Gotta make me some body armour


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identiti66
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Hi all.. sorry if this makes no sense but I'm clueless.

I have a completely knackered elbow and need to immobilise it and then protect it from the rigours of mountain biking.

Have kind of worked out making the mould but laying the carbon fibre (or similar) is way out of my scope.

It needs to be impact and abrasion resistant.

From a quick read, perhaps a few layers of Diolen with Carbon top layers? Help keep the cost sensible.

I'll probably line it with either sheepskin or foam

Is that enough to get started?
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Romain Lussier
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Hi everyone,
I don't know if it's considered good or bad practice to dig up old threads, but I'm doing it, as this one is relevant.
Of course, if it's bad practice, then please say so, and I'll change that right away Smile

Anyways, my project is to essentially have a custom molded version of this:
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I was thinking of making the mold out of this:



Which is some thermoplastic that would be shaped around my elbow/shin.
On that I'd but a layer of carbon and a layer of kevlar, a layer of high density foam and that should pretty much do it.

Except that I don't see either thermoplastics or HD foam listed on EC, if they are listed, could someone point them to me?
Finally, if anyone in the community managed to complete such a project, I'd be very curious to gather all the info I can get!
Cheers,
Romain
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