Carbon mast with 6,2 meter length ?

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  • 28 Jul 2019 09:38
    Reply # 7800097 on 7799739
    Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Where you are joining two tubes the same diameter, I suppose there needs to be some way of ensuring the smaller diameter tube goes inside the same distance each side of the join and does not slide out of position during assembly. Epoxy glue is slippery stuff. Maybe it might be easiest to glue the smaller diameter tube just into one of the outer tubes first - let that cure, then then glue and slip the other one on the next day. Just a thought.

  • 28 Jul 2019 06:21
    Reply # 7800046 on 7799739

    Hi Graeme,

    Thank you so much I will do it exactly like you described it. My 55 mm diameter carbon pipe is for sure strong enough as it is buried 1,16 m in the 14 foot hull of my boat which is comparable to a dinghy. I got the 3 carbon pipes from www.carbonrohr.net which I think is a producer in France and It was here in Austria within 3 days after  I paid 771 Euros which included 100 Euros for delivery. So the mast cost me actually 671 Euro. Once I have glued it I will post pictures of it.

    Greetings from Karl


  • 27 Jul 2019 23:44
    Reply # 7799799 on 7799739
    Anonymous member (Administrator)

    For Serendipity I made a three part mast from aluminium tube of different diameters and I presume the gluing principles are the same. Applying the glue and sliding the two tubes together is easy. I found in the past, with aluminium, that a much stronger glue join results if you sand the surfaces and prime with liquid epoxy - then, before it is cured, paint on the epoxy glue and slide the tubes together (making sure the mast is lying straight.) Where there are two different external diameters (as in your top section) the join should be faired with filler and glass tape, to make a smooth transition between the two diameters. I put a bandage of tape over the join itself, also.

    In my opinion (others may not agree) the important role played by the glue join is just to hold the two parts in place, resist twisting and resist the top section being forced down into the lower section. As for bending forces, I do not believe the glue join needs to contribute much, provided the inner tube is sufficiently "buried" in the outer tube - the same principle as applies to a tabernacle. This means, in theory, about 30cm each way (your 60 cm joiner would do it) - but intuitively I would rather double that. With lots of gluing surface and a material which should take kindly to to epoxy, there should be no problem with the join.

    I would leave it to the experts to advise you about whether 50mm carbon fibre tube is strong enough for your mast. I wish I could get some of that tube. 

    Heaving down with the halyard. It puts a bend in the mast, but the join is plenty strong in bending.







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  • 27 Jul 2019 22:15
    Message # 7799739

    Hi,

    I have bought myself 2 three meter long carbon pipes inner diameter 51 mm  and a 1 meter long pipe with an outer diameter of 50 mm. From this I want to use 60 cm to connect the 2 long pipes and 40 cm for the top to reach the required length of 6,2 meter. Can anyone give me an idea how I distribute the epoxy evenly onto the connecting parts ?

    I can only think of brushing the connecting areas with epoxy and push them together. Can it be that easy ?

    The whole exercise I need to do because my alu mast is for my age and strength too heavy even that it weighs dressed only 9 kg while the carbon mast  comes in at 3,8 kg.

    Geetings from Karl

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