Hi, I’m Chris.

Building things out of composite materials is hard. Compared to other types of manufacturing, there are numerous variables and the way they impact each-other isn’t obvious. If you are looking for help deciding if composites are right for your project or deciding how best to proceed with or improve manufacturing, I may be able to help save you time, money and headaches!

Do you need help with…

• figuring out how to build things out of composite materials while balancing requirements that don’t work out in an obvious way?

• designing tooling and processes for composite projects, including CAD work and prototyping?

• refining the design of products and making sure manufacturing is as easy as possible?

• solving a problem with composites manufacturing?

My background is in building high-end racing sailboats and components and I spent years working in great shops and for racing teams. After that I spent about eight years running (and co-running) a small high-performance composites job-shop building all kinds of strong, shiny and complicated things out of carbon fiber. More about me here.

It turns out I wasn’t very good at juggling all the parts of a business that aren’t about building - but I am really useful at figuring out how to make things. Now for my composites work - I focus on that!

I may not be the best-fit for your project, but I am happy to discuss it and put you in touch with whomever I think could help you better. If I do think I can be useful to you I am happy to provide a proposal.

Thank you,

Chris

Please have a look at my site: Explore Composites!

I am making an online book about designing and building with composites. Many basic and not-so-basic issues are addressed there in article and video form. My plan is to keep making it more comprehensive as fast as I can.