the early eighties, I think the seventies or before. The first I saw of the engine treatment was after 2000 although it might have existed prior to that.

Anyway, I noticed the name of the engine treatment myself long ago and thought it a bit odd that they used the name. Perhaps Sea Foam is considered too generic to copyright or trademark, I don't know.

Hu

 

[poolguy4u]

Just bought the pool carbon fiber tube. Does anybody here know what material is best to fill the tube?

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One thing for sure, don't use any kind of foam.

That's internet fake news being spread to fool people.





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[j2pac]

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One thing for sure, don't use any kind of foam.

That's internet fake news being spread to fool people.





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Please explain.

 

[rexus31]

The foam was named SeaFoam long before the engine treatments came out.

False! SeaFoam Engine Treatment has been around since the early 1940's.

 

[ShootingArts]

must not have been marketed or sold well

False! SeaFoam Engine Treatment has been around since the early 1940's.

Maybe so, doesn't change the fact that the foam was named SeaFoam. No idea when they started using the name. I first heard of it in the early eighties. As for the engine treatment, I started work as a mechanic in 1967, built my first shop in 1973, owned automotive related businesses through the eighties. Never heard of it until they started advertising after two thousand. Just as well, I had better luck with other products anyway.

Hu