It is so helpful that you created this series so that creation of the new plug was demonstrated as well as the mold And the final part. Excellent Excellent Excellent
It seemed like a ton of steps, but none of them are terribly complicated. I appreciate you doing this for a motorcycle part. That is my end goal as well. When someone says what I am looking for doesn't exist, but I am motivated. That just means I haven't made it yet.
Great work. Looks good 👍 the videos were a great pace for me since I don't have a very long attention span. You hit all the important points without dragging it out.
Great video, I like how you focus on the plug creation and creating a part from that. Now I'm thinking of tons of things I want to create! I also like how you showed the correct way to stiffen the part with kevlar! Please more awesome vids man!
That's awesome... i want to make some motorcycle redesigned body but i'm affraid in Spain it woud me very difficult to legalize for regular circulation...
There is a ton of useful information in this series and it helped me a lot, so for that I am very grateful. I am curious to know about applying PVA to the mold after the wax. I have read many mixed feelings about using PVA. My mold is currently waxed 8 times with Collinite's mold release wax and am wondering if I should apply PVA before my final casting. Thank you in advance.
Looks amazing but alas I wasn't aware I needed a vacuum bag system. Guess I need more equipment now. I love excuses to buy more equipment. Seat looks amazing. I would love to make some carbon fiber bits for my scooter.
Hi, great videos! I have noticed that you do not wear gloves and respirator when sanding fiber glass, I wonder what are the safety measures for that activity.
Question; Early on when making the plug you used a layer of glass and epoxy. Then something to add to and level out low spots. Then a primer. Oddly then a non epoxy resin. You had cut out areas which did not wet out leaving them exposed. Why risk using the non expose resin over areas which might have had foam exposed? Cost?
I have seen a boat load of ridiculous videos on youtube made by complete idiots that have no business posting for which i gave a thumbs down for sure. i can NOT for the life of me understand why 79 complete idiots would think this video series was no less than spectacular. it must be because of jealousy or just plain stupidity, i just do not know, but what i do know is i have highly enjoyed your very informative video series to the max and feel confident i can now do a mold myself following this awesome series. it is people like you that makes me not hate people as much as i do from their rotten greedy attitudes towards Humanity in general. 50 thumbs up and thank you.
I have been laying up glass for a long time but never used vacuum bagging. Could you provide a bit of explanation, or a few photos? I have a vacuum pump that is normally used for refrigeration work, or are you using something like a vacuum cleaner? Your plug/mold video is excellent, however there is only a brief moment in the vacuum bagging section
fuck, was wanting to try something , but the amount of products needed and steps is pretty deep. that's the 2nd video about fibreglass that I've watched thats was at a perfect pace and clearly spoken with all the info you need and no bs. resin fumes help make great RUclips tutorial vids , now how do we incorporate resin into all tutorials ?
I really enjoyed your video. I am about to put a small ski platform on the back of my boat. I need it to handle a new ladder that extends out the back a little. My hull is not straight so I was thinking about making the initial template out of cardboard. Cover that and then put the framing in the fiberglass on the bottom for the mounting to the boat. Finally using gel coat for the top. Because I have really never done this, I am out in the left field or is this an alright approach?
Excellent series thank you Can you tell me how you determined what size to make the plug? Is there a formula for figuring out how much the thicker the end product will be vs the plug?
why did you make a two part mold only to glue them together?- what is working time for epoxy resin? how many buckets did you go through - 1 per coat? how many layers ultimately - 3 Cf 1 kevlar = 4? when you released mold from table flange how did you cut this? - it looked like on video 2/3 - maybe video 4 - there was just seran or poly plastic on table....is this a special plastic release film?
Really good series, but the end did feel rushed in all honesty.. the carbon fibre process wasn't explained too great, and you mentioned that you had imperfections in your mould, but not how to fix them??
