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by bigskis
Sat May 23, 2009 6:36 am
Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
Topic: New England Builders
Replies: 19
Views: 14611

Stowe Vt.
by bigskis
Sat May 23, 2009 6:34 am
Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
Topic: Building a Press Frame with Parallam Beams?
Replies: 3
Views: 3374

I think it will work as long as you use big enough beams. I looked into making one out of 12 inch LVL before doing it out of steal.
by bigskis
Tue Dec 23, 2008 4:58 pm
Forum: Yard Sale (non commercial)
Topic: Sidewall & Fire hose
Replies: 13
Views: 10701

Dont buy any thing from this guy!!!!! I paid him over two months ago and still no hose. I dont know what else to say but thanks for taking $56.00!!!! Have a nice winter....
by bigskis
Tue Nov 18, 2008 5:13 pm
Forum: Yard Sale (non commercial)
Topic: Sidewall & Fire hose
Replies: 13
Views: 10701

I sent him money via paypal on 10/22/08 still no word. He still has my money though. All I really want is fire hose so my damn press will finally be done.....
by bigskis
Tue Nov 18, 2008 3:54 pm
Forum: Yard Sale (non commercial)
Topic: Sidewall & Fire hose
Replies: 13
Views: 10701

I wish I could say the same......
by bigskis
Tue Nov 18, 2008 2:08 pm
Forum: Yard Sale (non commercial)
Topic: Sidewall & Fire hose
Replies: 13
Views: 10701

I tried to both email and PM him and he chose not to get back to me. I dont have a phone number so calling him is out of the question. May be now that he sees this he will be a man and resolve this. At this point I would take my money or the fire hose.
by bigskis
Tue Nov 18, 2008 3:42 am
Forum: Yard Sale (non commercial)
Topic: Sidewall & Fire hose
Replies: 13
Views: 10701

Just a word of caution to those in the future. I would not buy anything from Steadfast. I agreed to buy 16 feet of 8 inch hose from him and got screwed. I paypaled him the money over three weeks ago and he never sent me my hose. He simply took my money and I have not heard from him since. All I can ...
by bigskis
Mon Aug 25, 2008 6:33 am
Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
Topic: Ski design: tail or no tail, BD Megawatts vs Team 130!
Replies: 4
Views: 3547

So Here is my opinion on pin tails. The are super fun skis for charging around in powder and choppy snow however they suck on a groomer. Now that being said they were not deigned to be a groomer ski. I have skied the DPS 120 and the Megawatt both and they were both fun in the soft snow however they ...
by bigskis
Thu Aug 07, 2008 5:47 am
Forum: Test and Trip Reports: How Did They Work?
Topic: Torre Principal via Refugio Frey and Catedral, Argentina
Replies: 6
Views: 9377

Im psyked to know that some people are skiing but Im going nuts counting the days till it starts to snow. Enjoy your powder turns. I just broke my collar bone and cant do any thing till november now. I cleaned my DH bike bike and put it away for the year. So bummed bring on the snow!!!!!
by bigskis
Fri Aug 01, 2008 8:30 am
Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
Topic: layup question
Replies: 4
Views: 4262

layup question

So we are starting in on this whole ski making thing and so far so good. We are thinking through the process and one question I came up with is how do you keep the core in place during layup and pressing it seems like it could move very easy while putting it in the press. should I prebend the tip ta...