Welcome to North Shore Composites!

I’m Chris and this is my very part-time composites process design and consulting business/hobby.

I have moved the articles to my new Explore Composites! site - and have added a bunch of new material - check it out! EC! is my primary (public) composites project these days. See the Article Index page here for a list of the most useful articles so far. There’s also EC! on YouTube!

North Shore Composites used to be a manufacturer and composites job shop but it was closed in 2019. My former partner, Rob can be contacted through Triton Products.

Squirrels chewing on the rowboat again last winter. #woodenboat
#autoclavedaeratedconcrete
Dragging out my old gutted Nasa Producer and thinking about that Datron Neo I saw last year at Eastec... This was a neat machine - made in 2002 - had a 60k rpm Precise spindle and a Fagor control. Now, decisions: control? spindle? servos? And def
They don’t work very well... but they’re uncomfortable! Trying to make a reusable, washable face-adapter for disposable 5 micron filter fabric. Getting a little better with each try though...
#kennedyspacecenter
#science
After what can only be described as ”a long time” I have edited and posted the videos of building the MIT Hyperloop 2 shell. The process is covered in 8 videos that illustrate the many steps involved - and the first segment of my video-e
Had to bore out a timing pulley to match a new servo with a different shaft size. Also learning about keyless bushings - which are kind of awesome! #keylessbushing #cncrouter #tormachlathe
Wrote a quick post on how to log vacuum for cheap(ish) - turns out its pretty easy! Link to post in bio. #explorecomposites #vacuumpump #vacuumbagging #prepregcarbon #datalogger
Working on an article about machining G10 and composites when I came across this part from long ago. Couldn’t share back then. Was machined on both sides and came from 2” thick stock. Dusty! #composites #g10fiberglass #cnc #instamachi
Using most of the @fusion3 F410 envelope to print a test-part and about 20 hours in to the 42 hours it’s supposed to take! The Fusion3 machine works great as long as you don’t stray too far from the material recipes provided - and it jus
Not that I ever look at auction listings... well hardly ever! 3x5 autoclave in Boston. Just FYI in case somebody’s looking.
See ya later last Motionmaster!
It lives! (kinda). Getting the dead Quintax 5 axis I’ve been hoarding up an running with Wincnc and DMM servos. Got some tuning to do and a spindle to hook up - but its something! #5axis #cncrouter #controlretrofit #wincnc #dmmservos #quintax
Looking to find new homes for these machines. One is a 5-axis 5’x5’x30” envelope Quintax in need of a new control - good mechanical condition and have many parts. Other is a 3-axis 5’x5’x36” Motionmaster with a C
More old molds! #composites #instamachinist #explorecomposites

NSC is located just outside Boston, MA, USA. Please get in touch to discuss your project!