Another carbon fiber project to design and create a bottle holder for behind the seat. 3D printed mould and used 8 layers of 220g 2K Carbon fiber for the wet layup.







Personal collective of ideas, thoughts and notes
Another carbon fiber project to design and create a bottle holder for behind the seat. 3D printed mould and used 8 layers of 220g 2K Carbon fiber for the wet layup.







Stories are remembered up to 22 times more than facts alone.
Jennifer Aaker
I have had an app idea on my mind for a little while now with this premise: Thanks to laws like GDPR, tech companies are required to provide the ability for their users to download their data. In an effort to ensure I “own” anything I have uploaded to social media, I periodically download my data from platforms such as Instagram and Facebook. The issue with the platforms is that they do not have a standard data format, images properties such as location, their description or even dates they were taken, are not particularly easy to save or import into your local file system. Below is an example of a Instagram export and how the filesystem is structured 🙁
My next foray into Carbon fiber design, tooling and development came with this project. Overall, a reasonable success. Still not perfect, and probably will not be used due to the catastrophic risk associated with riding a bike at 50mph and these breaking, but in theory and practice, a great learning opportunity.
Inspiration


Part 1: Prototyping



Part 2: Design
Fusion 360 for the design work.


Part 3: Tooling/Plug
This consisted of 4 3D printed cubes glued together and then finished with lots of sanding, and an epoxy coat.



Part 4: Version 1
The first version didnt go according to plan, I ran out of Carbon fiber material, and also recognized some layup issues. I decided to finish it anyway, but it was a dud 🙁
If comparison is the thief of joy, context is the redeemer.
On one of my business trips to Berlin, we spent the day working in the beautiful and very unique Signavio office. We had a meeting scheduled with Gero but unfortunately it didnt pan out 🙁
A nice gesture was a copy of his book.
One key quote jumped out to me and is a good reminder:
I would rather fail as a team, than win alone.









One of my favorite was a subway style map of all the famous night clubs/discotheques in Berlin …


I KNOW THE PRICE OF SUCCESS:
Frank Lloyd Wright
DEDICATION HARD WORK,
AND AN UNREMITTING DEVOTION
TO THE THINGS YOU WANT TO SEE HAPPEN.





































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