Source of 1mm glass fibre composite sheet

Hi,

Doesn anyone know a UK stockist for 1mm glass fibre composite sheet for making
control horns for small models ? I've been able to find several at the 1.6mm
and up thicknesses but that's a bit thicker than I'd prefer.

Many thanks,

--
Boo

Do you have any PCB manufacturers near you?, if so they will have stacks of
off cuts including 1mm.
Greg

I really would prefer a shop or other outlet where they are selling for profit
rather than take up someones' time. But thanks for the suggestion anyway.

Cheers,

--
Boo

Have you tried fibretec?, they do carbon sheets in various thicknesses and
may also do GRP, sorry but I can never find their web site! Plenty of people
like Maplin sell PCB materials but unfortunately I've never seen thinner
than 1.6 (1/16") which is the most popular PCB thickness, it's only the pro
companies that use the thinner types.

Greg

Found them, but he only lists carbon sheet, 0.5mm is very usefull stuff
though.

http://www.fibretechgb.co.uk/DefaultHome.htm

Greg

Faced with a similar problem, I got some laminating resin, folded up
some wing joiner glass cloth, soaked it in resin between two sheets of
clingfilm and stuck it between some heavy books and a smooth worktop.

I wasn't sure how thick it would come out, so I used various folds at
different points.

I am surprised that 1mm is available..1.5 used to be the thinnest..

That's not been he case for many, many years, finished boards of 1mm are
common and thinner are readily available, also and anyone who handles
multi-layer boards, which are now common place, will have pre-preg down to
around 0.3 in stock for building the internal layers. There is lots of
waste in he process so it would only take a retailer with a little get up
and go to pick up as much as they could sell in a lifetime.

Greg

seems like the end is missing from post did it work and how many layers
produce what thickness??

Dunno. Depends on what thickness cloth you use. A wing bandage kit is a
good place to start...I had some skinning lightweight cloth so it was a
LOT of layers..

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1 26th December 20:34 boo External User Posts: 1	Source of 1mm glass fibre composite sheet Hi, Doesn anyone know a UK stockist for 1mm glass fibre composite sheet for making control horns for small models ? I've been able to find several at the 1.6mm and up thicknesses but that's a bit thicker than I'd prefer. Many thanks, -- Boo

2 26th December 20:34 greg External User Posts: 1	Source of 1mm glass fibre composite sheet Do you have any PCB manufacturers near you?, if so they will have stacks of off cuts including 1mm. Greg

3 26th December 20:34 boo External User Posts: 1	Source of 1mm glass fibre composite sheet I really would prefer a shop or other outlet where they are selling for profit rather than take up someones' time. But thanks for the suggestion anyway. Cheers, -- Boo

4 26th December 20:34 greg External User Posts: 1	Source of 1mm glass fibre composite sheet Have you tried fibretec?, they do carbon sheets in various thicknesses and may also do GRP, sorry but I can never find their web site! Plenty of people like Maplin sell PCB materials but unfortunately I've never seen thinner than 1.6 (1/16") which is the most popular PCB thickness, it's only the pro companies that use the thinner types. Greg

5 26th December 20:34 greg External User Posts: 1	Source of 1mm glass fibre composite sheet Found them, but he only lists carbon sheet, 0.5mm is very usefull stuff though. http://www.fibretechgb.co.uk/DefaultHome.htm Greg

6 26th December 20:34 the natural philosopher External User Posts: 1	Source of 1mm glass fibre composite sheet Faced with a similar problem, I got some laminating resin, folded up some wing joiner glass cloth, soaked it in resin between two sheets of clingfilm and stuck it between some heavy books and a smooth worktop. I wasn't sure how thick it would come out, so I used various folds at different points.

7 26th December 20:35 the natural philosopher External User Posts: 1	Source of 1mm glass fibre composite sheet I am surprised that 1mm is available..1.5 used to be the thinnest..

9 28th December 13:26 mr fixit External User Posts: 1	Source of 1mm glass fibre composite sheet seems like the end is missing from post did it work and how many layers produce what thickness??

10 28th December 13:27 the natural philosopher External User Posts: 1	Source of 1mm glass fibre composite sheet Dunno. Depends on what thickness cloth you use. A wing bandage kit is a good place to start...I had some skinning lightweight cloth so it was a LOT of layers..