CARBON FIBER CASE (How It's Made)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 ต.ค. 2016
- In this video I show you how to make a laptop case in carbon fiber from start till finish! This is a pretty advanced tutorial that should show you some insights on how I've made it. The laptop used in this tutorial is a Lenovo thinkpad X1 Carbon shop.lenovo.com/be/nl/laptops/... for more specs on the laptop if needed.
I've decided to share the progress on how I've build it on here. I know it very hard to make something like this at home without the right equipement but I hope this will inspire you in some way. At least it will show you how carbonfiber parts are made in the F1/bike/race/space industry
It all starts with drawing everyting in fusion 360 to do a virtual fit in 3D. After that I've used my X-carve from inventables to cut out the exact shape. Have a look at www.inventables.com to find more about the X-carve
Once carved I've decide to route all the sides of the pre-mould to get a nice rounded edge on de MDF. MDF is a type of 'wood' that will suck up a lot of moist/water/resin. That's why I've Decided to coat it with an epoxy resin, tinted with red pigment. polished it all and proceeded with the mouldmaking.
Everything starts with the release-agent. after that I use the entire uni-mould mouldmaking kit from Easycomposites www.easycomposites.co.uk for all the products used in this video.
First layer is the gelcoat, after that the coupling coat with a 100g/m chopped strand fiberglass. On top of that there is the polyester tooling resin with 4 layers of fiberglass chopped 400g/m
Let both halves cure, bolt them together and trim off the excess edges. time to demould and remove the piece, wetsand to a high gloss and get the mould ready to make the parts.
Used a technique called VARTM or resin infusion to create high end carbon fiber parts. Lay-up is 3 layers: 200 twill weave, 650 twill weave, 200 twill weave. peelply on top and infusion mesh to finish. time for bagging and tacky tape with all the connectors in place.
Used the infusion resin IN2 from Easycomposites and infusion was done.
Wetsand and trim the parts, glued them up and your done!!!
Usefull links:
/ mat2composites
www.easycomposites.co.uk
www.inventables.com
Music from Soundpatrol - Petrichor
/ sound-patrol
MATERIAL LIST
All materials can be found on www.easycomposites.co.uk
Chemical release agent, EL epoxy, Epoxy pigment, uni-mould tooling resin, Chopped fiberglass, sanding paper, carbonfiber, peelply, infusion mesh, tacky tape, vacuumbag, vacuumpump, IN2 infusion resin. - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
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Didn't notice that you are back -- FINALLY!
Good video, Matt. Thank you.
I hope you'll be able to post more, and more often ; )
Awesome video! Just found your channel from Instructables and am so glad I did. I've been wanting to do some carbon fiber projects for a long time. Now I can start. Thanks!
glad you've found your way till here! have a look inbetween my videos ;) you should find all the basic information you'll need ;)
Un très beau travail, félicitations! Tes projets sont très créatifs et très professionnels. Merci pour ce partage.
This was an amazing, & educational video. You sir have a new subscriber. Keep up the great work.
Thanks! Glad you like the video!
Man, i never though that you have so much job to finesh it, congrats! One question, how did you made that transfer adesive that you glue in the case a few minuts of the final? I did love know it is made!
Very professionally made
wow this is awesome, i wish to have skills, and than the tools you have ;) nice JOB! thanks for sharing :), greetings from Poland!
great one Matthieu. Keep it going.
Thanks a lot! I'll do my best ;)
Well, you’ve inspired me to try and make a case for my soon to arrive MacBook Pro.
I like your idea with the shim to glue the halves. I thought about using Kevlar tape like we do to put kayak halves together, but this method looks better for a small project.
How did you avoid the shim taking up too much interior space? Did you trim it after glueing to one half?
What are the Stickers that you stick on the cover (The Thinkpad and the MAT2 Logo Ones) Called?
And How to make them?
Hi, nice video. Can you please tell me how you made the stickers? what or where can I but that product? thank you
Could you place an order for a laptop model? It's a great job
Wow.. Amazing video
Keep up the good work! I have a question about the infusion finish. I see from your finish at 8:42 the fibers from the twill are showing a bit instead of a gloss. I keep getting this result in my parts as well and I was wondering if you just keep it like that? I think it's from the vacuum pulling the fibers to the mould not letting resin get to the high parts of the twill. I know I can add another layer of epoxy after but I was wondering if you do anything about that finish?
I like it how it looks like that for this project... I think it's a matter of personal preferences... 90% of my parts get a clearcoat depending of the project, solving the problem you are talking about :) using a gelcoat or extra layer of epoxy could solve it as well like you said
WoW. Awesome!
Hello , I do have a similar project I bought some coloured carbon fibre I want to make a clip board with hinges that opens and has storage compartments the ones I buy at staples brake easy and the locking Mechanism also breaks real easy . My clip board will be strong and have led lighting almost like a portable office with pen holders battery storage compartment and stuff that will help me get things done , it will be thick to hold all these ideas and awesome but I'm new to working with carbon fibre and really know nothing about it can you help me ?
