Hand Laminating a Carbon Fibre Part Directly into a 3D Printed Mould

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In this video tutorial we demonstrate how a genuine carbon fibre part can be created by hand laminating directly into a 3D printed mould.
In the tutorial we begin by 3D printing the female mould on a conventional FDM printer (an Ultimaker S3) which we then coat with PVA release agent. The carbon fibre part is then hand laminated directly into the mould using no specialist tools or equipment. Once the parts have cured they are demoulded, some minor repairs are made and then they are coated and finished using XCR coating resin.
Except for the 3D printer and filament, all materials used in the tutorial are available from Easy Composites, including the EL2 Laminating Epoxy and 2x2 Twill carbon fibre cloth which are both included in Easy Composites' Carbon Fibre Laminating Starter Kit.

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@martmart6304 3 года назад

Me at 3am: InTerEsTiNg

@josecamacho5522 5 месяцев назад

Me with 5 dollars and a shitty and not dry Pla in the printer

@rolfnilsen6385 3 года назад

Finally a messy old school wet layup with modern techniques like 3D printing. Great stuff in this one. I'll definately have to try the 3D printing route.

@ViralKiller 3 года назад

Instead of spending 5k on overrated car parts and spoilers, I think I will invest in this...I already have experience with 3d printers, just needed the carbon fiber bit..thank you

@nwpsilencer 3 года назад

A lot of that $5k comes from having to make the mould. Doing it your self you might save 50-60% of the cost, but it's also a lot more fun and rewarding

@tcroft 3 года назад

@Elliott Pitter wow you must be so cool

@SpaceNavy90 3 года назад

@Draven Luciano @Elliott Pitter scammers

@VoltageLP 3 года назад

Exactly, and you can print a variety of pocket vaginas if you get the right filament material

@nathanbarrett6483 3 года назад

@@VoltageLP you can always use the printer to make a silicon mold ;)

@motordude67 3 года назад

You are the best! Great educational videos, no nonsense and straight to the point. Keep up the good work!

@easycompositestv 3 года назад

Thank you John 👍

@MakingforMotorsport 3 года назад

Excellent video as always! Bringing 3D printing into this is a game changer, the mould production was always the hurdle for me, can’t wait to try this!

@Pushyhog 3 года назад

So glad I made this, make more, this is the majority of your customers.

@creedworks2797 3 года назад

What he said^

@jamestrotter7852 3 года назад

Have you got their sales data to back up this claim?

@Kurzawaa 3 года назад

@@jamestrotter7852 Mr fact checker over here

@hectorcastillo3823 3 года назад

4ț UK f.c.c f

@timothyhanson7828 3 года назад

Just wanted to say that this channel has been a fantastic resource for my University's UAV team. We used a similar process to produce our carbon fiber wings. Thank you so much for the great videos and keep up the great work!

@sebastiannoriega8072 4 месяца назад

How many carbon fiber sheets did you use?

@user-cg9fe4zq8p 2 года назад

Incredible, I recently bought a 3d printer to make simple brackets and interior pieces for my car, but now the possibility of making them fibreglass or even carbon fibre is amazing

@robincoope5352 3 года назад

I was just on the phone with our machine shop discussing how awesome your channel is for people getting into composites, and how awesome your store is for getting project supplies. Thanks!

@easycompositestv 3 года назад

Hi Robin, thank you very much. We appreciate your support 👍

@carbonarne675 3 года назад

Amazing sound quality and great tutorial!

@carlfogarthy6508 Год назад

Excellent, straightforward, very informative! In my opinion this is one of the best channels on YT! Thanks

@pietrobarili4906 3 года назад

We now want a “vacuum bagging a 3D printed mould” video! Very cool, thanks Easy Composites ❤️

@JeromeDemers 2 года назад

well it's not different then this tutorial ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cj26c3V54SQ.html

@mguarin912 3 года назад

By far one of the best instructional video channels on RU-vid.

