How to Cast a Two-Part Compression Mould for Forged Carbon Fibre
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In this composites video tutorial we demonstrate how to create a two-part 'matched-tool' compression mould suitable for creating genuine pressure forged carbon fibre components in anticipation of our next tutorial where we will demonstrate the forged carbon fibre process itself.
In this tutorial we use a special aluminium-filled epoxy casting resin called TC80 Tool Cast to cast the two halves of a compression mould using an original injection moulded component as the pattern.
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Best content ever! Really like how you show the "problems" encountered too, such as the little nibs on the draft edge, and HOW to fix it. A lot of the time, other peoples' videos will just show everything working out perfectly, leaving out the little issues that invariably come up when doing something for the first time. Thanks for taking the time to make such high quality content.
Thanks Jonathon, appreciated. We make these as genuine ‘try this at home’ tutorials, not just entertainment content. We want people to follow the process and get the same results; that’s why we try to leave nothing out 😀.
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Among the clearest and most comprehensive training video series I've come across on KZhead. Thanks.
Thank you Julian, that’s high praise and makes us know it’s worth the extra effort.
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Really appreciate the awesome feedback, comments like this are why we keep producing content!
Excited for 3d printed mold
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1:53 - The hovering "tool-tip" with the equipment details is amazingly done!
Ahh, that’s our video guy Kyle’s work; he’ll appreciate the props!
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Thanks Michael, totally agree, it's something we'd really love to do. We've recently expanded with our European warehouse (hand forced by Brexit on that one) so we're getting a better understanding of what it means to open up overseas subsidiaries. In the meantime, we're going to work on ways to streamline our direct shipping from the UK to the US, we think we can make it even cheaper and easier to buy from us so watch this space.
I’ve been waiting for a video like this on forged carbon compression moulding for ages!! I love how well you explain everything and you’re such an asset to the composite industry. I’m looking forward to the next few videos and as soon as I’m ready to get started, I’ll be ordering from Easy Composites!
Appreciate the really kind comment, if you need any getting started please us know :)
I purchased everything here and followed everything to a T. My bottom half of my mold came out decent. When casting the second half it some how bonded to the bottom half resulting a total loss. The only thing I may have done poorly was not allowing the wax to dry fully. Even though i waited the recommended 10 min intervals, my layer may have been too thick and not dried properly. Either way, I highly suggest you purchase from Easy Composites. the yellow filleting wax is an absolute must. I have tried everything under the sun and nothing performs as well as this stuff. The Easy Lease is also worth buying. Two coats just rubbed on and my plug from my mold released incredibly easy! Although my forged mold did not work out I will be buying more product from them. They are eager to help and are super nice people. If you are interested I plan on uploading my carbon process on my channel as I produce various parts for my hot rod truck.
I want to add, I do not think this is fault of the product but rather my inexperience
Thank you so much for starting this series of videos, I always find your videos so straight forward to watch and they always seem to answer any questions I may of had. I can think of so many things that I would like to try this on
Looking forward to hearing how you get on Adrian. We’re really excited about getting this next video out there - we believe a lot in this process and there’s almost zero information out there about it already. Can’t wait to share it with you.
@@easycompositestv Really looking forward to it
As always, perfect explanations and great job ! Your videos are perfect for beginners ! The cover with forged carbon looks superb ! I am preparing a kit car project and I am sure that your videos will help me to create my project. Mik (From France)
Hi Mik, thank you for the comments, it's great to hear you're enjoying our content. this process does produce some nice looking parts although they have had a coat of clear coat to get them photo-shoot ready! Look forward to hearing how you get on with you next projects, you'll know kit cars are close to our hearts here at Easy Composites from the Carbon Mods days :)
Great video yet again. I’ve not really hope of having a go of any of this any time soon but I’ll still be here absorbing your videos 100%. One of my favourite channels on KZhead.
Always worth absorbing the information for when you can make use of it, thanks for the comment!
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Appreciate the great feedback, we'll have more videos out soon too!
I am so glad i stumbled on your videos years ago when you made a carbon bonnet and subscribed, Some of the most comprehensive videos, in an easy to follow format. Keep up the awesome work.
Really appreciate the feedback Corey, glad you enjoy our editing and video style!
It's a very good looking casting and I was curious about how the plug was going to be released, but you made it look very easy. Looking forward to part 2
Part 2 is currently in production, hopefully it won't be too long till Paul's finished in the studio!
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Glad you like our approach, we have always been about sharing the knowledge.
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Cheers Steve, we appreciate the support. The more time spent in front of the camera, the more natural it becomes :)
Looking forward for these series. Making solid carbon parts is theme I was interested in. Thanks for great content!
You’re welcome, glad you’re enjoying them.
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Thanks :-)
Your content is crazy good for beginners. I started my carbon fibre journey with your videos, on top of that an awsome webshop as well with great delivery times and cost to many parts of Europe. Keep up the good work!
Really appreciate the kind feedback Andre, really means a lot!