Not sure if your are still looking at these comments, but is there a reason you choose a concave shape to create your final product? And why is it necessary to remove the the wax you apply? Just curious, doesn't seem substantial
Are you using the upper flange of the half mould as the wall to create the second half mould and if so I assume you are waxing the first half flange to keep the two halves from sticking together. Is this assumption correct?
What are the steps and materials needed to put together the two halves of the carbon fiber parts? Any reference or guidance will be greatly appreciated.
question, is the plug ruined after this process? I have a big piece of styrofoam I'm trying to cast and mold so that I can recreate it, but I don't want to risk ruining the original.
If that's a Virago, it's a highly modified one. I've seen some people take them and make them into bobbers, but this is different than I've seen before.
Amazing tutorial. So the first half is already dried, and the second half just automatically sticked to the first half? Do they stick to each other by themselves well enough? I'm just trying to learn.
Nozomu Harada, always remember that "dried" is different than "cured", k? drying is when is when your solvent, or moisture (water), is lost into the surrounding air, leaving your paint, etc. on your workpiece. curing is what happens when you are using a product that requires a chemical catalyst. the reaction produced when the parts are mixed will bond chemically. mortar an concrete do this also. these use water as their catalyst, but it's the same idea. this chemical curing idea is cool and interesting. it's how we have fiberglass boats, really tough paints, and skyscrapers!! lol hope you stay interested in working with your hands and building things yourself!
This is absolutely fascinating! If a customer brought you a 3D CAD file of this part, what's the rough customer price to have this part made? Thank you
hey @totalboat. nice job on the video. was wondering if that seat was strong enough to hold someones weight without any metal support directly under the seated area??
+Neil Desouza Yup definitely strong enough there is a sub frame but no cross members. The seat is strong enough to support the weight of AT LEAST one passenger
So if i just wanted to make a one off piece without making a mold, could i just make a part out of foam or clay and then lay my carbon fiber on top of that? Thanks
hi! about that electrical insulation (coming from the kevlar fiberglass hybrid weave). what does that mean? (i'm a newbie, don't know) thank you! great videos ;-)
thanks! so carbon is electrical conductive. electrical coming from where (in that case of motorcycle seat)? or what other examples where carbon would be better insulated when electrical around? thank you! ;-)
I can understand that. It's not for everybody. I'm definitely this kind of guy haha I plan on making custom fairings for my Honda Helix. I guess if they're good enough I could make fairings for others with the molds and make some money off it but I'm not expecting anything like that since I've never done this before.
Did you see him placing tacky tape around the edges of the mold? When he puts on the bagging material, the tape creates a "chamber" that you can pull vacuum on to keep pressure until the resin is cured. That is for room temp cure resins, autoclaves (vacuum chamber) are used when you have high temp curing resins, though the prep work is nearly identical, different tacky tape and bagging materials are needed.
That looks nothing like an adult toy! FRAUD!!! Seriously, you did a great job. Ignore these losers who say you're doing this wrong or they can do better. If they could they would have videos they dont because they are losers.
If I were you I’d learn resin infusion and dont waste your time wet layup vacuum bagging. Ive done about 1500 layups and without a doubt the easier, healthier, better looking products come from Resin Infusion...which is only second to pre preg parts.
Robert Mahaney if your mold is good enough spray clear in the mold. Let it B stage. Then lay your carbon on top of that and continue to infuse or vacuum bag. Comes out perfect
It is so helpful that you created this series so that creation of the new plug was demonstrated as well as the mold And the final part. Excellent Excellent Excellent
Glad it was helpful!
Your boss doesn't pay you nearly enough... whatever it is. This is truly an art. Great job, great explanation.
After the pink foam, truly a high tech, high dollar technique.
Excellent presentation...no bs, right to the point, no wasted verbiage, easy to understand...thanks a bunch.
Great job on the seat ;-) The series was well done :-)
Aren't you a boat guy? Love your videos and help in restoring my own boat. So now we get to see you put some carbon fiber on boats now?