@easycompositestv 3 года назад

Thank you very much 🙏

@GrindhousePerformance 3 года назад

This is EXACTLY what I was hoping to find, perfect for what I do. Thanks for your detail as always, extremely helpful.

@hannybassfabricacionydisen8366 3 года назад

Saludos y gracias por rasmitir▶️hanny bass🔊🤑fibra de carbono🤑

@OMEGOOLIEBIRD 3 года назад

Great video! If you print with PLA, you don't have to worry about slip angles or even returns, as the mould can be warmed with a hair dryer and bent away from the part to release. It is a huge benefit.

@OMEGOOLIEBIRD 2 года назад

@@mattmurphy7030 yeah, they cost virtually nothing to print, so for single or low volume, they can be 'disposable'.. it does allow some benefits not possible any other way..

@veldhuisracing Год назад

Would you recommend PLA over PETG? Or are there any disadvantages to using PLA?

@OMEGOOLIEBIRD Год назад

@@veldhuisracing PLA is good because you can melt it away from the part at a fairly low temperature. But if you have a thick layup that will get hot during curing, the mould can distort, so PETG would be better.

@chevy4x466 6 месяцев назад

Thx for sharing, I want to get into this. I was wondering if my pla would be good

@twowheels90 3 года назад

Perfect timing! About to make my first glass fiber part. All these videos really help

@supertedogpriken 3 года назад

Thank you so much for making these videos. i have learned more from watching your videos, then i have watching hundreds of other carbon fiber videos on youtube.

@FragBenitez 3 года назад

Thanks for the video, again! Always happy to see a new upload from you guys

@alabrrmrbmmr 2 года назад

I can't express how much I appreciate your thorough instructions!

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

You’re very welcome James

@icandreamstream 3 года назад

This is the perfect type of content. I wouldn't be interested in vacuum sealing for 1 single one-off part usually, but now I see the process and why you'd consider it. So now I would likely actually do the vacuum sealing process. But it's really cool to know this can be done with 3D printed molds and turn out well either way.

@easycompositestv 3 года назад

Thanks for the comment, I’m glad this video has helped to explain a good reason behind at least some basic vacuum bagging.

@constantinosschinas4503 3 года назад

as others commented, excellent, straight to the point videos, with great narration and pace. thanks for sharing.

@michaelgoss 3 года назад

I have no idea how I got here, but now I want to make something with carbon fiber. Great video!

@georghauslschmid1038 3 года назад

Many Thanks. It's really great that you covered this topic. Compact and always to the point. That was a great help for my project.

@kpogatchnik 3 года назад

Really helpful video. I especially appreciate showing how to make fixes when things don’t turn out perfect the first time.

@donr62 3 года назад

Another professional and informative video. Keep it up guys. It’s a valuable service. 👍

@ianfarquharson3772 2 года назад

Hi there. You are my latest RU-vid channel addiction😂 It's awesome your showing how usable and accessible your products are for small to huge projects. Great video as always(so far😉).ThankQ. TkEZ.

@philip3708 3 года назад

Fantastic tutorial. There are no questions unanswered. Thx!

@mf1ve 3 года назад

Commenting to get this channel more attention - I've enjoyed your videos for years now.

@chazbarclay Год назад

This channel is so thorough in explaining. Thank you guys.

@peterpham1782 3 года назад

Always looking forward to all your videos!

@TheWoeggil 3 года назад

This channel is gold!

@easycompositestv 3 года назад

Thank you very much 🙏

@sebby007 4 месяца назад

This is the first video I have seen on your channel. Your shop looks impeccable. Great content! I guess this will be my next youtube / hobby rabbit hole :D

@PabloRamirez-cb5zz 3 года назад

This channel is just perfect.

@calebverdught 3 года назад

Wow, 530 likes in 2 hours. You guys have the best content! That proves it. Awesome work as always!

@easycompositestv 3 года назад

Thanks Caleb!

