SHOULD you Carbon Fiber your Longboard?

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SHOULD you Carbon Fiber your Longboard?

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Owen Campbell

Күн бұрын

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@NathanRink Жыл бұрын

Toothbrush mixer went crazy

@BMX1903 Жыл бұрын

Definitely my favorite part of the video, and I like the video.

@Tony-zp8xn Жыл бұрын

The resulting pattern was awesome before you even painted it. The painting after was just a nice touch. I approve, and I'm certain that my 6 year old would also approve.

@liamburrows5698 Жыл бұрын

custom marble 38 cannot go wrong, its so good

@AdventuresInSkateboarding 10 ай бұрын

I thought this was great. Awesome learning experience. Over here thinking what deck i want to try this with. I have some old street setups that it may be interesting to see if i can bring ine back to life with thia process.

@jakeandbake007 Жыл бұрын

Sick cover up job!

@owencampbell777 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!!

@BMX1903 Жыл бұрын

Great video, and the snafu art came out great. DIY isn't easy when you to purchase everything. Owning or having access to tools is key.

@TheRyanthekid 5 ай бұрын

Hey man, i can't say much because I've never done this but one thing i do know about epoxy is it tends to heat up during the curing process. I think maybe what happened is the clear plastic sheet you put on first heated up and shrunk/wrinkled taking in epoxy with it and also causing those voids elsewhere. With the amount of resin you used i dont see it being a structural issue. But it looks really cool! Cheers man

@iairabadi4651 Жыл бұрын

Those wrinkles may have been caused by the rags you used to separate de carbon fiber from the plastic bag, as they were not perfectly flat it made the fiber copy those bumpy shapes. Also you have to spread each layer of epoxy with that credit card so you don't get air pockets

@owencampbell777 Жыл бұрын

Yup, I should have bought a layer or two of fleece or some other fabric I could have laid flat

@theHU02GO Жыл бұрын

There are a couple things someone can do to avoid wrinkles. First of all use the exact ammount of epoxy. The data sheet of any fiber material gives you information on either weight or volume percentage of resin/fiber. Too much resin and the matrix could develop cracks, too little and the matrix will not achieve peak strength and may delaminate. During the vacuum process use special perforated foil and fleece on top. This way the excess epoxy can escape through the holes and gets soaked by the fleece.

@hopscotch6596 Жыл бұрын

Yeah I tried this too last year and it was so bad haha

@CarJuiceYT Жыл бұрын

Great video. Editing was very fun. U smashed on them cookies. Board looks cooler than the pre sand now.

@TheReal_DeanD Жыл бұрын

Thanks for putting this out there. Salute 🫡 for taking one for the team.

@samdief Жыл бұрын

Cool video! I like tinkering with projects like this, but I think you convinced me to not give this a go given how things can go wrong without more specialized equipment. Great video though, I enjoyed watching the process!

@norvillerogersgreeneryknight 5 ай бұрын

Cute Doggo 🧡

@insanogeddon 5 ай бұрын

Formica is durable withstanding heavy impacts and unlike fiber glass and even carbon fiber isn't an irritant to the sensitive or for that matter anyone once it gets beat up and scratched. Heat resistant, moisture resistant, easy to maintain, hygienic, multiple texture and extensive aesthetic choices.

@tyson_J Жыл бұрын

I would say carbon probably wasn't the best material for this job anyways. You can get heavy, Triax, fiberglass for about $3 a foot and it's gonna be much stiffer than carbon like that. Also to maximize torsional stiffness, you'll want a triax composite on the top and bottom of the deck; I would say having one layer on top and one on the bottom is much better than 2 on the bottom.

@owencampbell777 10 ай бұрын

Great advice, thanks!

@nickamarit Жыл бұрын

If it's still got too much torsional flex, you could also do the top too (diagonally this time)!

@owencampbell777 Жыл бұрын

That’s a good idea, but I don’t want to put any more money into this board. The flex has been locked down enough

@theHU02GO Жыл бұрын

Tri-axial fibers on the bottom (unidirectional fibers parallel to the long side of the board) and bi-axial fibers on top gives you the best sandwich to stiffen up the board. The unidirectional fibers on bottom reduce flex, and the biax fibers reduce torsion.

@nickamarit Жыл бұрын

@@theHU02GO What if we only want to reduce torsional flex and not flex in any other direction?

@theHU02GO Жыл бұрын

@@nickamarit in this case just use biaxial fibers top and bottom. I forgot to mention that the fibers must lay in a +45° and -45° orientation to the length achsis of the board. However, no matter what kind of laminate you put on your board it will affect stiffness in all modes... but like this it will mostly affect torsional stiffness.

@nickamarit Жыл бұрын

@@theHU02GO So for bottom = 2 sheets: +45 & -45, and for top is same = 2 sheets: +45 & -45... so a total of 4 sheets, correct?

@MarcAllenTidon Жыл бұрын

Super cool cool 🤙🤙🤙

@patrickmetcalf3147 Жыл бұрын

YES IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO!!!!

@JohnathanJoseLouw Жыл бұрын

02:49 Thanks for lending us your credit card XD

@owencampbell777 10 ай бұрын

Hope it helped

@bastianweber2648 Жыл бұрын

You could also just hand laminate it. Safes heaps of trouble with vacuum bags. Also definitely good gloves mate.

@owencampbell777 10 ай бұрын

Oh yeah, big learning moment

@user-qj5iz4wh5y 2 ай бұрын

I made a carbon fiber without plastic vacuum seal

@Zachsnotboard Жыл бұрын

Looks like the wrinkles are from the clothing ? Looks cool though tbh

@owencampbell777 Жыл бұрын

Yup, if I used something flat and thick as a breather fabric (fleece maybe?) then it would have been better

@vanhosss7037 Жыл бұрын

What wheelbase do you have it set up on?

@owencampbell777 Жыл бұрын

Currently set to 25 inches

@guitarwi3rdo 3 ай бұрын

Take my work for it: my toeslides are fkn sick now

@helgevig5134 Жыл бұрын

GLOVES DUDE Epoxy is NOT good for your skin

@helgevig5134 Жыл бұрын

I fiberglassed both sides of my board with strands in offset directions either side. Big improvement. And I enjoyed the job, even though it was a hell of a lot of work 😂 Board is a bit warped unfortunately, which I probably should have tried to fix before. But it works fine anyhow 👌

@owencampbell777 Жыл бұрын

Good to know! That’s why this isn’t a tutorial video, haha

@helgevig5134 Жыл бұрын

@@owencampbell777 yeah, that was one thing they were very cautious about at the shop where I bought it. Apparently, the Epoxy doesn't have an immediate toxic effect on the skin, but repeated skin contact can lead to over-sensitization and development of very strong allergy to the compounds in it