I wish you had a presence in the USA. You guys have everything.....including the elusive KNOWLEDGE that can be so painful and expensive to acquire without excellent instruction. Amazing work.

I've got a warehouse of extra flax fibre I was going to have shipped to the dump, I caught this video just in time! Thanks for the save, Easy Composites Ltd.

The only problem with this channel is that it’s too long between new videos being released. We want more!

Fun fact: Flax is a very, very low-stretch fiber; it's in the same class as the aramids, at least as far as stretch is concerned. Until the advent of Dacron and the other high-tech fabrics, the very best racing sails were made of Irish linen.

I don't even do anything with composites, but I always watch these videos and it makes me want to have a go.

as someone who just finished a semester of material science with a large segment on natural fibre this channel is a goldmine

Fantastic explanation of flax fiber vacuum bagging and resin infusion.

HUGE bonus points for saying "damping" and not "dampening"! I consider that a sure sign of competence :) (Of course I suppose you could say "dampening the flax with resin results in a strong part with great damping" and be clever too.)

Great information about flax fiber! Now Im thinking about where might it come in handy in an aerospace application…🤔😁

Flax Micarta is my favorite material of all time, thanks for this video!

I am loving this channel. Thank you. Flax fiber, fantastic.

If this isn't THE COOLEST way of manufacturing parts then I haven't seen it in my 42 years 😎 Absolutely brilliant video as always - thank you.!

I love this channel for the techniques they share. Gives you all sorts of DIY ideas.

Very informative. It's first time i'm watching flax fibre composites.

This channel is a goldmine of invaluable industry specific advice and data which would otherwise be virtually impossible to obtain. Indeed, many companies would treat this information as trade secrets and intellectual property, and guard it jealously. So I’m hugely grateful to you for sharing it. You obviously sharing your trade secrets because there’s a huge and developing market for this technology which is likely to attract more and more funding, due to its supposed environmental credentials. However, the hugely increased time and labour factors involved here, as well as the added real costs, tends to mean the genuine advantages and therefore benefits, are always going to be somewhat limited, as you alluded to here, for which I’m also grateful. That’s an indication of genuine integrity. And as much as I personally love that a natural fibre is being used to manufacture items, I’m also aware that if suitable growing land is utilised to produce flax crops, at the cost of food crops, and without addressing these issues, ultimately this is only going to be harmful to humans. Humans SHOULD matter more than anything else, even the environment. But that’s not the case when it comes to the psychopathic elites and the powers that shouldn’t be. The climate agenda and the demonisation of carbon, and the false apportioning of blame, both upon humans and even of course carbon itself, is very very dangerous. Trillions of dollars are being thrown at a fake problem, whilst humans are actually starving, and nothing of substance is being done to address that problem. We need to find a balance. We also need to stop pretending that it’s okay to play pretend games with such hugely important issues, for example fake discovery of ‘unintended consequences’ sometime down the line. Now I’m going to channel my inner Steve Jobs to figure out how to use this material - in a genuinely sustainable manner. 🧐😎😜 Thank you again for sharing Peace

I'm so excited to see this video. Thanks so much for your collaborative culture. I love how more and more the ideology of "knowledge is "power" is being left behind. Here in New Zealand we have two species of flax that are native to our country. The genus is completely different from the european linen plant. The NZ flax fibre is very long, fine and very strong. It is strong enough that our indigenous people (Maori) have used it for making all kinds of constructions of items that need strength such as baskets and ropes. When europeans got onto it, they milled it to produce rope, in fact during the world wars, we exported our ropes to europe. Then Nylon came along and the mills have all closed down. I have been playing around with flax fibre in the hope that I can eventually build a bike frame but will need to trial first some projects such as bike saddles etc. It was interesting to hear that epoxy is the way to go with flax because of moisture tolerance (all my carbon work is done with polyester resin). I have also been researching whether there is an organic resin that will be compatible with flax fibre. I'm sure it'll be out there somewhere.

Very informative as always. You somehow always manage to make a video about a dry topic entertaining and fly by in what feels like half its runtime. I'd love to see some content about Flax as core material in the future ... as well as 3d printed parts as cores for complex shapes.

I’ve been watching a lot of your videos I’m so intrigued thanks for the info all of this is cool!

Это лучшая лекция про композитные материалы и применение в гараже/ кухне/мастерской. Даже гугль переводчик справился со всеми терминами и отлично перевел на русский язык. Огромное спасибо.

