Hi All,
Forged carbon fiber mast adapter:
I was looking to make a foil tuttle adapter for a custom carbon foil to my gong v2 mast and thankfully came across this file from a previous post:
I thought it might be interesting to try to make that part using the forged carbon fiber process outlined here: Forged Carbon Fibre Mould Design and Strength Optimisation - Easy Composites
After a month of learning Freecad, coming from Fusion-360, the mold came out great!
I used bolts(not shown) and stainless shafts(x3) to hold the mold together and create the through holes during the forging process.
I then applied PVA, carefully measured my carbon and epoxy ratios from the guide above and clamped everything up with aluminum backing plates.
The results:
The final adapter part weighs ~100g compared to the original part which weighed ~200g and the adapter has caused no signs of corrosion on my mast because I sanded/coated with epoxy.
I’ve tested this part for 2 months so far without any failures or further notes on performance.
Contact me if you’d like access to the files!