I wonder why Rolf didn't just order a set of beams from a current manufacturer....
Because they were more expensive than he could make them out of Carbon! Simples.
A beam extrusion, even from one of the big manufacturers (at full retail) will still be a lot less than someone could build one in carbon.
I understand the challenge in building your own beams in carbon, but to try and justify that its cheaper than an alloy beam is just not reasonable.