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

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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.

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[@easycompositestv]

Thank you John 👍

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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

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

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[@easycompositestv]

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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!

[@timothyhanson7828]

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!

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How many carbon fiber sheets did you use?

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[@easycompositestv]

You’re very welcome James

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

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

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

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well it's not different then this tutorial kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZuVZ5Zpi5pnibM

[@OMEGOOLIEBIRD]

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]

@@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]

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

[@OMEGOOLIEBIRD]

@@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]

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

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Amazing sound quality and great tutorial!

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

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Fantastic tutorial. There are no questions unanswered. Thx!

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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.

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

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Glad it helped!

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[@Flenderr]

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.

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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

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[@easycompositestv]

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

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

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

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Glad you enjoyed!

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Thank you, glad you enjoy them 😀

[@motoformprototyping]

Good job as always Paul

[@sheldon...]

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]

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.

[@Thermikflieger007]

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!

[@streaky81]

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

[@csabalazar8937]

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

[@streaky81]

@@csabalazar8937 and ABS but ABS sucks ;) Prusa did a breakdown on a poor-man's method here kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJqqYp16eqxjoaM Then again with moulds PVB and IPA might be an easier/safer solution..

[@eelcohoogendoorn8044]

​@@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.

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You’re very welcome Morton, perfect timing!

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

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

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You’re welcome and thanks 🙏

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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

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

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Glad to help!

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

[@antonwinter630]

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]

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.

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[@easycompositestv]

Hope you enjoyed it!

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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]

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).

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

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Thanks for your comment, glad you enjoyed the video!

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You’re welcome, thanks for watching.

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Thanks Jorge

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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.

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[@easycompositestv]

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

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