Carbon round - 4 mm Ø

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High strength carbon fibre round tube, 0.5 mm wall thickness, 8 grams/metre.


CHECK THE PACKAGING VERY CAREFULLY WHEN TUBES ARE DELIVERED TO YOU.


OUR CARBON TUBES ARE DELIVERED IN STRONG CARD TUBES. IF YOU SIGN TO ACCEPT THE PACKAGE WHEN IT IS DAMAGED WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE ANY CLAIM AGAINST THE CARRIER & WE WILL NOT REPLACE THE TUBES FREE OF CHARGE.

Product code. CR-040

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Carbon round - 4 mm Ø

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High strength carbon fibre round tube, 0.5 mm wall thickness, 8 grams/metre.

Use for the booms of an 65 Class, Footy or similar size boats.

Offcuts of smaller diameter carbon tubes are suitable for headsail booms. Offcuts of larger diameter carbon tubes are suitable for main booms. They can also be used for adding reinforcement internally or externally, for example: at the swivel position on a headsail boom, at the kicking strap attachment position on a main boom, and at the gooseneck position on a mast.

Guidance on pens suitable for marking difficult surfaces - here.

  • Cutting carbon
  • Always wear a mask when cutting and abrading carbon fibres.
  • Clear up the work area carefully afterwards.
  • Use a wet rag to mop up carbon dust rather than a vacuum cleaner or brush.
  • Before bonding
  • Check each piece of mast tube for bend.
  • Arrange to use them so that the bend in the mast will be forwards going upwards.
  • Abrade all surfaces to be bonded with abrasive paper
  • Use Acetone, alcohol or methylated spirit to clean all surfaces to be bonded.
  • Bonding
  • Use liquid epoxy to wet all surfaces to be bonded
  • Then add thickened epoxy to the surfaces that will be bonded
  • Avoid applying local pressure that may distort the parts during bonding
  • Avoid raising the temperature of the work piece until the epoxy is cured
  • Allow the work piece to cool gradually after post curing.
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