Cutting Carbon
- Tsawwassen
- Website Donor
- Posts: 275
- Joined: Tue May 17, 2011 3:56 pm
- Has thanked: 28 times
- Been thanked: 13 times
Cutting Carbon
I broke my carbon extension at this summer and was wondering if I should try and make a short one out of it. What would be the best, cleanest way to cut it? Whats the shortest it can go? Is it even worth it after a break like this or should I just scrap it?
- Attachments
-
- photo 1-3.JPG (119.26 KiB) Viewed 6561 times
Send it to Chinook and get a new one… must have 6" inserted, doesn't look like there's a lot of xtra...I would cut it so you have full round top edge not involving a setting hole...(hacksaw or fine blade rotary I guess), then coat end with epoxy....snug fit it maybe with an electrical tape wrap
Wish less, sail more!!
Vancouver Island Windsports
Chinook /Takuma /KA Australia (Tribal) /Aztron
You're either in or in the way....
Doing things the hard way since 1963....
Vancouver Island Windsports
Chinook /Takuma /KA Australia (Tribal) /Aztron
You're either in or in the way....
Doing things the hard way since 1963....
- Tsawwassen
- Website Donor
- Posts: 275
- Joined: Tue May 17, 2011 3:56 pm
- Has thanked: 28 times
- Been thanked: 13 times
Thanks Markus! Just measured it and it would only give me 5.5" once cut so I won't bother.KUS wrote:Send it to Chinook and get a new one… must have 6" inserted, doesn't look like there's a lot of xtra...I would cut it so you have full round top edge not involving a setting hole...(hacksaw or fine blade rotary I guess), then coat end with epoxy....snug fit it maybe with an electrical tape wrap
Well not necessarily but chinook had some issues with their extensions and I am very disappointed they didn't do a recall...but most broke at the base. This looks like a serious dumpy wave working OR a flaw...the user would know it
Wish less, sail more!!
Vancouver Island Windsports
Chinook /Takuma /KA Australia (Tribal) /Aztron
You're either in or in the way....
Doing things the hard way since 1963....
Vancouver Island Windsports
Chinook /Takuma /KA Australia (Tribal) /Aztron
You're either in or in the way....
Doing things the hard way since 1963....
- Tsawwassen
- Website Donor
- Posts: 275
- Joined: Tue May 17, 2011 3:56 pm
- Has thanked: 28 times
- Been thanked: 13 times
You got it! A very big dumpy wave while caught in the impact zone at Crescent City. A few things went wrong... One my 4.7 takes 28CM of extension and the exposed part was slammed into the edge of my board. Not sure how but the rail came up just as the wave came down, snapped the extension as well as cracking my board. I'm glad it was the extension and not the mast!KUS wrote: This looks like a serious dumpy wave working
- Attachments
-
- photo.JPG (158.63 KiB) Viewed 6437 times
- downwind dave
- Website Donor
- Posts: 1469
- Joined: Thu Apr 29, 2004 9:05 am
- Location: Cobble Hill
- Tsawwassen
- Website Donor
- Posts: 275
- Joined: Tue May 17, 2011 3:56 pm
- Has thanked: 28 times
- Been thanked: 13 times
Thanks for the tips Dave. I was wondering about the dust and was thinking about wearing a mask. I looked at it again and it's going to be really short so I'm definitely not going to do it now. Thanks for everyones advice. Hope to see you on the water again soon!downwind dave wrote:i cut carbon hockey sticks all the time, the trick is wrap it with tape to avoid splinters, use a fine tooth saw and sand the edge to avoid slivers afterwards. also don't breathe any of the dust. but yes it will be a bit short.
Cutting carbon rounds
I have used a copper tubing cutter several times and it works well for me. Use a new cutting wheel and go slow and keep the bite pressure low. No dust.
Thinking is over rated- Homer Simpson
-
- Posts: 33
- Joined: Mon Oct 20, 2008 2:45 pm
- Location: The Gorge