drilling a carbon fiber wing????
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drilling a carbon fiber wing????
Hi i got a question about drilling a carbon fiber hood the part on the clear and carbon fiber wing. what kind of drill bit that is good for this. The hole is very tiny and i want to drill it and not miss. im afraid the carbon fiber wing will chip if i drill it. the reason i am drilling is that i got a bys wing carbon fiber and want to reviet the emblem on. i also got a question about riveting what do i need to do to reviet the thing on. the hole i assume needs to be same as the hole on the emblem. and driling the wing do i need to worry about it chipping or anything???
also to reviet or if not i might just put a stainless steel screw with a nut on the inside.
will that be better?
need help drilling?
also to reviet or if not i might just put a stainless steel screw with a nut on the inside.
will that be better?
need help drilling?
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Re: drilling a carbon fiber wing????
why dont you find out the actual name for the part your attempting to drill. its not called a wing, I can tell you that much. Furthermore putting something like that on your car is looked down on here so dont be surprised if alot of people here laugh.
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Re: drilling a carbon fiber wing????
i have no ******* clue what you are talking about, but when drilling carbon fiber, always lay down a square of duct tape on the front and back of what you are drilling. this holds it all together minimizes the risk of it cracking and exploding into a million pieces. drill slow and easy.
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it holds everything together when drilling. worse thing that can happen when drilling carbon fiber is the resin catches on the drill bit and splitners. this prevents that. its a trick i learned from my buddy that did a lot of carbon fiber repairs for ferrari of los gatos.
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Re: drilling a carbon fiber wing????
Duct tape is bad. Masking tape is MUCH better. OP, you want to use a glass drill. Also, reading, searching, and learning would have answered this for you.
Do yourself a favor, go to your local hardware store and get some cheap sheet glass. Practice on that. Keep practicing on it until you can drill multiple holes without chipping or sharding, before you go destroying an expensive piece of carbon fiber.
Do yourself a favor, go to your local hardware store and get some cheap sheet glass. Practice on that. Keep practicing on it until you can drill multiple holes without chipping or sharding, before you go destroying an expensive piece of carbon fiber.
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Re: drilling a carbon fiber wing????
bad idea but this is his choice
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Re: drilling a carbon fiber wing????
Duct tape is bad. Masking tape is MUCH better. OP, you want to use a glass drill. Also, reading, searching, and learning would have answered this for you.
Do yourself a favor, go to your local hardware store and get some cheap sheet glass. Practice on that. Keep practicing on it until you can drill multiple holes without chipping or sharding, before you go destroying an expensive piece of carbon fiber.
Do yourself a favor, go to your local hardware store and get some cheap sheet glass. Practice on that. Keep practicing on it until you can drill multiple holes without chipping or sharding, before you go destroying an expensive piece of carbon fiber.
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