Headset spacers...
02-03-06, 11:08 PM
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Headset spacers...
Would PVC pipe work as a headset spacer?
Plastic?
It would be lighter than carbon fiber.
Just curious...
Plastic?
It would be lighter than carbon fiber.
Just curious...
02-03-06, 11:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Prozakk
Would PVC pipe work as a headset spacer?
Plastic?
It would be lighter than carbon fiber.
Just curious...
Plastic?
It would be lighter than carbon fiber.
Just curious...
...but i don't know, it is pretty tough stuff
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02-03-06, 11:26 PM
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In a world where aluminum headset spacers are almost given away for free, you're scheming to save a few...bucks? Cents? Buying a length of PVC that's sure to cost twice as much as all the headset spacers you'll ever need and probably won't even be close to the right inside diameter.
Plastic lighter than carbon? News flash, 'carbon fiber' IS plastic.
Plastic lighter than carbon? News flash, 'carbon fiber' IS plastic.
02-04-06, 12:00 AM
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Blasphemer! CF and aluminum will not deform the way PVC will. Nothing but carbon fibre for headset spacers. Ever.
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Go with the carbon fiber; they're beastly.
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I didn't plan on using PVC. I was just wondering...that's all.
02-04-06, 03:34 PM
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omg carbon 4eva <3
02-04-06, 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by hypersnazz
omg carbon 4eva <3
02-04-06, 03:39 PM
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<-- loves composites
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Originally Posted by hypersnazz
<-- loves composites
4eva <3 <--but what's that?
02-04-06, 03:51 PM
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lessthanthree = heart
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Originally Posted by hypersnazz
lessthanthree = heart
I don't get how you arrived at that translation....?
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picture a heart rotated clockwise 90 degrees. <3
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Wait, you mean it's all just ones and zeroes?
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Originally Posted by hypersnazz
News flash, 'carbon fiber' IS plastic.
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02-06-06, 02:35 AM
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Originally Posted by ettsn
Er, no. It isn't. It isn't metal, but that doesn't make it plastic.
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The resin is a plastic, but in a quality part most of it is baked out in the autoclave. The carbon fiber strands aren't plastic by any definition. The fibers started life as PAN (polyacrylonitrile) strands that were carbonized and oxidized. During this process, little commonality between the raw material and the final strand remains. It becomes literally a long strand graphite chain, which is then woven into fabric.
Don't confuse CF with FRP (fiber reinforced plastic), GFRP (fiberglass reinforced plastic) or CFRP (carbon fiber reinforced plastic). Those are all obviously plastics.
-Paul
Don't confuse CF with FRP (fiber reinforced plastic), GFRP (fiberglass reinforced plastic) or CFRP (carbon fiber reinforced plastic). Those are all obviously plastics.
-Paul
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02-06-06, 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by ettsn
The resin is a plastic, but in a quality part most of it is baked out in the autoclave. The carbon fiber strands aren't plastic by any definition. The fibers started life as PAN (polyacrylonitrile) strands that were carbonized and oxidized. During this process, little commonality between the raw material and the final strand remains. It becomes literally a long strand graphite chain, which is then woven into fabric.
Don't confuse CF with FRP (fiber reinforced plastic), GFRP (fiberglass reinforced plastic) or CFRP (carbon fiber reinforced plastic). Those are all obviously plastics.
-Paul
Don't confuse CF with FRP (fiber reinforced plastic), GFRP (fiberglass reinforced plastic) or CFRP (carbon fiber reinforced plastic). Those are all obviously plastics.
-Paul
CF cloth is just cloth, and no one is referring to CF cloth on THIS board when they talk about 'carbon fiber'. It isn't made into anything rigid without the addition of guess what? Polymers. And since no one on this board is going to be referring to metal matrix composites (yes, CF can be used to reinforce metals as well) or reinforced carbon-carbon (like space shuttle tiles), still all we're talking about is plastics. Plastics with cool names and plenty of attached jargon, but plastics all the same.
