Custom Carbon Fibre Juliets - my homage to this wonderful design

[Lupetto]

I'll take the first OTT you make! Dibs! Back up bishes!

 

[NoFair]

Incredible work. Wish Oakley made something like this

CF Split jacket would be awsome too.

 

[zwc0442]

Those are awesome! I've done a few arms out of carbon fiber myself but didn't go tho mold route I cut them out of flat sheet carbon fiber and made em that way. But making orbitals and such was out of my ability. Congrats they came out awesome. Can't wait to see a full carbon fiber R1.

 

[Madgadget]

Thank you everyone for your thoughts, really really good to get some feedback on these.

Using the mould route and forming the moulds in the way I do allows me to exert a certain amount of force from the mould on the carbon fibre as the stuff I use is quite dense already. When it's laid in the mould and the resin added, I can gently work it until I can see no more pinholes or voids and then I use a heavy weights on the lid to compress the mould further, it works really well and I can get pretty consistent results each time.

I will be creating some more in the next few weeks and as soon as I get some more that I feel are good enough for posting up I will.

@jdd32 I didn't have a picture on the scale until you mentioned it so here you go:

Just a little under half the weight of a pair of titanium ones (my babies):

and the case isn't too bad at 65g

 

[cacatman]

@X-Metal Beast. Check these out!!!

 

[Pospaintballer]

Always wondered when someone would be brave enough to try this. I love it!!
I'll definitely be interested in these. But don't stop there.
I agree with @Lupetto ill be in line waiting for the Ott and xsquared.

 

[Chris515000]

These are just amazing!!!!!!! Yes a Juliet and an R1 would be awesome!!!!!! A Penny might be difficult cause of the hinges.,

 

[Funky-Trixtar]

Those have SOME potential. VERY nice.

 

[Madgadget]

The key thing for getting these right was when I dismantled my Juliets (very carefully) so that I could mould each part in silicone.

The fun was getting the mix of different carbon fibre materials to sit well, look good and be strong .... and I am still learning all the time

One other great side benefit of these is that they are very light weight, but also they do not heat up, I have sometimes had my titanium Juliets sat in the sun, perhaps during lunch and when I go to put them on, I can feel the heat that they have absorbed. These don't do that, although being as I am in the UK, we don't have that much sun here so it doesn't happen too often and the sun isn't too hot !!

I can't wait to get my hands on the Romeo's though, I have been waiting for those for years ... will be scary though taking them apart

 

[flyer]

Love the braided CF.
Pretty and well executed.