Looking forward to the future of flax composites. Thanks for making a video on them

i would love classes like this near me. Ive done intro to composites and loved it. just 1 day of composites knowledge and hands on with kevlar and CF

How does the cost compare to traditional glass / Carbon layups of similar dimensions and density? Only thing missing from this video. Love the level of knowledge and ease of instruction you guys give!

Very educational, Paul. You make it to look easy.

Thanks for explaining that it is very different from carbon and fiberglass. My first experience with it was disappointing, because I was expecting something more like fiberglass. But you do have me thinking of interesting uses for the material!

This is great, I've never seen a product using this. I can't wait to see some.

As always your videos are top quality, very inspiring and look like it can be done really easy. So pro and your skill are impeccable. I really appreciate your advice about reusing not only to be green but also to save some money and most of all going as GREEN as possible.

Incredibly fascinating!

if someone just told me that flax of all things could become a "space age" composite material along i wouldnt believe it, but i just saw it.... Amazing.

Seems like a fantastic choice for interior panels.

Thanks again for the video. Always informative.

Very well explained, you all should definitely do more education videos, this is great!

Fantastica realizzazione con il nuovo tessuto 👍🏻

I have never had to SLOW down a video before ... that includes being a part of KZfaq University for over 10 years

Excellent video! My friends have used bamboo fibers in some of the project.

As always : instructive. Thank you.

what a great, pragmatic video. I hope this takes off.

Truly comprehensive and well produced video!👌🏻 I will only comment that it would’ve been good to mention that Flax reinforcement isn’t so compatible with cheaper resins like Polyester or Vinylester for infusion processes, unless you either use a very special, water-agnostic initiator, or you go through the suggested steps on the video to dry up the Flax reinforcement every single time. Obviously Epoxy resins don’t mind the humidity-water content.

Amazing channel. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

Excellent and informative presentation; as always. I have changed a projects materials from aluminum to carbon primarily due to some of your videos prompting. Thanks.

This looks like a great alternative to carbon fibre for replacing the wood grain strips and console (sun cracked) in my Mercedes W124 300E rolling project. A cherry red tinted clearcoat over the top might make a lovely natural fibre looking insert alternative.

great job - easy to follow and concise presentation

That was really interesting and the result is attractive. I can imagine using flax to make curved doors for a timber sideboard, as one example. Thanks, Paul - I appreciate your clear explanations and recommendations.

Really enjoyed you fast tutorial on setup with this! Often, I would see carbon fiber and fiberglass in-house. I'm glad to see the level of flax used on the AW609 aircraft on both the mid-wing spar and the fuselage as well as nacelle panels. It's lightweight and has excellent sound properties as well!

Amazing work and interesting chosen materials to work with I didn’t expect it looks with good at all definitely gonna buy some and try it myself thank you so much easycomposite

thank you for the true performance numbers.

Very instructive video.👍 Already excited to see how you made the snowboard🙂

Honestly I would love some exploration about some practical applications of flax fiber composites, because as much as I love composites, I really want a more environmentally conscious option as well.

Hi from Argetina !! Awesome videos. I use vinyl ester resins and silicone molds for electric things inside, like copper coils etc , and I encapsulate it

That looks really cool.

Would be amazing to see an analysis of hemp fiber.

You know, I could do with a getting started video that shows what beginners should (and needn't) get and also compares the various starter kits you offer.

Thank you for making this video!

Another awesome video!

What a great video. thank you.

Brilliant informative tutorial as always, thank you for sharing the wisdom. Great tip, like on letting the pot line run for a bit longer to reduce tension and let any voids shrink ! As described, for none weight critical parts it’s very effective, bulks up well and without mesh/peel offers quite a reduction in plastic consumables. Have you had any success with silicon buckets/cake tray type containers for the epoxy - as a reusable item. I’m aware the platinum of some silicones will interfere with Polyester setting, but considering for epoxy.

Really informative, thanks! 😎🇦🇺

That chair looks fantastic. I'm quite familiar with this design of plastic chair and having that extra stiffness would be quite noticeable. People grabbing hold of this kind of a chair would probably go "wow that looks and feels good!" Perhaps not necessary for your average school diner chair but could be quite the conversational piece in a corporate meeting space.

It would be cool to see strength tests on other natural materials. How strong would sheep’s wool be I wonder.

Hey 👋! Would really appreciate if you showed us how to make holes for screws and stuff in composites, and to strengthen that area for bearing all the loads.

Great content 👍 good Job 👍 🌸

At work we made some flax rear wings for several race cars using prepreg flax and that stuff was not fun. It looked cool however once it was lacquered.

Now I'm getting ideas of forged flax fiber intake manifolds and cam covers.

That chair is beautiful. I wish you sold them so I could buy it right now.

