Can I cut carbon fiber?

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I did an experiment, not with an epoxy saturated carbon though.

Cutting Carbon Fiber cloth

I suppose not many folks would have carbon fiber “just laying around”… Pulled this chunk of material out of the trash can LOL. I drew a silver dividing line through it. The top portion is raw 11oz 2x2 twill weave carbon. The lower portion below the silver line is the same material but it’s been saturated with water clear silicone rubber - another experiment for another day haha. Anyway, interesting enough, both these holes were cut at the same settings and the raw carbon cut muc…