Incredible work, I’ve never seen anyone make fibreglass moulds before. So I had no idea how much effort went into making them. I can’t wait to see the fenders they produce.
If you're interested to see more, Street Bandito has a few quite thorough vids about making a plug and a mould. Though he's more of a carbon fiber guy.
This is one of the best DIY projects i've ever saw! You make a perfect hob, man. Your work on these fenders, the video edit and everything else you show us is just awesome. Thanks for sharing. Best regards from Austria.
The way you calmy carry on, not rushing, is admirable. I worked from dawn till dusk on custom motorcycle fairings 15 years ago, I always wanted it to be finished asap.🤭 (Haaaaated the sanding).
You're not alone, sanding is a massive pain. But the more work you put into the moulds, the less finishing work you'll have to do on the reproduced part.
Your dedication to not speaking on camera is incredible. I literally talk to myself whenever I'm in my zone. It's gonna be so weird to hear words come out of your mouth if ever we get to see/hear that 🤣 Great work as always!
The commitment is REAL. This would take me a long time to complete and I would probably abandon it eventually. Imagine how fast this would have been if you had access to a 3d scanner and commercial sized 3d printer.
Awesome work, so much effort has gone into these moulds but all that effort is worth it. Plus you can make more fibreglass fenders in the future if you ever get damage. Really impressive work!
Wow this is so much work. You are very dedicated. Now, I shall head back to the shop to do more work. You surely aren't sitting around watching videos and commenting. Thanks for the inspiration!
Bloody brilliant result, mate! I used to do this day in, day out shaping single seater body panel & floor bucks, then taking moulds. Wet lay up on the engine covers & side pods in e-glass, then pre-preg carbon/honeycomb on the tubs, wings & floors which were vac sealed & baked. Absolutely loved it, even if it was itchy & stinky!! Cheers. Leigh. PS: You'll find the cars on here... look for GWR Predator V10 & GWR Raptor.
I love your work!! I’m from Spain and have good memories of my honey moon travel to New Zealand. If I could, I would retire in your country. I eagerly await your videos. Great work!!
I've been wanting to see about making molds of a fender at what it curtailed good so I Googled it. Came across your videos on RUclips. By far the most detailed I really like watching all of them . I am definitely going to tackle this for my project to make repops of my Fender. I just have to watch your videos multiple times to get the names of all the products that I need . Wish you do a video on all the materials and list their names that one needs to do a mold and part in one full swoop someone knows what to order or walk into the store and buy it LOL
Subtitles at 19:54 made me laugh! Tks for your videos man is fascinating watching the entire process of you making those fenders and the quality of your work is fenomenal
Wonderful work my friend absolutely fine and 31 year of my life experience in this work 1st time some one show me that i am also in the finest man in fiber glas mould macking and i cant explain you mack my heart so happy
You've gained a new subscriber today. It's so refreshing to see someone genuinely caring about what they do. I've made many moulds in very much the same way in the past, and your level of attention is the same as mine. This is the best quality mould making video I've seen. Hats off to you buddy
I did my apprenticeship at McGaffin Boatbuilders in Auckland in the 1980's. We used the same techniques for mould making. I'm not sure what you're using for mould release, but we used a product called "Frecote" (by 3M?), which you would wipe on a few coats after waxing. The stuff was amazing and would pretty much guarantee a good release. I love your projects, mate. It really takes me back to those days in Auckland. I don't miss the itch though!
Minor spoilers for the next episode but I actually grabbed some of that Freekote 700 NC recently and tried to give it a go. Unfortunately things did not go to plan and I ended up sticking with the dreaded PVA. But I have heard great things of the Freekote so even with the price tag it's still definitely the direction I want to go. Cheers mate!
Awesome craftsmanship! Your videos are edited so thoroughly little to no narration required. Really appreciate what you’re doing along with the knowledge sharing. Many thanks from the US.
I made a set of over fenders a few years back and its fun to see the right way to create a mold. So much of what I did was winging it and you could tell. Absolutely insane work as always
Thing is there are plenty of right ways to make a set of fenders. It all depends on what you're aiming to achieve. I'm planning on having a few videos up in the future on the more quick and dirty approach for people that only really need one part.
