I roughly sawed the outline of the shell. A tough job.. solid carbon is as steel. For the finetuning of the outline I will use sandpaper.
Monday, February 8, 2010
Carbon Eames chair part 4
I roughly sawed the outline of the shell. A tough job.. solid carbon is as steel. For the finetuning of the outline I will use sandpaper.
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Looks great! you have really some free time to spent on .........Do you not work? or do have an easy boss?
ReplyDeleteYour all the lover............
Yup I got an very easy boss ;-)
ReplyDeleteBut this work is done on a saturday evening, when most people watch tv. Sunday morning at 8, when most are still in bed. And this morning I wake up at 6....
It's all abot choises..
mahalo D
Real dedication! That what I like about you:) , your girlfriend must be pleased......
ReplyDeleteSo what are the plans, small production series? Or is it gift for...............
I keep my girlfriend happy yes.., but that has nothing to do with this. I don't know in what curves you have to lean to make her happy ;-)
ReplyDeleteAnyway, It's not a gift, otherwise I wouldn't post it here..
have a nice day
d
Hi,
ReplyDeleteI really like your new chair...
How many carbon-layers did you use? And how much g/m2?
Is it stiff and durable enough?
Cheers
Peer
Hi peer
ReplyDeleteFor this chair I used just the materials that i still had in my house. So just a quik check it out job.. ;-)
I used plain weave carbon 180 gram. 6 layers. I also laminated some leftover strips of carbon in the "bent"of the chair to give it extra strenght. The chair is for sure strong and stiff enoug. (till now i dind't sand or so, because first it's to cold outside, and epoxy takes some time to come to it's max strenght.)
If I would make it right from start I would take: 200/230 twill weave carbon. nice optical, and easier to bend. (you could make it full carbon, as i did.. but you also could ad some extra normal glass in the middle to give it some extra thickness. the chair I made is half so thin as an original)
7/8 layers is strong enough and will last for ever. As outside layer I would use a layer of normal fiberglass, twill weave. This would be a perfect sanding layer.
After the sanding, a clear resin coat.. let it harden for a while, after that go for that sanding/polishing..
Succes, keep us informed
talk soon,david
Thanks a lot for your detailed answer!
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