@TheJacklwilliams 3 года назад

Excellent. An amazing example of how to take a part from prototype to finish. All within a short cycle.

@easycompositestv 3 года назад

Thanks Jack, glad you enjoyed it.

@fnitschke21 3 года назад

Thanks for this helpfull video. Perfect explanation. I have made my first carbon part last week in the same way.

@leonhill8447 3 года назад

Absolutely stellar content as always!

@geckomaster5084 2 года назад

WOW! I never expected that you could make something of this quality from home

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Thank you for your kind comment! I'm glad you were happy with the end result, we were!

@isoslow 3 года назад

Guys, you are just great! Everything is so to the point I wish all instructional vids were like this.

@easycompositestv 3 года назад

Thanks a lot, we love making them.

@Flenderr 3 года назад

Super nice that you did a tutorial on this stuff. I have been experimenting A LOT with 3D printed parts and 3D printed moulds / mould masters up to 1.35m to make CF watersport structures. One thing I found on the way is that PU epoxy primer (sold at HP-text....), is a superb primer to stick something to PETG. You only need like 50gr to coat the surface on a meter long part, but after that you can laminate glass or CF to the 3D printed structure without issues. You can't pull it off anymore. Maybe Easy Composites has a similair product. :) Another thing is printing very low infill single shelled 3D printed PETG moulds, with the infill arranged as long channels (1 infill angle) and filling them up with e.g. epoxy foam.

@SharkWhite333 Год назад

May i ask if you have experience which coating i can use to pit permanently into the negative mold? I want to get rid of all little imperfections and layer lines but still want to be able to the the molded part out of the mold

@hoss2200 3 года назад

Still in love with your product and the tutorial. Thanks a bunch

@easycompositestv 3 года назад

Thanks Hoss!

@nick37781 3 года назад

this is the greatest channel on the planet

@acintron3Dmfg 3 года назад

I was budgeting the trip for training in your facility, then covid hold everything. Soon this is over will be there, thanks for the great contents.

@streetsweeper2942 3 года назад

That makes two of us!!

@Acheiropoietos 3 года назад

An abundance of good advice, thank you!

@janriggert Месяц назад

Exactly the tutorial I needed! Thank you so much!

@easycompositestv Месяц назад

Glad it helped!

@BarnesysBuilds Год назад

That's so cool, I will have to try!

@Thermikflieger007 3 года назад

3D Printed moulds are game changer for hobby parts or prototypes. Really need to try that. Although I need more light parts than glossy surface for model airplanes ;) Great Video, thanks!

@jumuworks 2 года назад

Love the combination of different techniques and retro/new technology!

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Glad you enjoyed!

@nterry894100 3 года назад

You are a total wizard.

@motoformprototyping 3 года назад

Good job as always Paul

@antonwinter630 3 года назад

thanks for creating this tutorial. i havent really thought about using carbon fibre, because i dont have the gear, but this looks like something i could try out in the garage

@easycompositestv 3 года назад

Thanks Anton, yes, this is very much a process that excludes no one, even if you don’t have the printer you’ll know someone who does and the chances are they’d be happy to run a print for you, many people are just looking for genuine projects to use their printer on.

@0FG0 3 года назад

You absolute champ, I was going to start a project like this next week, this is a fantastic resource! Thank you!

@easycompositestv 3 года назад

You’re very welcome Morton, perfect timing!

@kacperm6143 3 года назад

I've been thinking about this process recently and now youtube presented me with this video. Very nicely explained, professional production quality... Keep it up! Great tutorial!

@OneOfTheLostOnes 3 года назад

This video is amazing. So clear.

@overPowerPenguin 3 года назад

That's great, and it also looks so nice. Thanks for sharing.

@davidcarltonmoreland2627 3 года назад

great info :) .... I use a preval spayer to put on the pva release agent.... works real well. I usually spray 3 coats

@benrao3297 3 года назад

I’m so glad I found this channel it’s so good

@easycompositestv 3 года назад

Thanks, glad to have you on board!