How does the resin factor into the environmental impact, are there eco friendly resins to use for composting said composite material?

Like focal in their speakers 👌

Really enjoyed You fast tutorial on setup with this. I live in Ethiopian i went to make your jop how to get this mold

Very good information

Reminds me of picking up flax on Runescape 15 years ago :D

That chair is cool. Love the look, would make nice Bike bodywork. 70's Candy/20's FlaxFibre... Custom world should be looking into this.

Would love to see a video of how you made the snowboard!!

What a cool looking material, I have been thinking about using this for an RC chassis that I have had an idea for.. would love to see how you made the skateboard and snowboard with the wood in the middle

Excellent

It would be interesting to see how this material would perform for drone frames

Excellent video! Is it possible to have a clearer final rendering by using pigments in the resin? thank you !

Thank you, thank you, thank you my saviors! I'm a luthier experimenting (struggling) with composites in natural fibres for a couple of years, and I have never been able to find very useful information about them online: I would LOVE to see more videos about natural fibers, the clarity and the quality of the information you give in your videos are always excellent. I use jute and I have the same darkening "problem" (which frankly bothers me a bit). I noticed that it is possible to control it a little thanks to your SMC Vacuum Regulator: the lower the vacuum, the lighter the color. However, this has its drawbacks during the infusion and I am forced to use a flow media. With manual lamination and consolidation with a vacuum bag, however, the color remains light, even at full vacuum. Do you have any experience or advice about it? I would have a lot of other questions to ask you, but I don't want to be annoying!

Great video! Any plan to do a video on Basalt fiber?

would love to see a video using thin film recycled thermoplastic compression moulding technique

awesome!

very good dear

I'm wondering if in the future you will also offer a synthetic spider silk fibre to be used in the manufacturing of some composite parts, that gorgeous rich golden sheen it has

That would be interesting to see the combination of thin glass surfaces and the flax core. Feels like it would give the best of both worlds! :)

I am so glad you made this video, I had been contemplating using natural fibre, and now I know where to get it from, but from what you were saying of sound deadening properties, it would not be good for a musical, stringed, instrument?

As you mentioned, with this type of flax weave, you don't need the mesh, even when using a unidirectional fiber underneath. Maybe you could use a flax weave in a multi-composite layup alongside carbon and/or Kevlar instead of a mesh to get this aesthetic and reduce material costs? Maybe there is also a way to use something like a 2-part vacuum mold to replace the bag and peel ply and get a scalable system with less waste material for more sustainable parts. The only thing that I can't really think of a solution off-hand for is the feed spiral, but I'm sure something like this already exists.

great content guys, i had to subscribe. since i do a lot with resin too your info has good value to me. Thank you for sharing your infos so freely, i know you promote your stuff with that too, but that is absolute no problem, i would love to buy stuff from you but since you are no longer in the EU, it is much more troulbe to order in GB. by the way, flax is also called linen, wich is great. Linen micarta is a great material for knife handles 🙂

Nice work! Have you done anything with Basalt fibres? It’s been touted as the new eco alternative with good strength and weight properties.

Super travail, j'adore le résultat final. Bonjour à l'équipe easy composites.

Impressive

You guys should do a video on spraying clear over finished parts.

Hi. Thanks, very good video. Why would you want to do such infusion rather than using pre-preg? Is pre-preg this much more expensive?

Hi, could you do more videos about natural fibers and sustainable composites?

Thank you sir, your chanel is very informative, as a beginer we got lot of tips and practical ideas, can you please make a comprehensive video over vacume pump, that required for vacume infusion, how much vacume presure required for specific area.

Is hemp composite stronger by weight compared with flax ? With thanks, love your excellent instructional presentation.

This material seems really interesting, I'll have to do some research on it! But I don't think it can be that environmentally friendly while it's not recyclable like metals.

How would you go about laying a carbon spoiler? I’m looking to do a one off but close to oem. Subaru Sti have and bigger wing. Thanks this channel has my about to jump into it.

nice !

Thank you on this video. Never saw material like this, its brilliant. But for more stiffness can i in 2. layer set carbon fiber? To have stronger part but still flexibel. How will that work? Great work guys, thank you.

The unidirectional material must be great for center consoles and other interior pieces on classic cars!

The seats in my car are made of Flax Fibre, so far they've been wearing very well.

I’m curious to know what the weight comparison would be to a plastic that might be used in a similar application. Are they fairly similar in terms of strength and weight? I do remember the strength being greater than plastic but does that strength come at a large weight premium?

Hello thank you for the video, is it possible to use sisal fibers instead ?