diy Archives - Composites Today https://www.compositestoday.com/tag/diy/ Latest news and information from the composites industry Fri, 31 Jan 2020 08:26:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/www.compositestoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-img-site-ident-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 diy Archives - Composites Today https://www.compositestoday.com/tag/diy/ 32 32 22188208 Making a 3D Printed Skateboard using Carbon Fibre https://www.compositestoday.com/2019/12/making-a-3d-printed-skateboard-using-carbon-fibre/ Thu, 05 Dec 2019 08:43:45 +0000 https://www.compositestoday.com/?p=14976 James Bruton, a former toy designer, YouTuber and general robotics, electrical and mechanical engineer has shared a video on how he made this skateboard using carbon-fibre-reinforced PLA filament and 3D-printed it alongside regular PLA to see how it measured up. Using the Lulzbot HS1.2 printer he shows how to make this unusually shaped skateboard and puts it to the test at a local skatepark.

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]]> James Bruton, a former toy designer, YouTuber and general robotics, electrical and mechanical engineer has shared a video on how he made this skateboard using carbon-fibre-reinforced PLA filament and 3D-printed it alongside regular PLA to see how it measured up.

Using the Lulzbot HS1.2 printer he shows how to make this unusually shaped skateboard and puts it to the test at a local skatepark.

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]]> 14976 Watch This Guy Make His Own Carbon Fibre Hydrofoil and Kiteboard https://www.compositestoday.com/2015/08/watch-this-guy-make-his-own-carbon-fibre-hydrofoil-and-kiteboard/ Mon, 24 Aug 2015 06:51:19 +0000 http://www.compositestoday.com/?p=13604 Watch this guys first attempt at making his own carbon fibre hydrofoil and board. From sanding, laminating and vacuuming the 6 min video jump cuts its way through the process with the final shots taken on the board itself.

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]]> Watch this guys first attempt at making his own carbon fibre hydrofoil and board. From sanding, laminating and vacuuming the 6 min video jump cuts its way through the process with the final shots taken on the board itself.

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