@sheldon... 3 года назад

Another excellent tutorial with two really small details that I feel are often missed and help to demystify working with resin: cleaning the shears (I assume you just throw the brushes as they're relatively cheap) and showing the drips after it had cured (i.e. not worrying that they're there)

@easycompositestv 3 года назад

Brushes can sometimes be reused if you clean them in acetone before the resin gels. However it needs to be a good quality brush as some of the cheaper ones, the glue holding the bristles dissolves with acetone so it falls apart.

@aerobyrdable 3 года назад

Fantastic work, guys :)

@SirShoX0r 3 года назад

You're great in front of camera, great videos.

@mark6302 2 года назад

3d printing is freaking amazing

@ahmedp800 3 года назад

Incredible, very informative, thank you.

@streetsweeper8592 3 года назад

Hey Paul, I'm so excited for the new video(posted 7 min ago) I'm here to comment before I have a chance to watch it. Always Topp Shelf content!!! Thank you.

@easycompositestv 3 года назад

Hope you enjoyed it!

@foesfly3047 3 года назад

These videos are so educational. Thank you.

@easycompositestv 3 года назад

Thank you, glad you enjoy them 😀

@nox86832 5 месяцев назад

Brilliant resources, thank you- super clear

@agentholmes369 3 года назад

Waited for this topic to explain Thanks you made my project easier

@easycompositestv 3 года назад

No problem at all, glad it’s helped you.

@sjoroverpirat 3 года назад

Hope you keep on doing a video a month! This is such great content. I've been watching for a long time, i can even remember when you had long hair.

@joshieqp 3 года назад

You guys are awesome!

@streaky81 3 года назад

Acetone vapour smoothing ASA moulds might be a bit of a game-changer with this..

@csabalazar8937 3 года назад

hm you can smooth ASA w Acetone? Gonna try this.

@streaky81 3 года назад

@@csabalazar8937 and ABS but ABS sucks ;) Prusa did a breakdown on a poor-man's method here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NiG1jDEG0kA.html Then again with moulds PVB and IPA might be an easier/safer solution..

@eelcohoogendoorn8044 3 года назад

@@streaky81 Yeah just go with the PVB. Smooths fine and far better printability. Unless you are super confident in your ABS/ASA printing skills; but typically for a mold you are looking at sizable parts, so you because you got your benchy tuned in doesnt mean you are good.

@kirillbez386 Год назад

amazing and thank you! purchasing a starter kit 😀

@rigfix 3 года назад

Thanks for a great video! I learned a lot and the presenting style is excellent :)

@easycompositestv 3 года назад

You’re welcome and thanks 🙏

@sdevane75 2 года назад

very interesting - you've taken the black-magic out of it!! thanks

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Glad you enjoyed Stephen!

@iang438 11 месяцев назад

I'm just starting out and this is the exact process I'm looking at doing!

@easycompositestv 11 месяцев назад

Glad to help!

@ACochrane 3 года назад

Awesome video, I've got an SLA printer, so the layer lines should be even less of an issue!

@siriusbreak2212 Год назад

Seeing the prices of "carbon fiber" parts these days that aren't even real Carbon Fiber makes me wonder how much I could save in making them myself, lol. This is the 3rd video I've watched from this channel and I'm hooked! Those starter sets are quite affordable, so I may dive into one and make something simple to start. If I don't suck at it, who knows where one could go from there.

@martinjones4776 3 года назад

Thank you for the video, some very good tips.

@lucasvu 3 года назад

Very good video. Thanks

@foolwise4703 2 года назад

Nice, exactly what I was looking for! Thanks & I will be sure to check out your shop first if I build something.

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Thank you for your comment! When you do come to build something if you require any assistance please let us know, we'll be happy to provide advice where possible.

