Carbon Fiber Goalie helmet (field hockey)

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Matthieu Libeert	Matthieu Libeert posted 13 Years Ago HOT Topic Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 955, Visits: 3.4K	Hi guys, I'm going to make a Carbon Fiber replica of a Keeper helmet It will be a Gelcoated mould and so on...thats not the problem I have... The problem is: The helmet I have now is made from PE (I guess it's just thermoformed) I will need some carbon fiber and reinforcement but I don't really know what Lay-up I will need? how many sheets of Carbon fiber, Fiberglass inbetween, some core, special resin,... the helmet I have now weighs around 700grams I want to make sure the helmet is stong enough so my goalkeeper won't get hurt :p If i'm not clear enough or if you have more questions please ask and I'll answer them as fast as possible! kind regards Matthieu Libeert Matthieu Libeert Founder MAT2 Composites X Sports website: www.mat2composites.com
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Matthieu Libeert	Matthieu Libeert posted 13 Years Ago HOT Post Details
Group: Forum Members Posts: 955, Visits: 3.4K	Hi, Ok so all my projects went well untill now, but now I'm having some trouble with this gelcoat :p The first time it didn't cure... Now the gelcoat broke after I had to force it a bit to get my part out of the mould...(had to hammer it out of the mould ) Some part of gelcoat still on the mould, some are on the part... The mould was waxed over 7 times with mouldrelease so shouldn't be a problem. Is there in any way a possibility that Epoxy gelcoat is not compatible with a vinylester mould? Matthieu Libeert Founder MAT2 Composites X Sports website: www.mat2composites.com Tags Epoxy Gel gelcoat vinylester
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Carbon Fiber Goalie helmet (field hockey)

matthieutje65 - 13 Years Ago

Hi, Helmets are a funny one to give advice on, it's pretty important that they work! so to start I...

Paul (Staff) - 13 Years Ago

thanks a lot Paul for the information... There are some small changes Last time I took the weight...

matthieutje65 - 13 Years Ago

Hi Matthieu , It's nice to see your progress. Answers to your questions as follows: [quote]...

Matt (Staff) - 13 Years Ago

Hi guys, If interested here is the youtube video about how the mould was made ;)...

matthieutje65 - 13 Years Ago

hi guys, it's beena while but I have been quit busy for school and so on... So I have all my...

matthieutje65 - 13 Years Ago

new update on the helmet :) the backplate is ready you can see the video here...

matthieutje65 - 13 Years Ago

Hi, Mat. Too bad you had issues with the gelcoat. I hope we'll soon see the complete helmet ;)

Joe - 13 Years Ago

will be up for next week I guess... could you check this out and see if its the good way to "safe"...

matthieutje65 - 13 Years Ago

Hi Matthieu, Nice project, there is nothing wrong with easycomposites gel coat, for sure may in...

Leon - 13 Years Ago

Hey thanks for your response... the thing is, I putted 2 coatings of gelcoat, One horizontaly (i've...

matthieutje65 - 13 Years Ago

q this is what I use, does its function and very low cost ! throwaway

Manu - 13 Years Ago

Hi, Thought I would share what I have. I'm a lazy guy so I had to do something which keeps work to...

Joe - 13 Years Ago

Haha nice! :D I've just made a new layer of gelcoat added a layer of carbonfiber and putted the...

matthieutje65 - 13 Years Ago

Hi, Ok so all my projects went well untill now, but now I'm having some trouble with this gelcoat...

matthieutje65 - 13 Years Ago

are you using the uni-mould system??? that is supposed to be compatible with epoxy and shouldnt have...

Warren - 13 Years Ago

Thanks for your reponse Warren! the fact is that I'm kind of familiar with the technique and had...

matthieutje65 - 13 Years Ago

Hi Matthieu, There should be no compatibility problems between a vinylester mould surface and our...

Matt (Staff) - 13 Years Ago

Ok Matt, Thanks for helping me out, So maybe I'll first explain the whole proces in full detail...

matthieutje65 - 13 Years Ago

it's been a while, I haven't been working on the helmet since a long time but now i'm going to...

matthieutje65 - 13 Years Ago

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