No it isn't.

Free gold on the other hand is like free gold

suspicious?

Gold leafed horse puckey, I think you mean.

The guy doing these videos for Easy Composites Ltd is like free gold for them.

Why am I not surprised to see you here? A forged CF Jaguar on the nose of the Jag would be bonkers! All hail the algorithm!

Maybe a nice set of spats?

That new Honda motor needs some forged CF parts.

You can literally make almost anything. Dash component, brackets, fuse box covers, center caps, door handles, ect

Can you please drop the boring electric stuff and build actual cool cars again?

Appreciate the kind feedback about the kit Mark!

Glad you enjoyed the video, thank you for commenting!

@@easycompositestv bonjours monsieur vous vidéo sont tres instructives et patiente, je voudrais savoir ce kit de moulage coûte combien ?

@@abdelkarimmiloud3401 You can find exact costs, including shipping on our easycomposites.co.uk website (for UK and rest of world customers) or easycomposites.eu (for EU customers); simply add the kit to your basket (you'll find it in the starter kit list) and then select your shipping country from the list :)

@@abdelkarimmiloud3401 the kit can be located on our website here; www.easycomposites.eu/forged-carbon-fibre-kit

LOL WSG DANK

Lonnie, you should see how many takes we do! I'd love to say we just smash this out first time but this 20 minute tutorial the best part of 5 days of filming! We film, it, edit, check it, discuss it, do it again, and again. It's definitely a process!

@@easycompositestv A very professional and educational video. Your efforts paid off.

Serious toastmaster quality presenter. Oh and CF strong.

@@easycompositestv well thank you for being that way! it definitely shows and comes across brilliantly...there's a reason you have so many subs and views! - long time subscriber

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Thanks Spike, yes, we’re not just producing adverts. Sure, we do sell composite materials, as well as make them, and make equipment, but mainly we love engineering and composites in particular and we’ve devoted the last 15 years to sharing this passion! We wish you all the best with your forays into these subjects 👍

@@easycompositestv The combination of instructional video and 'all-in' kits is a winner IMO. Its like doing night classes, I look forward to more! Keep 'em up.

@@nickoutram6939 Appreciate the comment Nick, hopefully you enjoy the other upcoming videos too!

It was sort of an advert but I must have this!!

Really appreciate the comment Curtis and the kind words, thank you for your continued support!

At least you don't have the dreaded 20% (YES Twenty percent!!) VAT to pay on every purchase. :o(

My favorite video is still the one where the bottle makes the fart noise

Did you just order off their website for thebus

Yes the first few parts I made with this simple method surprised me too! the mechanical testing video should really help to show the strengths (and weaknesses) of this material.

In the case of the flywheel cover it's a no brainer that it'd be stronger than the plastic original.

seems this only pays out when doing it on the scale of mass production?

@@Mediamarked Thanks for the comment, yes it would be interesting to get the data from a composites novice (but 3D printing expert) I'll try to reach out to CNC Kitchen to see if he wants to give the process a go, I'm pretty confident even in the hands of a first-timer it will outperform any thermoplastic printing material. Thanks for the suggestion.

@@easycompositestv Thank you for the amazing videos! Yes, a collaboration between you and CNC Kitchen would be great. While at it, it would also be nice to see how dimensionally accurate/straight the 3D printed patterns themselves are (which of course has a lot to do with the printer itself and the printed material) and how the forged carbon parts compare to them. I suppose there are a lot of applications that depend on accuracy and for home use with less special tools at one’s disposal it would be great if a 3D printed pattern or mould could get “close enough” to a milled aluminium pattern or mould.

Hopefully our future video will answer all of your questions, if not please get in touch :)

Thank you very much, appreciated.

Glad you enjoyed the video Dejay!

@@easycompositestv do you have a video on how to draw those molds in Solidworks?

@@KimmyR3 hi, I have che same question, do you find the solution to draw those mold?

@@KimmyR3 Depends on what you want to make. If it's your own part you have to make them yourself and determine the appropriate split locations. If you want to make the exact same lever they provide the CAD docs in the description.

@@jensenmiller6410 Thanks, i actually missed it on the descriptions. i'd use them as excercise models in CAD

Thanks for your kind words HighFlyer, we hope to make some videos on surface finishing and UAV wing construction in the near future as we agree that they would be very useful. A USA warehouse is something that we would love to do in the future as we know we have a lot of support over there.

Looking forward to it! Thanks!

I would also be very happy to see uav wing construction in ur channel

Hi Mekanysm, Online courses is something that we have considered a few times and definitely something we would like to offer, composites being such a broad and practical topic would be quite difficult to get the balance of information correct. but if we can work out a good structure for some classes our KZfaq followers would be the first to hear about it.

