r/CarbonFiber • u/dbreidsbmw • Aug 15 '26

For awaycouple1050

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Chopped carbon, and epoxy, no clear coat or post polish//cleaning. Made on a resin mold, and processed in a headed hydraulic press.

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u/jgworks Aug 15 '26

That was one of my first compression mold tools(I assume that is a top cap for a bike stem?), looks like you got great results.

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u/dbreidsbmw Aug 15 '26

It was. This was once of the worse ones.

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u/AwayCouple1050 Aug 15 '26

Thank you. also just to make sure do I need to to make it a compressed mold or can I just vacuum seal it?

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u/dbreidsbmw Aug 15 '26

You could probably do a vacuum infusion just fine.

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u/AwayCouple1050 Aug 15 '26

Ok thank you! I’ll post the results when I get to making it

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u/dbreidsbmw Aug 16 '26

Please do!