Great Stuff, Keep at it... i hope your channel grows, you deserve better than this :)
is it possible to make full laptop housing using wood or ply board???
Fantastic ...im going to do it
Nice video.
Are you planning to do cf Thinkpad lid covers ??
might be something cool to work on, but many other projects on my planning at the moment :)
Im kinda upsets that i discovered you now and not before, you clearly need to hit a million subs bro . Keep going on and good luck 👍🏻
Er Jones thanks a lot! Keep sharing and liking the videos then
;-) first goal is 100 000
How you insured good signal? Antenna areas should be done of kevlar of glass fiber
YES! A new tutorial! =D =D =D
thanks
Impressive!
You're an amazing artisan. Thanks for your videas, all of them are really cool ideas. Greetins from Galapagos' Island Country. Ecuador. :D
Would love to see a carbon fiber skin for IPhone XR that has the apple a window for the apple logo would look very nice.
I didnt quite get the last part of bonding the two pieces.. So the flange that you cut from the cf sheet, is glued between the two parts, so from inside how you trimmed it?
trimmed before glueing
Good to have you back.
Keep them coming Matt
beautiful as always :-)
thanks!
Hello, Matthiew! Awesome video, thx! How about putting EVA Paper inside of the case for absortion of the impact? How can the EVA paper and the carbon fiber case be glued together?
Oh, you used foam, just saw it!
I think any type of glue, I've used a strong double sided tape here and works fine
Cool, how about fumes. Is the resins you use not dangerous to inhale?
NICE WORK!
thanks mike! ;)
An industrial grade making video thank you brother for the video
Very easy,I remember every step. Will do it right away...
Or watch it over and over again 😉
Good job I like it
good job
Goed bezig!
bedankt :)
It's awesome
not bad my friend. any link how that material you use fiberglass after gelcoat.?
It's the mouldmaking kit from easycomposites 1. gelcoat 2. 100g/m fiberglass + coupling coat 3. 400g/m fg and tooling resin
Heb je die stickers zelf gemaakt, of ergens laten maken? ben op zoek naar een manier om een paar dozijn stickers te laten maken waar je dus ook alleen de text hebt, dus zonder wit vinyl eromheen.
maak ik zelf, stuur me een privebericht op mijn facebookpagina
wow that's awesome. what type of stickers is that last touches 9
Vinyl sticker
excelente
waar haal je dit materiaal van easycomp?
hello matthieu was the carbon fibre cured in an oven pls ?
very nice :) keep it up!!
thanks!
why are using another part for glueing? and also i'm curious about if you have to do it as a monoblock part how could yoy do that?
nice vid as always!
would be a complex piece to infuse in one time due to the narrow shape you have to get all the fibers in, but could work, decided to do it this way for once :)
it would be nice, thx
Chur man good job curious though instead of using your laptop to Google the dimensions of that laptop. . . . Could you not of just used a tapemeasure to measure your laptop??
Hey, can i use polyurethane resin for carbon fiber skinning?
Never done that or seen it being done so don t really know to be honest 😁
nice case bud.
I have x1 and yoga I need it
This looks hard
You're awesome
Why don't you just vacuum form directly on the MDF? You would'nt need such a big mold.
3:42 I'm Belgian too! :D
at 7:20 if you hear closely there is somebody saying "Hello" in the background ...
Is Easy Composites sponsoring your channel?
Hey Maththieu je bent er weer! Waar laat jij die stickers maken?
klopt! en er komt nog meer ;) stickers maak ik zelf
Heb je een link of video hoe je dit gemakkelijk zelf kan doen?
Tim van Gool is met specifieke machines dus niet echt
Een soort printer, hoe heet die?
Great video, but isn't mdf super dangerous in the air - I'd get a mask as a matter of urgency.
Respect
thanks :)
where have u been?
been building the new workshop and been shooting many more videos :) I'm back with more videos now ;)
Hi
I am going to new laptop body making business can you help me
Bhushan Sonawane sorry would be difficult
geting thr..
Bro, get a dust evac system.
would be niced :) just moved into a new workshop and looking for it
Zo duidelijk Nederlands
This is what happens when you know what you are doing :)
Sympa cette chaîne, tu parles français ?
neerlandais, francais et je fais mon possible avec l'anglais :) merci!
Impec pour quand j'aurai des questions à te poser. J'envie ton anglais. Bonne soirée. yannick
Yeah I was thinking about doing this. Lol jk. =)
Fuck my shoe that's a lot of work. :/
This is ridiculous, nobody will actually have all of the equipment and materials or actually do this.
Next video, how to design and build a Sky Moon Tourbillon watch out of Paladium.
hooly shit thhats a bit too much effort for a laptop case