Awesome content, would love to see more! You make your tutorials so they are easy to follow, thank you for this.
No problem at all, appreciate the feedback. We really do our best to make quite complicated subjects as follow-able as possible. It’s great to hear we’re getting it right.
I had a thought of making a "gated shifter" for my car on the 3d printer for a bit of fun. Your videos have me seriously thinking about doing it, making a mold then using this forged method to finish it off. As i already have some fiberglass work under my belt, it looks very possible! Great tutorial series! Well done to everyone involved.
Appreciate the feedback! I'm glad you've enjoyed the series :)
For some reason I enjoy watching your video and surprisingly I learn a lot, thank you easy composites
That's awesome, glad you are learning a lot from our videos :)
Your explanation of this process is nothing short of amazing. Now I have better ideas on how to make some parts for my 65 MGB.
Glad we could help!
Thank you sir for good teaching
another great presentation Paul- looking forward to the next step
Appreciate the comment Peter, the next step will be released soon
Just wow! And really looking forward to the next videos in this series. Never tried this so very very interesting.
Glad you enjoyed the video Rolf! The next video for the series will be out soon
Great work, so easy to listen to and understand.
I REALY LOVE THE PROCESS, THANKS FOR THE TIPS
Hopefully you find the tips in the video useful :)
Absolutely superb...that to free of any cost ...wow...loved it
Awesome content as ever. Undoubtedly you’ve saved us viewers hours of trial and error and wasted materials with the level of detail in your videos.
Appreciate your comment, glad you enjoy the content :)
Great Job once again, can't wait for the next video.
Cheers Bryon, we're filming it this week so should have it edited an online in about 2 weeks. That's how much work goes into these things!
Fantastic video as always, thank you for your advice, first parts should be made this week.
Wow, that's great to hear Matthew, look forward to hearing how you get on.
Love your work as always Easy Composites!
Thanks Tim!
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been following this channel for 7 years. always top notch.
Appreciate the continued support Constantinos, you've been with us quite some time!
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Can't wait to see the rest.
You won't have to wait too long :)
Beautifully done!
Glad you enjoyed!
Fantastic! I was looking for durable mould casting solutions for my projects but failed to find any!
Awesome content guys! And Paul is a great creator, he’s not boring not over complicating steps, the best channel on this type of stuff, I just wish you guys would pump out more videos!
Thanks! Glad you like the videos. Videos take a long time to produce properly unfortunately, even for videos with a relatively short screen time. We always do extensive research and testing to ensure the content we give is accurate and meaningful plus the full editing process, reshoots etc does make it a long process.
@@easycompositestv we can definitely tell you guys do your research! Just don’t stop making content, we’ll take whatever we can get! Thanks heaps for all the incredibly helpful info!
Concise, well scripted videos of complicated processes. Videos are very professionally produced, congratulations and thank you.
Thank you for the comment. I think it would surprise most viewers how much work goes into planning, scripting, filming, re-scripting, re-filming these tutorials until they convey the information in a ‘natural’ way!
Damn, that was amazing! Can't wait to see you use it to make the part.
Thanks for your comment, you won't have to wait too long!
Amazing, I've been thinking abut how to do this exact process for an old motorcycle part, looking forward to the actual making of the part. Thanks Guys.
Glad you like the video. Look out for the second part showing the Compression moulding process.
Looking forward to your next video as I am in the process of making this for some of our projects.
Hi Joseph, hopefully the videos will answer all of your questions if not please let us know :)
@@easycompositestv I hope so. But what I am doing is making two half forged carbon parts as there are some undercuts in the model and a hard mold will not be able to remove from the inside once the carbon is hardened. So I make two half parts then join them afterward with the same resin. The tricky part now is how to make the joint seamless.
This is a great video for people looking to get into CF especially the 3D printed idea of moulds! I’m looking forward to that part of the next video!
A lot of makers now have access to 3D printing so it is a great way to use those skills to get into the composites world.
This channel is absolutely marvelous, thank you so much for sharing this with us! It's so much appreciated
Cool as always!
Love the meticulous work with attention to detail 👌
Thanks for the kind comment!
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Brilliant video, so cleverly made and very well explained too.
Glad you enjoyed the video David!
Such a beautiful work!
Glad you enjoyed the end product :)
Excellent instruction as always. Waiting for that 3d print mould tutorial, looks awesome! Thanks mate!
You’re very welcome Javier, thanks for watching.
Great effort Paul keep up the good work
Appreciate your comment James, more videos will be out very soon!
You Guys are the best! Thanks for uploading
Appreciate the awesome feedback!
Neat tip with the wedge inserts on the sides 🤟
Yes, they did work out rather well. In the end, the moulds just fell apart so they could be considered a bit overkill but if you were using the moulds over and over then you’d probably start to appreciate little bits of finesse like this.
Thanks for sharing
Amazing Paul, most interesting content. Thankyou for sharing your knowledge with us.