When I used to insulate houses with fiberglass we would use baby powder and coat our exposed body parts to fill our pores on our skin to reduce the amount of fiberglass that would get on our body. Cheap and easy hack to staying as itch-free as possible!
Very nice work bud. I made one mould from my Subaru guard in much the same way but with just regular poly gelcoat n resin. Still need to do the other side so I'm wanting to investigate the proper tooling stuff with the vinylester and coupling coat.
hey i wanna be like you someday i wanna build my dream car you are inspirational to me bro keep it up! ps; im in school now taking autobody mechanic course because i wanna learn on how this industry works & i love cars too
@@zaynmaraj8474 I definitely could, but I'd probably want to add some additional reinforcement / bracing to the mould if I was going to use vacuum infusion for carbon.
Beautiful molds, man! You're absolutely right about the exotherm from that tooling resin softening your epoxy sealer. If you can spare the time it's probably better to do one layer, let it dry, sand and do the next. Chemlease make a product called FS-One that's a chemical sealer + release agent that works pretty well and stands up to heat better than PVA.
It was my suspicion. This epoxy worked perfectly when I would build my moulds up 2 layers at a time with regular polyester resin. The main advantage of this tooling resin is that it works with a full layup all at once and so it saves you about 2 full days worth of work. It's recommended that you build up at least 4 layers of it in one application because it actually needs that much heat to kick it and make it cure. If you build it up in smaller layers supposedly it takes days to cure fully or sometimes wont cure at all without an oven. And I recently started looking into chemical release agents. I ordered some Freekote 700 NC which is highly recommended in the industry but unfortunately when the can arrived I didn't check the expiry date and it was about a year out of date and didn't really work anymore (if anything it made it stick even worse) So I'm still on the hunt for a better replacement for PVA because I am fully over it by now.
@@TofuAutoWorks You might want to experiment with the tooling resin to see if you can get it to cure without such a thick application. It looks very similar to what I use, which is a filled isophthalic polyester that just gets catalyzed with MEKP (no promoter) and flashes off white as it cures. Since it's more expensive than regular poly resin and it takes a ton of the stuff to wet out chopped strand mat, I usually lay it on with woven glass cloth instead, to maximize strength while using as little of it as possible, let it flash off and build layers of 400gsm CSM with regular poly resin on top. I've never used Freekote personally but if it's similar to Chemlease, it shouldn't go bad per se, but it can absorb water and become diluted if it's exposed to air for long periods of time. I've used Chemlease AF-7 with great results; sometimes too great in that I have trouble getting butyl tape to stick to it on flanges and I thus can't pull good vacuum against it. The FS-One, plus the exact same Mirror Glaze wax you're using is my go-to method for the moment. I use PVA aerosol on split molds to keep RTV from sticking to flanges, but it causes little problems almost every time.
Great piece of craftmanship! Those mould are 10/10. Maybe an airsaw for cutting your glasfiber work would spare you a great deal of dust... anyway.. great project!
You are the cleanest worker ive ever seen and the job done to perfection, since i watched the Miata Cyberpunk project you are my courage to start working on cars, hat down brother, keep it clean!!
@@TofuAutoWorks Didnt mean clean car but clean work, you dont impatiently slapping bondo only to get final result, you taking your time, its rare to see it on YT these days
All those hours paying off and the fender aren't even made. Im convinced if you have the right formula, your would making gold out of lead. Keep up the good work.
very nice work, lots of skills and knowledge here ! Your molds are very nice and well done, you're very meticulous and your explanations are simple and understandable. Good job ! You make a great use of the molding resin, and you're right, this resin tends to heat a little more, but its "low-shrink" abilities rely on this effect. The more you put heavy coats, the less it will shrink. I've seen you use PVA and IMHO it's not the best in your case, because you have to sand, polish and buff all your parts twice (the plug AND the mold). A lot of work ! And when your plug is as nice as yours, PVA use could/should be avoided. And more after 8 waxing ! Demolding can be OK without PVA if you don't use polyurethane based paint or filler on the last coat of your plug. You have to use exclusively polyester gel coat, may be a little harder to sand, so longer to get this nice finish, but you would have a superb shining mold at the 1rst attempt.
