Bro them handles the best thing on the whole truck!!

Totally trick! It shocked me at the end what they were created for. I definitely learned a thing or two. Thanks heaps for great content 🇦🇺🤜🏼🤛🏼🍀😎

Love your videos, can’t wait to start my own projects

Well done! Love the determination to get this done. I stumbled upon this while looking for videos on how to 3d print compression molds. Appreciate you sharing your knowledge.

loving your content! no chitter-chatter straight to the point and simple. keep 'em coming.

I just finished watching all your videos about your carbon fiber journey. Great job! Your finished parts came out looking great and thank you for showing all your struggles and iterations. It’s nice seeing the real challenge of making something like this. You also present very well in general with the right amount of information to not get boring or want to skip parts but not omitting anything. Please continue to make videos like this!

Those handles look pretty damn good for a first attempt. They cleaned up super nice.

Mate, getting it done! 11/10 for the first go I reckon. Ingenuity +++

It's really cool to see possible mistakes beforehand. Easy composites are doing their videos professional, but that means, that beginners like me are not aware of things, that might go wrong. Your video is much appreciated🙏💪

Nice tutorials - thanks for sharing.

Great video!

Sweet man i applaud you. I'm still debating whether to just pay for the damn part or make it myself. Lmao

that urethane is rather high tolerance eh.. im thinking of trying some waxy sort of cement for a bike seat mould sometime soon... good pressure too.. pretty sure you can sand.. or then try high viscosisty epoxy/heatgun for the final smudge.

to let it cure, you don´t need to put it in a box with the heat gun. just set the heat gun at a distance aiming at the parts and forget the box. you need to let the chemicals in the clear coat gas out. too much heat will make the clear harden too fast making it hard for chemicals to gas out the outer layer. see where i´m going with this? let clear harden for 5 to 10 minutes before using the heat gun. aim it at the parts for about 20 minutes and then let the parts cure on its on for 24 hours. you should get a solid result then ;) keep up the good work !!!

Those turned out awesome! I'm about to try my first forged carbon piece but it will be hand laid up and not have an enclosed mold due to the geometry of the part. I designed and 3D printed the outer molds and the inner molds for the actual part will be a 60A hardness silicone so I can get the complex geometry to release from the mold when it's done but also have a relatively stiff mold. Maybe this is something you could try in the future for other complex parts. I don't know how well it would work for a compression mold but I'll see how it works for my application.

Great work.. My question would be. With that mold could you make a epoxy part with it and maybe just add color to the epoxy? Please and thank you.

You can drill holes and bolt the pieces together.

You need to make a carbon fiber thumb button for the outside door mechanism...

Just a thought... if you make the bottom mould in two pieces wouldn't it be easier (not as "breaky") to de-mould? Awesome first try though. 😀👍

Have you tried to make your mold out of silicone? I have made pistol magazine molds using silicone, you just have to support all 4 side’s during compression,but on releasing you mold will give in areas that are not quite straight

Looks like you are breaking your mold when prying apart. I would consider jack screws to separate the mold evenly. More evenly than a screwdriver anyway.

what PSI are you spraying at? also could you drop them into a degassing chamber and pull a vac on them to get out any micro bubbles?

Which kind of scissors are you using to cut the carbon fibre? Could you please gimme that scissors' link?

Are there any alternatives for the resin? I am planning something similar with my paddle shifter but the product is unavailable in my country

You don't need giant vise. All it needs is constant pressure to squeeze out resin. Use a dumbbell.

Nice! Did you put inserts in the finished parts?

So from start to finish including the molds how long did this project take?

Where did you buy the spray release? I buy it in pints, but the aerosol spray would be SO much better.

From where did you buy that carbon fiber material ?

Does it feel sturdier than the OEM door handle? Weight difference?

Would the molds be stronger if you added carbon fiber to it?

What paint is the finish? Please

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