It seemed like a ton of steps, but none of them are terribly complicated. I appreciate you doing this for a motorcycle part. That is my end goal as well. When someone says what I am looking for doesn't exist, but I am motivated. That just means I haven't made it yet.
Wow a lot of work , turned out fantastic. Really good. Well done.
Very helpful! Exactly what I needed to see!
Great work. Looks good 👍 the videos were a great pace for me since I don't have a very long attention span. You hit all the important points without dragging it out.
Bro, I just watched all 5 videos and I'm impressed. Wish I could build a go kart with fiberglass.
Thanks!!
Great series, very clear and explained well.
Thanks so much!
OMG! great tutorial!!! Now I'm not afraid to work with fiberglass!!! Thank you very much!!
Wow. What a brilliant presentation! Thanks
Wow! well done...Very step by step. You are a great teacher of your craft
Great video, I like how you focus on the plug creation and creating a part from that. Now I'm thinking of tons of things I want to create! I also like how you showed the correct way to stiffen the part with kevlar! Please more awesome vids man!
Great series something I've been curious about.
Nice work, you explanation was awesome and simple
Awesome series! Great explanations! Thank you!
You're very welcome!
Great series. Clear and concise instruction along with great camera work.. Well done.
Excellent job on the description of the process and the video.
Very informative series. Thanks for sharing.The bike is shaping up nicely!
Great job
I want to get into making Car accessories. You videos are very insightful.
Beautiful work man.
That is a great demonstration very nice results Thanks !
Nice looking part.
Very nice, thank you for all the effort to record and share.
Wow enjoyed it
That was awesome. Thanks dude
Excellent tutorial!
Nice cafe bike! I’ve got to try this out some time looks interesting
That’s a very good job, well explained, I love it 👍
After watched 5 parts, now we start to finish this project. I already have duct tape and rubber gloves.
Tanks for the tutoring good work
Amazing. Do you have a vedio that demonstrates the inclusion of hardware such as bolt attachments or latches?
Great tutorial, thanks.
Great vid my friend
Wow, was I learning !!
It is so useful!
That's awesome... i want to make some motorcycle redesigned body but i'm affraid in Spain it woud me very difficult to legalize for regular circulation...
There is a ton of useful information in this series and it helped me a lot, so for that I am very grateful. I am curious to know about applying PVA to the mold after the wax. I have read many mixed feelings about using PVA. My mold is currently waxed 8 times with Collinite's mold release wax and am wondering if I should apply PVA before my final casting. Thank you in advance.
Looks amazing but alas I wasn't aware I needed a vacuum bag system. Guess I need more equipment now. I love excuses to buy more equipment. Seat looks amazing. I would love to make some carbon fiber bits for my scooter.
You don't necessarily need a vacuum system, it's just very helpful for removing air bubbles.
Great job thanks
Fabulous work
Thank you!
Thanks for the video bro. Could you make a video in making molds for sport bikes.
Hi, great videos! I have noticed that you do not wear gloves and respirator when sanding fiber glass, I wonder what are the safety measures for that activity.
great tutorial. thank you.
Great video, note the surface finish looked like it had some bad pin holes?
Question; Early on when making the plug you used a layer of glass and epoxy. Then something to add to and level out low spots. Then a primer. Oddly then a non epoxy resin. You had cut out areas which did not wet out leaving them exposed. Why risk using the non expose resin over areas which might have had foam exposed? Cost?
This is an awesome tutorial. Can I ask around how much money would be put in to getting to this point?
I have seen a boat load of ridiculous videos on youtube made by complete idiots that have no business posting for which i gave a thumbs down for sure.
i can NOT for the life of me understand why 79 complete idiots would think this video series was no less than spectacular. it must be because of jealousy or just plain stupidity, i just do not know, but what i do know is i have highly enjoyed your very informative video series to the max and feel confident i can now do a mold myself following this awesome series.
it is people like you that makes me not hate people as much as i do from their rotten greedy attitudes towards Humanity in general.