Le résultat est fantastique !!! Je pense qu'il y a un problème avec le gelcoat vinylester ,le temps de séchage est trop long et il attaque le Master..... mais vraiment tu es trop fort 👍🙏
The work you do is amazing and I love following the progress, however if I could ask for one small tweek, if you could slow down subtitles so that they do not disappear so fast i would be gratefull
Thanks mate! I've been working on adding slower sections to my videos to give more time to read the subtitles without too much happening on screen so you don't miss anything. I'll make sure the subs are easier to read in the next video! (This video was a little tough because there was a lot to explain in it)
Le quedó muy bien. Para la próxima vez le recomiendo además de poner cera. Poner una capa de agente desmoldante. Es una pequeña película de polímero que le evitará todos esos problemas. De hecho para piezas grandes es casi indispensable.
very nice Mister, I checked out the PVA video, I am a boat builder and use PVA alot. he is spot on except we cut it 50% with ice cold water, are you going to post the infusion of these parts?
The inside finish on your moulds is better than the exterior finish of most modern cars!! 🤩🤩
Haha! 😆 Thanks mate!
At first you could be thinking this is funny because it’s exaggerated…. It’s not. These are facts.
너도 금형의
tru dat!
Incredible work, I’ve never seen anyone make fibreglass moulds before. So I had no idea how much effort went into making them. I can’t wait to see the fenders they produce.
If you're interested to see more, Street Bandito has a few quite thorough vids about making a plug and a mould. Though he's more of a carbon fiber guy.
This is one of the best DIY projects i've ever saw! You make a perfect hob, man. Your work on these fenders, the video edit and everything else you show us is just awesome. Thanks for sharing. Best regards from Austria.
The way you calmy carry on, not rushing, is admirable.
I worked from dawn till dusk on custom motorcycle fairings 15 years ago, I always wanted it to be finished asap.🤭 (Haaaaated the sanding).
manual sanding is a bi***!
You're not alone, sanding is a massive pain. But the more work you put into the moulds, the less finishing work you'll have to do on the reproduced part.
To take that on in your own garage and pull it off to that standard says so much about you. Congratulations, man, unreal effort.
The moulds look amazing. Can't wait to see the fenders! Keep up the great work 👍🏻
Your dedication to not speaking on camera is incredible. I literally talk to myself whenever I'm in my zone. It's gonna be so weird to hear words come out of your mouth if ever we get to see/hear that 🤣
Great work as always!
今回も素晴らしいの一言！
また次回を楽しみにしてるね！
I was so happy to see this video pop up on my feed! Good work, mate, as always!
Я уже начал волноваться, что нет новых выпусков. Но я очень обрадовался сегодня, увидев эту серию. Продолжай дальше выпуск этого сериала. Удачи тебе.
The commitment is REAL. This would take me a long time to complete and I would probably abandon it eventually. Imagine how fast this would have been if you had access to a 3d scanner and commercial sized 3d printer.
Cheers mate. 3D printer is on the wishlist for my next space for sure. But there is something really satisfying about these oldschool methods.
Awesome work, so much effort has gone into these moulds but all that effort is worth it. Plus you can make more fibreglass fenders in the future if you ever get damage. Really impressive work!
Excellent workmanship and fabrication, just love your work ethics and determination. Greetings from the UK .
Wow this is so much work. You are very dedicated. Now, I shall head back to the shop to do more work. You surely aren't sitting around watching videos and commenting. Thanks for the inspiration!
Bloody brilliant result, mate! I used to do this day in, day out shaping single seater body panel & floor bucks, then taking moulds. Wet lay up on the engine covers & side pods in e-glass, then pre-preg carbon/honeycomb on the tubs, wings & floors which were vac sealed & baked. Absolutely loved it, even if it was itchy & stinky!! Cheers. Leigh. PS: You'll find the cars on here... look for GWR Predator V10 & GWR Raptor.
Смотрю и получаю моральное удовольствие:) У Нас в Сибири -30 градусов недавно было, а тут жара, и вентилятор)))
Is so relaxing watching this guy doing this amazing bodywork.
