How to Repair a Broken Carbon Fibre (Fiber) Fishing Pole or Rod

[carbonmods]

Gloves are pretty uncommon when sanding composites (the dust just finds its way into the gloves and generally becomes more irritating that working without them). A mask would be a good idea if you do break down into the carbon when sanding. As you can see there was little dust disturbed into the air on this occasion; it's your choice.

[swainston1]

@carbonmods he dose not have gloves on when sanding,but your right about the mask.

[bobbobmarley27]

indeed

[manword1]

that was nice^^

[rapeta13]

how would i go about fixing a hockey stick broken mid way on the shaft. just wondering what epoxy i would need and what best form of carbon fibe to fill the break with

[carbonmods]

@rapeta13 : What you 'fill' the break with can only really be epoxy resin or epoxy adhesive. Since there will be no fibre continuity through the break from the adhesive alone, this is only a small aspect of the strength of the repair. Once you've bonded the 'break' it would be time to put some additonal material around the outside of the break, in much the same way we do in this video. This is where you'll get the fibre continuity from.

[filthebeats]

brilliant video

[Anorchous]

i didnt like the heavy endorsing of the product but loved the tutorial :D

[dobbo996]

@Anorchous Well it is their product......duh.

[DeaderNBetter]

pretty random tutorials you guys do

[eloctrebor222]

@DeaderNBetter Random but usefull

[carbonmods]

@DeaderNBetter : Well, we've sold a fishing pole repair kit for over a year, I get calls every day from customers who need bits of it explaining to them. Hopefully this video should help them out (and help me out!) by making things a bit clearer. At Carbon Mods we specialise in all things carbon fibre so the videos are going to cover a wide range of topics. It's worth remembering that you could use this same technique to fix any broken carbon pole or similar (a bike frame for example).

[DeaderNBetter]

@carbonmods Ah cheers then, I wasn't trying to be negative btw ^^

[carbonmods]

@DeaderNBetter : No offense taken! - I understand this one is a bit left-field compared to our other videos. We have guides on resin infusion, pre-preg (dry carbon), cutting and shaping parts and a new skinning/wrapping guide all either filmed or ready to be filmed too so expect lots more carbon fibre advice coming very soon!