50 thumbs up and thank you.
I was going to make some side half fairings for my motorcycle but after watching these I'm not to sure I have the right abilities!?
I would love to see the part when its on the bike :)
It's shown at 3:55
Great, thanks
I have been laying up glass for a long time but never used vacuum bagging. Could you provide a bit of explanation, or a few photos? I have a vacuum pump that is normally used for refrigeration work, or are you using something like a vacuum cleaner? Your plug/mold video is excellent, however there is only a brief moment in the vacuum bagging section
fuck, was wanting to try something , but the amount of products needed and steps is pretty deep. that's the 2nd video about fibreglass that I've watched thats was at a perfect pace and clearly spoken with all the info you need and no bs. resin fumes help make great RUclips tutorial vids , now how do we incorporate resin into all tutorials ?
I really enjoyed your video. I am about to put a small ski platform on the back of my boat. I need it to handle a new ladder that extends out the back a little. My hull is not straight so I was thinking about making the initial template out of cardboard. Cover that and then put the framing in the fiberglass on the bottom for the mounting to the boat. Finally using gel coat for the top. Because I have really never done this, I am out in the left field or is this an alright approach?
Excellent series thank you
Can you tell me how you determined what size to make the plug? Is there a formula for figuring out how much the thicker the end product will be vs the plug?
So the mold went from a 2 piece to a single piece behind the scenes?
well done sir
Should it be put the plug in oven to cure ?
why did you make a two part mold only to glue them together?- what is working time for epoxy resin? how many buckets did you go through - 1 per coat? how many layers ultimately - 3 Cf 1 kevlar = 4?
when you released mold from table flange how did you cut this? - it looked like on video 2/3 - maybe video 4 - there was just seran or poly plastic on table....is this a special plastic release film?
Why not spray clear in the mold first? Also, when you say clear, did you use clear paint?
Really good series, but the end did feel rushed in all honesty.. the carbon fibre process wasn't explained too great, and you mentioned that you had imperfections in your mould, but not how to fix them??
What is the advantage of a two part mold over a one part mold ?
i would guess removing the foam base would be a lot easier
For clarity, is the only reason you did it in two halves was to preserve the herringbone pattern? Was that necessary?
It was to preserve the pattern!
now... how do you use the mold efficiently?
Not sure if your are still looking at these comments, but is there a reason you choose a concave shape to create your final product? And why is it necessary to remove the the wax you apply? Just curious, doesn't seem substantial
It looks ok
well Done!
What is the correct epoxy for adhering PVC boards?
What's the difference between the tr mold release and collinite's mold release, why use 2 different mold release
He ran out of one - used the other!
Are you using the upper flange of the half mould as the wall to create the second half mould and if so I assume you are waxing the first half flange to keep the two halves from sticking together. Is this assumption correct?
I’m fabricating a cycle trunk, my plug is waxed and I’m about to begin gel coat and glassing.
@@Cheremie-mp7fn That's awesome! Please contact our tech team at tech@totalboat.com and we will absolutely be able to assist!
What are the steps and materials needed to put together the two halves of the carbon fiber parts? Any reference or guidance will be greatly appreciated.
question, is the plug ruined after this process? I have a big piece of styrofoam I'm trying to cast and mold so that I can recreate it, but I don't want to risk ruining the original.
Is that a Virago?
If that's a Virago, it's a highly modified one. I've seen some people take them and make them into bobbers, but this is different than I've seen before.
How were the two halves joined and the center seam covered?
Amazing tutorial. So the first half is already dried, and the second half just automatically sticked to the first half? Do they stick to each other by themselves well enough? I'm just trying to learn.
