Carbon fiber mudguard mold
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Easy to print mold if you want to have fun with carbon fiber and make your own mountain bike mudguard
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- Outdoor Sports
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I've designed a mold for who wants to have fun with carbon fiber and build his own carbon fiber mudguard for his mountain bike.
Basically i've used carbon fiber clothes (2 layers), custom carbon fiber resins and a vacuum bag (the one you use for clothes).
It's quite easy as process and i'm sure you can get a better result than what you can see in the picture (i'm still learning and improving).
I suggest you these two tutorials (they are very well done, i've bought the carbon fiber kit from the same company).
https://www.easycomposites.eu/learning/hand-laminate-vacuum-bag-simple-part
https://www.easycomposites.eu/learning/carbon-fibre-part-from-3d-printed-mould
As for the print, they suggest to use PETG because carbon fiber will be easier to release (but i've used PLA and it worked fine as well).
They also suggest a low layer height so to avoid artifacts on the object. Nonetheless in this case the surface is quite flat, so i think a 0.4 will do.
As for the infill, a 10% grid should be enough (i won't go any lower or you risk the vacuum will “crash” your mold).
Of course you have to drill holes for zip ties to fix it to your fork.
As a reference you can use this model
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2486290
(thanks to swholmstead as his model inspired mine)
Have fun! (and if you have questions about the process, just ask)