Glad to see you back after the weather you guys had.
Thanks mate!
I love your work!! I’m from Spain and have good memories of my honey moon travel to New Zealand. If I could, I would retire in your country. I eagerly await your videos. Great work!!
I've been wanting to see about making molds of a fender at what it curtailed good so I Googled it. Came across your videos on RUclips. By far the most detailed I really like watching all of them . I am definitely going to tackle this for my project to make repops of my Fender. I just have to watch your videos multiple times to get the names of all the products that I need . Wish you do a video on all the materials and list their names that one needs to do a mold and part in one full swoop someone knows what to order or walk into the store and buy it LOL
Subtitles at 19:54 made me laugh! Tks for your videos man is fascinating watching the entire process of you making those fenders and the quality of your work is fenomenal
Wonderful work my friend absolutely fine and 31 year of my life experience in this work 1st time some one show me that i am also in the finest man in fiber glas mould macking and i cant explain you mack my heart so happy
honestly some of the highest quality content ive seen on this platform in regards to DIY.
凄い技術！次の動画が待ち遠しいです🤩
I’ve never seen moulds made before and never realised the length of time it takes, they look absolutely amazing 👍🏻
You've gained a new subscriber today. It's so refreshing to see someone genuinely caring about what they do.
I've made many moulds in very much the same way in the past, and your level of attention is the same as mine. This is the best quality mould making video I've seen.
Hats off to you buddy
Totally masterpiece! So much work involved. Can`t wait for the final result!
I did my apprenticeship at McGaffin Boatbuilders in Auckland in the 1980's. We used the same techniques for mould making.
I'm not sure what you're using for mould release, but we used a product called "Frecote" (by 3M?), which you would wipe on a few coats after waxing. The stuff was amazing and would pretty much guarantee a good release.
I love your projects, mate. It really takes me back to those days in Auckland. I don't miss the itch though!
Minor spoilers for the next episode but I actually grabbed some of that Freekote 700 NC recently and tried to give it a go. Unfortunately things did not go to plan and I ended up sticking with the dreaded PVA. But I have heard great things of the Freekote so even with the price tag it's still definitely the direction I want to go.
Cheers mate!
fabulous molds - which only ever come about through thorough and skilled work, well done sir
19:53 😬! Another great video. I look forward to your videos. Came out awesome. Beautiful ending.
just about to go to bed, I'll have to keep this open to watch with my coffee in the morning.
Just save it to your watch later playlist my dude, no need to keep it open!
Just woke up but don't need to get our if bed just yet.😅
I just woke up and about to have a redbull and a sandwich.
I'm back Edit: Glad to see I'm not the only one that goes barefoot in the shop.
@@Cptlink420 Woke up to 75F/24C in my shop. It ended up being a MtnDew and a smoke.
Awesome craftsmanship! Your videos are edited so thoroughly little to no narration required. Really appreciate what you’re doing along with the knowledge sharing. Many thanks from the US.
Мужик ты реально крут. Столько упорства, это колоссальный труд.
Браво🤘👍
Im glad i found your channel. Ive learned so much watching this series.
Thankyou bro. It’s like therapy for me. Pure art.
Amazing moulds! That fiberglass dust must be a pain
To me it's like a getting a gentle hug from thousands of small pieces of glass. ☺
I made a set of over fenders a few years back and its fun to see the right way to create a mold. So much of what I did was winging it and you could tell. Absolutely insane work as always
Thing is there are plenty of right ways to make a set of fenders. It all depends on what you're aiming to achieve. I'm planning on having a few videos up in the future on the more quick and dirty approach for people that only really need one part.
Bare foot bandit!! 🤣 Awesome work bro👌 well done indeed, can't wait to see how it looks finished.
When I used to insulate houses with fiberglass we would use baby powder and coat our exposed body parts to fill our pores on our skin to reduce the amount of fiberglass that would get on our body. Cheap and easy hack to staying as itch-free as possible!
I've been saying out aloud "This is how it's f!@#$%^ done" throughout this video. Well done dude.
Great video - Hope you were able to be safe during the floods.
The quality of your molds are incredible! 😮 Big thumbs up for your job 😉
Considering the amount of work that went into those moulds, I hope you’re going to make more that one pull.
