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Video: Lexus's Mind-Blowing Carbon-fiber Loom

BY Cliff KuangFri Oct 30, 2009 at 9:05 AM
There's only two machines in the world that can weave carbon-fiber like this.

Lexus carbon fiber loom

Lexus just recently pulled the sheets off of its very first supercar, the Lexus LFA--and care was lavished on every single detail. (Given the $375,000 price tag, it better have been.) For example, the car's A-pillar is made from carbon fiber. But how do you construct such a delicate, twisting shape, with what amounts to strings, glued together? Answer: With a "rotary weaver"--one of only two in the world. AutoBlog snagged a video of it in action. You have to see it.

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