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more about #carbon more comments → bmoreDLJ: The Japanese tour guide called this the "ladial room loom." I bowed politely. #lexuslfa more » FrankGrimes: Please someone explain to me why this makes the car better? I want to see numbers. #lexuslfa more » bmoreDLJ: I like to think of each strand as a separate timeline. #lexuslfa more » Pessimippopotamus: What's it's "ring" time? Ha ha haaaaaa... #lexuslfa more » Tyson: Forget the LF-A, I want that loom. #lexuslfa more » tempesjo: I weave my dual tube carbon fiber a-pillars by hand, and they're much tighter than anything that machine could do. Also, I watched the video and it a... more » a212149: I don't know why I keep seeing that this is the "1 of only 2 circular looms." maybe of this particular size. i used to work at a company that had 6 of... more » tonyola: The video, though fascinating, is missing something. Maybe the "Blue Danube" waltz should be playing in the background. #lexuslfa more » alfasud: I would like to know where the other circular loom is and what they use it for. #lexuslfa more » Alfisted: That's pretty nea..... .. zzz... Wha? Oh, sorry, I dozed off. I got to thinking of Toyota using this to build Camrys... "Dreamweaver" started play... more » lundarius: The ultimate Chinese Finger trap. #lexuslfa more » Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig): What is that, some kinda weave or somethin? It is just my natural hair. I have been growing it since birth. (hack) That'll be 400 thousand dollars.... more » -
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Circular Loom Weaves Lexus LFA Carbon A-Pillar
One of only two circular looms in the world is used to weave dual-tube carbon fiber components, like the A-pillar, on the Lexus LFA. It's obsessive attention to detail like this that explains the near $400,000 price. More »
