Drilling graphite hood

Mike Maag

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Dec 25, 2002, 8:22:37 PM12/25/02

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I nned to drill holes for lock-down pins on my new graphite hood.
What is the best way to put holes in carbon fiber/graphite?

go30...@radiks.net

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Dec 26, 2002, 9:33:45 AM12/26/02

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I have always just drilled the holes as normal, I used a backing block
(wood) as not to blow through. I think you are just nervous, cause the
Visa bill attached.
Drill young man , drill
Mick ;-)

Mike Maag

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Dec 29, 2002, 8:48:26 PM12/29/02

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I'll go for it. Thanks for the tip on the backing block.
Mike

Rufus T. Firefly

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Dec 30, 2002, 3:28:50 PM12/30/02

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And if you are really panicking use a second thin piece of wood on the top
to make a tight sandwich with the graphite hood in the middle. Also be very
careful of the chips from drilling carbon fiber, extremely small and needle
sharp and a bitch to get out of your fingers or God forbid, your eye!

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Wayne Rogers

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Dec 30, 2002, 4:39:46 PM12/30/02

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Good advise from all.

We do this almost daily in the race shop.

Best advise I can give you is to put several layers of masking tape on the
top surface and drill through that. It can save you a lot of heartache from
scratches, driving the drill chuck into the surface and so on.

Also on jobs were the hole will be exposed without a collar, pre-drill the
hole undersize and use a proper size diameter grinding stone in the drill to
ream or finish up the hole. It will give you a very clean hole with no
chaffing or ravels.

And be careful. Exposed carbon threads are just like needles, or worse.

Wayne

go30...@radiks.net

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Dec 31, 2002, 12:13:58 PM12/31/02

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You know how some guys autograph the car they designed or built like
John Moss does with the Impala, or engrave their fuel systems like Force
Industries does.
Well I like to leave my signature on every race car I build, you know,
so I can tell ten years later I can tell if it was really mine.
It looks like what Wayne Rogers mentioned below when you drive the drill
chuck into the surface as the drill bit blows through the material you
are drilling.
Scuffingly,
Mick ;-)

Rufus T. Firefly

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Dec 31, 2002, 2:30:46 PM12/31/02

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LOL Mick,

my welding is my signature

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Eugene Blanchard

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Dec 31, 2002, 9:27:25 PM12/31/02

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My signature is easy. I never finish the damn cars....

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