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10/30/2009

Dual-Tube Rotary Loom Weaves Lexus LFA's Carbon Fiber A-Pillar

The rotary loom is nothing new, but using a dual-tube model to weave the Lexus LFA's carbon fiber A-pillar is, showing why the Lexus LFA might actually be worth the $375,000 price tag it commands. Continue reading for a video.

With over 150 years of looming experience, ToMoCo owns a rotary weaver -- one of two in existence -- which it repurposed to create the carbon fiber A-pillars on the LFA.
[via Jalopnik - Autoblog]

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Yea, I am sorry but.. this is oddly frightening.. One of the scariest looking things I have EVER seen.
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