I'll definitely be making a few 😉
You have the patience of 20 tibetains , your charnel is very satisfiyng, im subscribed !
It's a strange sensation when your releasing a mould part asmr/fear😂 as the other comments are saying great stuff man 👍
so much work for moulds respect
Very nice work bud. I made one mould from my Subaru guard in much the same way but with just regular poly gelcoat n resin. Still need to do the other side so I'm wanting to investigate the proper tooling stuff with the vinylester and coupling coat.
hey i wanna be like you someday i wanna build my dream car you are inspirational to me bro keep it up!
ps; im in school now taking autobody mechanic course because i wanna learn on how this industry works & i love cars too
Bro those moulds look bloody mint. Geez there's a hell of a lot of hours go into making them ay. Awesome stuff
Oh shit....new favorite channel
Amazing work bro
If it was easy to build those fenders out of carbon fiber that would be crazy
Im so looking for the end resultes 😍
Just fiberglass for this build. It's just a tow vehicle after all, no need to get TOO carried away haha
@@TofuAutoWorks im curious if you can use the same mould tho, could always sell them right
@@zaynmaraj8474 I definitely could, but I'd probably want to add some additional reinforcement / bracing to the mould if I was going to use vacuum infusion for carbon.
You are a mad genius, very neat and intelligent person 👏👏
Wow, absolutly great work!
Beautiful molds, man! You're absolutely right about the exotherm from that tooling resin softening your epoxy sealer. If you can spare the time it's probably better to do one layer, let it dry, sand and do the next. Chemlease make a product called FS-One that's a chemical sealer + release agent that works pretty well and stands up to heat better than PVA.
It was my suspicion. This epoxy worked perfectly when I would build my moulds up 2 layers at a time with regular polyester resin. The main advantage of this tooling resin is that it works with a full layup all at once and so it saves you about 2 full days worth of work. It's recommended that you build up at least 4 layers of it in one application because it actually needs that much heat to kick it and make it cure. If you build it up in smaller layers supposedly it takes days to cure fully or sometimes wont cure at all without an oven.
And I recently started looking into chemical release agents. I ordered some Freekote 700 NC which is highly recommended in the industry but unfortunately when the can arrived I didn't check the expiry date and it was about a year out of date and didn't really work anymore (if anything it made it stick even worse) So I'm still on the hunt for a better replacement for PVA because I am fully over it by now.
@@TofuAutoWorks You might want to experiment with the tooling resin to see if you can get it to cure without such a thick application. It looks very similar to what I use, which is a filled isophthalic polyester that just gets catalyzed with MEKP (no promoter) and flashes off white as it cures. Since it's more expensive than regular poly resin and it takes a ton of the stuff to wet out chopped strand mat, I usually lay it on with woven glass cloth instead, to maximize strength while using as little of it as possible, let it flash off and build layers of 400gsm CSM with regular poly resin on top.
I've never used Freekote personally but if it's similar to Chemlease, it shouldn't go bad per se, but it can absorb water and become diluted if it's exposed to air for long periods of time. I've used Chemlease AF-7 with great results; sometimes too great in that I have trouble getting butyl tape to stick to it on flanges and I thus can't pull good vacuum against it. The FS-One, plus the exact same Mirror Glaze wax you're using is my go-to method for the moment. I use PVA aerosol on split molds to keep RTV from sticking to flanges, but it causes little problems almost every time.
That quick cutaway feet shot cracked me up dude 😂
love the commitment and detail, thanks for documenting this so meticulously.
This is premium quality work man, you could offer mold making services for the high end composite companies out there.
Great piece of craftmanship! Those mould are 10/10. Maybe an airsaw for cutting your glasfiber work would spare you a great deal of dust...
anyway.. great project!
I love the howl multilingual these videos are
Didn't think to look till I saw your comment😲Just the fact its "only" captions no talking🤔Says more about the people that watch👍
Awesome work man. Appreciate the effort you put in your videos
They look awesome! Cant wait for next episode!
You are the cleanest worker ive ever seen and the job done to perfection, since i watched the Miata Cyberpunk project you are my courage to start working on cars, hat down brother, keep it clean!!
