tantrum wrote:polyamide is substantially better than UHMW

Do you have an example of the material? My searches come up nylon and silk. Is it a fabric or a plastic sheet?

The shipping should run about $7 from McMaster and its delivered the next day versus about a week from washington. So at this point I'm not going to worry about a few bucks. To get back to my original question, is there a better type of material for the topsheet other than HDPE or are HDPE or PBT th...

How so? its 24" wide which should give me two pairs of skis at just under $25 per pair. Although the stuff in the SB store is 12" wide, I guess it comes down to the shipping costs which would be cheaper.

What are some good topsheets to use? I'm thinking about using HDPE from McMaster-Carr, http://www.mcmaster.com/#4196a31/=4c71ms 1/32 thick, adhesive ready on one side, smooth on the other. The color kinda throws me off though, light beige/translucent. Has anyone used it and is the beige tint noticea...

I'm in Buffalo so depending where you are it may not be a far drive. Although crossing the border kinda blows.

nope never been done Do you mean nobody on this site has used honeycomb? I have an old pair of Hexcel skis I mounted skateboard trucks to, but they used a honeycomb aluminum core. But I've thought about making a wood/foam hybrid core, and plan to over the summer. Somewhere on the site a complete fo...

I'm not sure if anyone is interested but my dad has BobCad software V20 and V21 he's looking to sell, he uses a different program to run his CNC. I"m not sure what he is asking but there is a $75 fee to register the software. I guess send me a PM if you are interested and i will find out more d...