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by Lennart
Sun Jan 08, 2006 1:32 am
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: My progress so far
Replies: 16
Views: 22616

Thank you guys for your kind words. The heating tape is strips of silicone heating blankets. They´ve got a percentage control unit. I bought four of them. One on each side of the bases. The alu tape is just covering them and fixing them to the bottom of the cassette. They heat up the cassette unifor...
by Lennart
Sat Jan 07, 2006 7:05 am
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: My progress so far
Replies: 16
Views: 22616

For some reason the whole web adress isn´t marked as a link. To get there copy everything including skis.htm and paste.
by Lennart
Sat Jan 07, 2006 6:59 am
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: My progress so far
Replies: 16
Views: 22616

My progress so far

Hello, it´s time to give something back to you guys. I have learned a lot from this site. I have put up a short site about my skis it´s of the temporary kind. I hope to get time to make a better one. My skis are for skiing in pists. A carver. 171 cm long. 118 -67-108 mm wide. Go to the following adr...
by Lennart
Thu Jan 05, 2006 12:59 am
Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
Topic: Edge HELP
Replies: 3
Views: 4317

You have to clamp it to a MDF template slightly bigger than the base template. At least so big that the edge is supported. Then you clamp it to the template at the tail stretch it out and clamp it at the tip. Therafter adjust it at the middle and clamp it there to. Don´t touch it after that. Fit and...
by Lennart
Tue Apr 05, 2005 10:28 pm
Forum: Materials and Supplies
Topic: ABS plastic as topsheet material
Replies: 12
Views: 13407

ABS plastic as topsheet material

In order to get ABS and other thermo plastics to bond you have to flame treat them with for example a cheep micro torch you kan buy in any hardware store. Best is if the gas mix in it contains as much propan as possible. Don´t burn the plastic but give it a light yellow color, if its white. Otherwis...