@@easycompositestv count me in !

Scottish then? =)

3mm sounds like it would probably be significantly weaker without some continuous fibre later in, though?

@@robbiejames1540 True, but it's not fair to compare strength of castable composites to continuous fiber composites. The versatility of being able to make any shape that you can 3d print a mold for opens up a lot of options for castables. Some of my samples were getting 50+ MPa in tension at 500°C, and could maintain that for short duration up to 1000°C in oxidizing environments (oxygen burns up the carbon fiber at those temps).

That 3 piece mold idea could be adapted to making sand casting cores.

Paul is a dangerous guy, he makes this look romantic and easy!

Hi Jeet, thanks for the kind words, I hope we can help you with the technical support and materials on your car build!

We hope the possibilities keep increasing too!

Very glad you enjoyed the video and were able to make a part from the kit. Hopefully you will continue to enjoy composites.

Thanks Richard, appreciate the support and feedback. We're looking into some promising looking options to make our shipping into the US much more affordable. Nothing we can announce just yet but we are working hard on it.

Thanks a lot, appreciate it 👍

Glad you are enjoying the series so far, hopefully the strength test doesn't disappoint!

Are you waiting for a long cure? Please show the test. I posted this on a FB group and people were very skeptical, claiming the forged name (I know you didn't coin it) was a misnomer. Let's show them it's a killer way to created a trick strong part.

@@karlInSanDiego I can confirm that they didn't even watch the video usually the "forged" is refered to a regular prepreg wrap, so THEY are the ones using it incorrectly this tech was invented by Lamborghini and Boeing the forged carbon fiber parts that I made compare in mechanical properties to machined aluminum (same with the Boeing paper data) the advantage of these parts is that the load can be applied in any direction and still have the same properties, unlike traditional carbon fiber (which is strong in only one direction, although much stronger than forged)

Thank you very much, really appreciate your feedback.

One of the main reasons we upload our videos is to encourage others to try out the methods/ processes, if you do try this out please let us know how you get on :)

We appreciate the comment and continued support!

Really appreciate the awesome feedback, comments like this are the reason we continue to produce content!

Thank you for the feedback. It really is a great process (for the right parts). You're right that it can be messy, on the video we don't hold back - we could have made it look tidier but it's best to show it like it is. That said, it's fast, it's reliable, almost zero waste and the performance of the finished parts is really impressive. Would really look forward to hearing how you get on : )

Thank you, that’s really great feedback, we appreciate it. Look forward to hearing how you get on :)

Appreciate the great feedback!

Hi James, glad you enjoyed the video! We'd love to see the results!

the whole video is an ad and it fucking works, because now i'm thinking "what can i do with forged carbon fiber" instead of "why would i make something out of forged carbon fiber" couple things make it way worse, like the kit itself being not that expensive and already owning a 3D printer

@@ser_igel It is. They could have kept it only for people that buy their products though.

Not a problem, it was essential post Brexit as the "new" method of UK to EU sales was very slow and expensive.

Thanks, get in touch when you want to give it a go we're always here to help.

You can find the video here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m8unn7ySm6-1gJs.html

you spoke too much sense . bearly any comment activity.. Many see the bs . being sold the same product several times over.. They'll just add any buzz word then re sell it ''forged'' 😂 as you said they arnt doing anything new . 👍🏻

Glad you enjoy them and find them useful.

Really appreciate the kind feedback!

Epoxy is very safe and is low odour - don't try polyester resins in your house or you will regret it! For epoxy just wear nitrile gloves and glasses for any splashes. No need for respirators etc when doing these processes, but when cutting/sanding/trimming you should wear a good quality dust mask/respirator.

At a very minimum you need a well ventilated work area, PPE like gloves, eye protection etc. Generally you would not want to do this work in confined spaces or living areas of your home. If you have lung problems or allergies to epoxy then certainly we would not recommend working in your home.

@@jonathanw2036 You're right on those polys. Full charcoal breather and windows open with a fan evacuating and the garage will still smell awful. For cured part cleanup without mess and bad breathables, wet sanding is a great option too. I do most of my trimming right over a shop-vac nozzle (and a very fine particulate filter in there) because it not only takes care of the dust breathing problem; it evacuates the dust better from the part so I can see what I'm doing.

Thanks Michael, that’s what we aim for 😃

Hey Chris! Carbon approach skis on the horizon?

I’d be willing to bet traditional carbon fiber layup is 2-3x stronger than forged carbon

@@Ccels5765 Without question.

@@tedwingate I'd love to take a stab at that if I can hunt down all the materials I'd need. It's hard to find the skinning cloth without adhesive on the back

Depends on how you define strength. If it's tensile strength, then long fibers will be many times stronger than short ones connected just by resin. The bending and compression though will be pretty much the same.

