Carbon Fiber Gear » pedal http://www.carbonfibergear.com Carbon Fiber Gear is all about covering the latest in carbon fiber, and finding unique carbon fiber products, parts, & accessories. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:35:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Carbon Fiber and Blue Kevlar Pedal For Rockband http://www.carbonfibergear.com/carbon-fiber-and-blue-kevlar-pedal-for-rockband/ http://www.carbonfibergear.com/carbon-fiber-and-blue-kevlar-pedal-for-rockband/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:04:20 +0000 Dave http://www.carbonfibergear.com/?p=550 Continue reading →]]> Picture this, you got your Xbox 360 and you have a few friends coming over that you need to entertain.  So you decide to pick up Rockband, but once you have everything setup, something just doesn’t look right.  The pedal for the drums just looks so “plasticy”, and that just doesn’t bode well in your trendy apartment.  So what do you do?  You go carbon fiber of course:

Carbon fiber and kevlar pedal for Rockband

The guys at Forward Swept Enterprises some spare material they had laying around to convert their Rockband pedal into carbon fiber goodness.  They used a 3k, 2×2 twill weave that was a hybrid fabric consisting of blue kevlar and carbon fiber (see our article on colored carbon fiber).

Carbon fiber and kevlar pedal for Rockband

Since they were using scraps and strands there snagged or tweaked, as well as part of the texture surface on the bottom of the pedal, it played a role in the waviness that you see in the pictures.

Carbon fiber and kevlar pedal for Rockband

Forward Swept did mention that they can do this for your Rockband pedal for about $40, and there would of course be no waviness since scrap pieces won’t be used.

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