thanks guys....
yeah, I think I might look into making a wooden one. less expensive and easier to drill.

Hi,
I am about to build my cat track and have been looking at some 1/2 and 3/4 in square steel tubing at my local hardware. total estimated cost for the steel will be around 400 to 500$ does this seem about right to you guys or is that too high? the press is 8' X 1'4"

cool, lets see those pictures!

right click on your picture and then go to properties.....copy and paste the link that is under properties between the [img] thingers.

This design has definatly been tons of fun for me to ski on. I made the steep rise in order to keep the tips and tails "out of the way" when carving on groomers, for playing around doing butters etc, and I figured it would help to push the ski above powder even more. regarding the slowness...

thanks for the comments...skis definatly have a weird shape, I was trying to make a powder ski that would also rip on groomers scince I ski in West Virginia primarily. shopvac- The orange stuff is a plastic called spectar (I think I spelled it right). It is made specifically for vacuum forming, and ...

Ok, I finished my skis up before my christmas break and got to ski them for a month or so which was sweet. I didnt document th elast half of my process quite as well, but here is what I have. after the cores where profiled I needed to prebend. Due to the early rise tip and tail the cores where soome...

nice little edit there, how are the edges holding up as far as bending or cracking? you should have used 100 dollar bills though....baller status.

I think vertical laminate is what you want. Whichever type the laminates look the most thin and close together.

As the taper of my core rises there is substantial difference in my core height compared to the tip spacer material height. I was thinking of cutting fiberglass to fill these voids, but i have been thinking it will take a lot precise cutting and also take away valuable epoxy cure time minutes during...

bamboo has a lot of flex, I just finished making some cores out of it. I did not compare it with poplar but it was significantly softer than a maple test sample I compared with.

awsome, get back to the roots! seems like a fun experiment keep working with it. Looks like it could be great method for prebending cores?

So...........Sidewalls and profiling round 2 I did acouple of test bond samples with some scrap sidewall and core material. After testing my samples I decided that a nice rough, almost fuzzy texture worked the best for me. I used a drum sander with some water to achive this. also a little hand sandi...

lookin good so far! haha I have those 1260's, loved them...there my urban and rock skis now.

so whats is everyones opinion dealing with the effects of laying up one ski at a time vs both? does laying up one at a time make inconsistencies in flex etc. more likely? also it will be my first time laying up so will I feel too rushed trying to do both? I have fairly slow curing epoxy: west system...