Well you'll be pleased to hear that's exactly what we'll be doing in the next video, chopped forged vs continuous (optimised) vs printed continuous carbon fibre vs carbon filled nylon print vs aluminium.

I worry that a carbon fiber brake lever would be too dangerous for a mountain/bmx bike. Although it has the advantage of being lightweight and very rigid, it's also brittle. If you crashed and happened to pull to hard (or something of the sort), the lever could snap in the middle and could slice your hand open. I've talked with some BMX and scooter riders about this exact concern but with their handlebars.

@@nickbell3546 you're right. Adding aramid fibres pretty much solves this problem, but I don't see it being done outside of motorsports.

@@nickbell3546 I imagine this would be more useful for motorcycles, they want the lever as stiff as possible, and when you wreck at speed it breaks pretty much any lever (even dropping them from standstill the metal doesn't withstand the 400-500 pound bike landing full force on the lever, so it needs to be replaced and very common to see broken levers). The alternative is you can weld aluminum levers, but its something of a safety concern (mostly because I suck at welding), though I've done it for my dirt-bikes lever, did a deep V chamfer on all sides on both pieces and slowly filled in. Its probably not economically practical solution for most though (you have to have an aluminum welder), cheaper to just buy new ones. Its not a part you want to be driving damaged and find out it snaps when you really need it when you're hammering the brakes, haha!

@@nickbell3546 *laughs in motorcycle enthusiasts*

I'm glad the algorithm brought you to our channel, it won't be too long until we upload the next video :)

Glad you enjoyed Mikael!

Glad you enjoyed the video David!

Really appreciate the kind feedback!

Thanks for the comment, glad you like what we do!

He uses terminology incorrectly. This isn't forging.

The tolerance is based on the gap for the fibres themselves which is around 2mm. For the actual Alignment, the top and bottom have minimal gap around the edges so the interface is tight.

Really appreciate the kind feedback, glad you enjoyed the video!

Glad you enjoyed the video!

Our next video includes strength comparisons that will hopefully answer your questions

It would be fine if you use a UV stable resin. You can always spray a matte clear coat over the part for the same result. Carbon specific paint is not required if you use a adhesion promoter like you would with any plastic or resin parts.

Hi Tim, as Bryce has commented it would be fine, our IN2 is very UV stable, and to be honest even if the resin wasn't that stable the carbon would block the UV right on the surface so it would not cause serious degradation.

AFAIK that's more of a concern with aramid fibres (And the other, cheaper, polymeric fibres)

All epoxy resins from all manufacturers degrade with exposure to UV. A road bike stored indoors would not be a high UV application, though. Also, the brake lever, being a thick part, would not be harmed by minor degradation of the outer layer of epoxy. But I would not recommend it for parts that are outdoors in full sun 365 days per year. If that is the intended use, some kind of clear coat should be applied (e.g., two part polyurethane clear coat). For thin walled, highly stressed parts (such as on boats), it is probably best to preserve the epoxy by painting over it with high gloss white paint.

While that process sounds very convenient, I'd worry that you'd need to place and size risers/vents really carefully to ensure no dry spots - have you ever encountered this?

But not use it on parts where has oil or a lot of heat, it will attack the epoxy resing.

Haha, thanks. Appreciate the comment. Yes, KZfaq has been a total game-changer for the sharing of expert (and amateur) advice. We use it as a resource a lot ourselves, it often feels like the best of the internet now!

Really appreciate the kind feedback, appreciate the comment Jon!

You read our mind already! We will discussing combining chopped tow with continuous fibre for optimised mechanicals in the next video.

@@easycompositestv awesome

Go for it and let us know if we can help with your projects!

@@easycompositestv your tutorials are enough help mate :)

Haha, love it. Thanks..... [checks birth certificate].... yep.

Thank you for the awesome comment, glad you enjoyed!

Glad you enjoyed, thanks for the subscription!

Appreciate the comment, we'd love to see results!

Well, it's great that you've found us now. Please check out our back-catalogue and make sure you're subbed to find out about our new vids; they're not as frequent as we'd like but we put a lot of work into them :)

and there are hours worth to watch - glad you like them :)

Thanks for the feedback and we are glad you like the way we do our videos. Of course we are a business, but our videos we always aim to have a process or technique shown so that people can learn from it, and of course show case some of our products in the process.

Glad you enjoyed the video and our channel! We'd love to see what you manage to make :)

Thanks, and yes, we're really looking into options to begin to support our US customers better. It probably won't be a full branch to begin with but we do hope to have some options to get products to US customers much cheaper and more quickly than we can at the moment.

Haha, thank you Louis, very kind : )