Nozomu Harada,
always remember that "dried" is different than "cured", k?
drying is when is when your solvent, or moisture (water), is lost into the surrounding air, leaving your paint, etc. on your workpiece.
curing is what happens when you are using a product that requires a chemical catalyst.
the reaction produced when the parts are mixed will bond chemically. mortar an concrete do this also. these use water as their catalyst, but it's the same idea.
this chemical curing idea is cool and interesting. it's how we have fiberglass boats, really tough paints, and skyscrapers!! lol
hope you stay interested in working with your hands and building things yourself!
This is absolutely fascinating! If a customer brought you a 3D CAD file of this part, what's the rough customer price to have this part made? Thank you
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I love your English bro...
that helmet looks like an IBEX lid from zak maytum
Tought the exact same thing. Very curious where he got it
hey @totalboat. nice job on the video. was wondering if that seat was strong enough to hold someones weight without any metal support directly under the seated area??
+Neil Desouza Yup definitely strong enough there is a sub frame but no cross members. The seat is strong enough to support the weight of AT LEAST one passenger
Great series! However, I feel like there was a step missing before the last video.
So if i just wanted to make a one off piece without making a mold, could i just make a part out of foam or clay and then lay my carbon fiber on top of that? Thanks
yes
thank you
What did this seat project cost for materials?
What brand of vacuum pump do you recommend, or use in your work
Really helpful - but a HUGE jump between the end of part 4 and the start of part 5
hi!
about that electrical insulation (coming from the kevlar fiberglass hybrid weave).
what does that mean? (i'm a newbie, don't know)
thank you!
great videos ;-)
Carbon Fiber is conductive.
thanks! so carbon is electrical conductive. electrical coming from where (in that case of motorcycle seat)? or what other examples where carbon would be better insulated when electrical around?
thank you! ;-)
Why not do infusion if you're doing vacuum anyway.
Crazy amount of work for 1 seat. Please tell us that you've been able to use the mold on multiple seats, right?
Well that is kind of the exact purpose of a mold...
There are people out there who would go to those lengths for just a single custom seat. Props to them, but not for me.
I can understand that. It's not for everybody. I'm definitely this kind of guy haha
I plan on making custom fairings for my Honda Helix. I guess if they're good enough I could make fairings for others with the molds and make some money off it but I'm not expecting anything like that since I've never done this before.
More power to you buddy and I hope they turn out awesome.
Thanks man!
Where’s the vacuuming part???
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I thought u had to have a vacuum chamber to work with carbon fiber ?
Did you see him placing tacky tape around the edges of the mold? When he puts on the bagging material, the tape creates a "chamber" that you can pull vacuum on to keep pressure until the resin is cured. That is for room temp cure resins, autoclaves (vacuum chamber) are used when you have high temp curing resins, though the prep work is nearly identical, different tacky tape and bagging materials are needed.
Why did you make 2 halves.
From the plug.
Why not make a complete one ... surely it would of released ok?
thought the same thing
That looks nothing like an adult toy! FRAUD!!!
Seriously, you did a great job. Ignore these losers who say you're doing this wrong or they can do better. If they could they would have videos they dont because they are losers.
Sweet!
Make me a body for my traxxas xmax
Hey Man! good job!!! so, Please!, what's the tool you use to cut the charbon fabric? Thks!
That's the EC Cutter - www.jamestowndistributors.com/userportal/show_product.do?pid=2286
Very disappointing video since after 5 parts video you just wrapped up without even showing the vacuum bagging process and rushed to the end!!!!!
Must agree with this. You need a part 6. :o)
If I were you I’d learn resin infusion and dont waste your time wet layup vacuum bagging. Ive done about 1500 layups and without a doubt the easier, healthier, better looking products come from Resin Infusion...which is only second to pre preg parts.
totaly agree.
Do I sand the carbon , wipe it or ? Before I clear coat
Robert Mahaney if your mold is good enough spray clear in the mold. Let it B stage. Then lay your carbon on top of that and continue to infuse or vacuum bag. Comes out perfect