@foolwise4703 2 года назад

@@easycompositestv Thanks, I will. But its likely I will just buy the starter kit and see how it goes. I stumbled over your channel in the context of my RC plane ideas and am now in knowledge absorbtion mode ;-)

@iliya-malecki 3 года назад

3d printing engineer here, just wanted to say that i loved the video! And maybe also to point out that you (hypothetical "you", as a hobbyist, not as a full-blown composites professional) could pay a lot more attention to printing to make the mould almost perfectly smooth. With proper design and a good thick 0.8mm nozzle most of such shapes can be printed in a vase mode, say, at 0.04mm layer height, and then smoothed with a bit of dcm or elbow greace. Or sprayed with some coating to hide layer lines completely. Or dcm-smoothed and then coated. Or acetone-smoothed (if using abs) and then coated. Or... you know, the list of things that can make a perfect mould is kind of infinite

@easycompositestv 3 года назад

Thanks for the comments and suggestions. In our other 3D printing tutorial we did demonstrate using an epoxy coating and the finishing to a near perfect finish; if you’re making more than one part using the mould then this is worth doing. For a one off, it’s often easier to do the finishing work on the part (because it’s in the positive shape).

@KarSlon1 2 месяца назад

Why not printing the part itself, bypassing mold stage completely?..

@stevesloan6775 3 года назад

Your videos are top shelf. Thanks heaps for all your efforts. I’ve learned so much from you.🇦🇺🤜🏼🤛🏼🍀🍀🍀😎

@easycompositestv 3 года назад

Thanks Steve, always appreciate your support 🙂.

@DewaPoyo 2 года назад

Very informative video. Thanks!

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

You're very welcome, glad you found it interesting.

@wkl3968 3 года назад

I like this DIY!!! I tried using 3d printed parts to make mould and do vacuum bagging. but I like this way method a lot. going to try it out.

@easycompositestv 3 года назад

That’s great, we look forward to hearing how you get on.

@scott_aero3915 3 года назад

Another great video!

@nullwii 3 года назад

Awesome guide, thank you

@ayham001 3 года назад

you keep surprising me ,well done

@aerball 3 года назад

This was incredible. Thank you.

@easycompositestv 3 года назад

Thanks for your comment, glad you enjoyed the video!

@PorscheMonster 3 года назад

Excellent video!

@LameCorvette 3 года назад

Really excellent video!

@AhilMohan Месяц назад

This dude is aesthetic af

@TheSuperCaralho 2 года назад

Thanks for sharing !

@jorgeaparicio7495 2 года назад

Impressive! Great video, great explanations! I'll try it, definitely

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Thanks Jorge

@philippotgieter1526 3 года назад

You wont believe I was just showing my son(a mechanical engineer) a design to do exactly this for a part in my classic lomax 224 car Perfect timing

@henrycollins2478 3 года назад

That’s a cool car

@onepairofhands 3 года назад

another great video and presentation - good work

@easycompositestv 3 года назад

Thanks Peter

@clintyoung8255 3 года назад

Thanks, I'm so going to try for more info

@mwinner101 3 года назад

Another excellent video. And I can almost make out the CF drone cover in the background from the previous video.

@easycompositestv 3 года назад

Yup, that’s the drone shell we made in the previous video; if you’ve not seen it, check it out.

@Gazman79 3 года назад

Great video

@lighteningbolt6397 3 года назад

Thank you for making videos like this

@easycompositestv 3 года назад

You’re welcome, thanks for watching.

@jeffrysaul9296 3 года назад

Me 4am: "what is this handsome man doing with resin and why is it not a useless piece of wood with colored resin"

@GhostRyderFPV 3 года назад

It IS weird to watch this - where's the "pour", the LED lights, the planing of a slab of dead tree 40 times? And not one propane torch. Sheesh!

@thomasjohannesen1003 2 года назад

@@GhostRyderFPV 😂

@futrellgarage9153 3 года назад

Excellent video!!!!

@blank8969 2 года назад

it looks excellent! excited to try it someday!

@easycompositestv 2 года назад

Thanks for your comment, if you do please let us know how you get on :)