Glad you enjoyed the video Tony!
Preparation and presentation of the content is great, many thanks.
Thank you for the kind feedback!
The best channel Around the World Thank You so much.
We appreciate the kind comment!
Brilliant!
brilliant! Always aware of your creations!
Thank you! Cheers Shompiras
Fantastic info thanks so much. Excellent quality presentation also.
watching your videos makes wish i had the space and time to build custom one off pieces
Glad you enjoyed :)
Always like your composite project, thinking about a small project on my own for my snowmobile, involving my 3D printer and some carbon fiber!!!
Great to hear Hugo; well, I think we should have provided some good inspiration with our recent batch of tutorials featuring 3D printing applications in composites :)
Excellent format and information
Glad you enjoyed how the video was presented, appreciate the comment Joseph
Great video!
Super excited for the next video please!
Appreciate the comment, we won't keep you waiting for too long!
Really high quality video production, thank you
Appreciate the feedback :D
Oh this is my jam! VERY very interested in the next video. Much. Wow.
Haha, great, well, hopefully it won't be long - we're about half way through the filming. It's certainly going to be a very interesting video.
Amazing! Defo waiting to the next video!
It won't be too long till the next video will be out :D
very easily explained!
Thanks for the kind feedback!
you sir, are an artist!
Appreciate the feedback Danny!
Thank you for this amazing content!
Really appreciate the comment!
This is absolutely insanely AWESOME! Granted you’re not revealing any secrets but this is still impressive.
Thansk Leland. The next video in this series will be a bit more revelatory because we'll be demonstrating a process that there is almost *no* information available for!
It's... just... amazing!
Thanks!
Awesome. I cant wait to see the 3D printed mould video! 👍👍
You won't have to wait too long ;)
Amazing!!!!
I make carbon fiber parts for rockets and planes for a living and you guys are teaching me a lot! Amazing
Thanks Ivan, it goes to show we can all continue learning, no matter what our experience or skill level. Thanks for the support.
Totally awesome content - keep up the great work!
Happy you enjoyed our content, we'll have more videos out soon!
Lovely work. Thanks for the content
Thanks for the comment, glad you enjoyed the video!
Looking forward to the rest in this series. I imagine this process is particularly good for detailed parts and also bypasses all of the effort of vacuum bagging?
Although it bypasses vacuum bagging itself, there is still a reasonable amount of force applied in the compression stage which replicates some of the forces involved in vacuum bagging. That helps with fibre consolidation and removing excess resin.
@@easycompositestv what sort of tonnage press are you looking at for the compression stage? Would a 10 tonne press be enough or would you need something beefier?
@@TheFatPandaIAm Obviously you could use a press but in the case of this part, we'll just be using G-Clamps - we'll cover this in detail in the upcoming video.
You Guys are the best thx for the videos
No problem at all, we'll have more out soon :)
Awesome videos. I just found your channel and it’s so great.
i cannot wait for the video on actually using these compression dies. Notifications are on!
Appreciate the comment, you won't have to wait too long
yessss thank you, cant wait for the next video please show more of the 3d printing techniques. cheers
Thanks Diao, yes, we will; the next video will discuss the design and printing of the 3D tools which for most people is probably how they will make the tools for this process.
You guys are the best! Plasticine god level molding unlocked 🔓
Haha, thanks Bibin!
Great video, and looking forwards to the follow up!
Its coming really soon :)
@@easycompositestv great, and thanks as ever for your great customer service with our most recent order!
@@jonathanw2036 We try our best!!
Another extremely informative video!
Appreciate the feedback :D
Very good job...
Can‘t wait to see the second part of the video. I already have three projects in mind where I will apply this. Althouhg I will try with a 3D printed mould
Great, thanks for the feedback. Yes, we expect the 3D printed process to be the more common option but needed to make this video too so we already have the bases covered. Stay tuned.
Great video! I use CNC cut closed aluminum compression moulds in a heated press with prepreg, this inspires me to try some forged carbon, it looks amazing
Glad you enjoyed the end result, if you try this out please let us know how you get on :)
What a tease! I was hoping for the whole whammy!
It won't be long before part 2 is out :D
Very professional video, very careful production！
I've been looking for an easy way to start doing interior parts even in twill cloth, but this almost seems easier and it's definitely more unique! It would look very good paired with Alcantara and a brushed aluminum/steel. WOW!
If you do try this out, we'd love to see what you make!
u r legit the neatest LOL thx man for the tutorials
Thanks Ian :-)
i just made gun part with this technique unbelievably excellent outcome
Thank you for your comment, glad the technique helped!
Great video, can't wait for the next one and also the video on 3d printed molds!
Hi Roland, we are just filming the final shots of part 2 which will be up soon :D
@@easycompositestv Cool can't wait :-)
I'm probably never going to cast any moulds or forge carbon fibre, but these video's are super interesting and well made!
Thanks Henk, sometimes it’s just enjoyable to understand a process even if you never need to follow it yourself 😀