jylong_away
Well-Known Member
Hi all!
Am getting some CF material from Tyson at BlacksiteCF (who has great customer service, btw - I highly recommend).
He did suggest that if I wasn't familiar with working CF, I should probably get some advice from more experienced hands, to prevent the material from delaminating, etc while I work it.
I plan to make some rings, first up, using the same 'bare bones' method I've used to make knives so far - Drill holes around a template to form an 'outline', cut out the blank using either a hacksaw or coping saw, and then hand filing/sanding to finish.
Does anyone have any particular tips/tricks to making CF work for them? I've worked with G10 and Micarta previously, with no problems.
And yeap, I have eye/breathing protection, and will probably be wearing latex gloves for this work!
Thanks!
Dave
Am getting some CF material from Tyson at BlacksiteCF (who has great customer service, btw - I highly recommend).
He did suggest that if I wasn't familiar with working CF, I should probably get some advice from more experienced hands, to prevent the material from delaminating, etc while I work it.
I plan to make some rings, first up, using the same 'bare bones' method I've used to make knives so far - Drill holes around a template to form an 'outline', cut out the blank using either a hacksaw or coping saw, and then hand filing/sanding to finish.
Does anyone have any particular tips/tricks to making CF work for them? I've worked with G10 and Micarta previously, with no problems.
And yeap, I have eye/breathing protection, and will probably be wearing latex gloves for this work!
Thanks!
Dave