It's funny seeing the word clean used near my Cyberpunk Miata build since the two could not be more opposite haha. But thanks mate!
@@TofuAutoWorks Didnt mean clean car but clean work, you dont impatiently slapping bondo only to get final result, you taking your time, its rare to see it on YT these days
All those hours paying off and the fender aren't even made. Im convinced if you have the right formula, your would making gold out of lead. Keep up the good work.
Excellent work. I would never have the perseverance to do this 😂
Outstanding work, from doing some moulds myself I know how much efferent it takes!
very nice work, lots of skills and knowledge here ! Your molds are very nice and well done, you're very meticulous and your explanations are simple and understandable. Good job ! You make a great use of the molding resin, and you're right, this resin tends to heat a little more, but its "low-shrink" abilities rely on this effect. The more you put heavy coats, the less it will shrink. I've seen you use PVA and IMHO it's not the best in your case, because you have to sand, polish and buff all your parts twice (the plug AND the mold). A lot of work ! And when your plug is as nice as yours, PVA use could/should be avoided. And more after 8 waxing ! Demolding can be OK without PVA if you don't use polyurethane based paint or filler on the last coat of your plug. You have to use exclusively polyester gel coat, may be a little harder to sand, so longer to get this nice finish, but you would have a superb shining mold at the 1rst attempt.
Love your videos. Thank you for the content. AMAZING job as usual!! Can't wait for the next video.
amazing craftsmanship
Beautiful work. I couldn’t do barefoot in the shop. Lol
bro this is some satisfying work dude love this,
Another great video! Looking forward to more!
Technical difficulties or new words ?? 😎. Well done !
Oh, yeah! We are here again :3
The amount of hours put into this is extraordinary! Must have taken a while to get that good!
Cheers mate! My skills could still take a lot of improving if you ask me but I'm getting there. 👍
@@TofuAutoWorks you can always improve! That’s a fun part of the process!
U R AMAZING BROTHER ! THE BEST !
Amazing mold..look detail
Le résultat est fantastique !!! Je pense qu'il y a un problème avec le gelcoat vinylester ,le temps de séchage est trop long et il attaque le Master..... mais vraiment tu es trop fort 👍🙏
This is art!
Bro this guy is a straight up glass mould pro
Amazing job, thank you very much to share it!!!!!!
Always amazing!
Amazing work!
I vote you sell tickets to tofu auto works live where I can show up and watch this in person while eating popcorn.
I always thought there would be no interest in a live stream for stuff like this, but maybe it'd be worth it after all haha
@@TofuAutoWorks in person like Trolls on ice! 😂
Always Interesting & Informative👍
Wow🤩 nice job👍🏼 👌🏼
I lol’d when you were like Remember to get glass dust all over your shop 🤣🤣🤣
Beautiful work. How you don’t have more followers I’ve no idea.
Cheers mate! I'm more than happy with all the followers I have, you guys are amazing!
I start itching for this guy every time I see him cutting in just a tank-top...
Awesome! Great work!
Good work done ❤❤.
The work you do is amazing and I love following the progress, however if I could ask for one small tweek, if you could slow down subtitles so that they do not disappear so fast i would be gratefull
Thanks mate! I've been working on adding slower sections to my videos to give more time to read the subtitles without too much happening on screen so you don't miss anything. I'll make sure the subs are easier to read in the next video!
(This video was a little tough because there was a lot to explain in it)
Gorgeous!
nice i love to watch your work
they look sooo good 👏im in ore of your knowledge
Le quedó muy bien. Para la próxima vez le recomiendo además de poner cera. Poner una capa de agente desmoldante. Es una pequeña película de polímero que le evitará todos esos problemas. De hecho para piezas grandes es casi indispensable.
very nice Mister, I checked out the PVA video, I am a boat builder and use PVA alot. he is spot on except we cut it 50% with ice cold water, are you going to post the infusion of these parts?
goodjob waiting next part3
Awesome, but I could feel the itch when cutting the flanges 😂
It looks super Nice. Can't wait for the new fenders. I wonder how får you are going to take tis project.
Get keen fam he's almost done 😀😀