'Forged' Carbon Fiber Isn't

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[albertpolak]

The best way to stop people saying "you did it wrong" is to intentionally do it like 40% wrong and give the design another safety factor of 2.5

[crackedemerald]

the ham sandwich was added to stick the vehicle to the ground, because as we all know, pigs don't fly

[JerryRigEverything]

I shall send you a new JerryRig knife.

[hunterm]

I LOVE the fact that you started super strong and immediately jumped ship when you ran out of precut fibers, and just started sticking random shop junk in the composite. That's exactly how all my projects go; ambitious, logically designed, and completely randomly assembled depending on my level of motivation.

[xylafoxlin]

I've never been more honored to replace a resin-infused ham sandwich

[adamm]

i was in physical pain at some points, top notch youtube content

[Brizyy]

the fact that the incompetent comment ended up right next to the fucking ham sandwich that you had to dig out is just pure comedy 😂

[miquelllorca]

When i tought this could not get more unhinged, the sandwich came in...

[aaronb]

'Printed it 0.7% bigger'.

My Uncle used to hand sculpt sand cast masters. He said it took many revisions to the mold to get the final dimensions correct for the same reason. When you/Matt said 'printed it 7/10s of 1% bigger I just imagined the amount tme and work that kind of adjustment used to take. Such a cool time to be alive.

[systemsbroken]

In the "High End" Cycling world (specifically by Trek Bicycles) it has been called "OCLV", or Optimum Compaction, Low Void. We always called it "Optimum Cracking Low Value" as it had a far higher failure rate than a standard weave.

[samnelson]

Aerospace engineering student here - that 'transition' piece in front of the vertical stabilizer is not for drag reduction, it is for stability in a stall-spin scenario, or rather, it prevents a stall spin from developing. Cars obviously don't have aerodynamic stalls, but it adds area to your vertical stabilizer so it will help you track straighter. And it looks cool!

[alekonicolacakis]

"Guessing is enough engineering for me" is the motto of engineering students everywhere

[FAB]

You created the composite of all composites: Resin, carbon, paper, rage, foam, steel, aluminum, and ham

[joshmnky]

Strong "Just Rolled In" vibe to this episode, especially when replacing the ham sandwich with spray foam.

[clist]

We hammered and pried then remembered it was screwed together . This is my new favorite channel

[myself]

I felt the Matt/matte joke coming about 0.6 seconds before it landed, and I have concluded that is the optimal timing for maximum pun pain. Well done.

[tomtomtomtomtomtomtomtoom]

This feels like an April Fools video. I seriously hope you have something even more hilarious in store for April 1st!

[crackedemerald]

genius matt, the ham sandwich will be cured in the salt flat, making it inert.

[ionstorm]

Forged is stronged for complex shapes that you dont have a custom weaved mat for. The chopped fiber soup gives a random layout that helps prevent weak points caused by poor weave alignment in the mat with complex geometries. You could layer multiple standard weave mats in the correct orientation for each section of part, but that adds weight and thickness for the overlaps. You can also make custom weaves so that it aligns with the part geometry, but that adds a lot of cost and complexity.

[trevorjlewis]

I have 45 years working with composites, and I have to say this was just brilliant, a perfect example of "fuck about and find out". Brilliant. The part looked totally acceptable in a Picasso kind of way.