After doing a little research, we are going to compliment the press with a cordura wrap. Once I know the details I'll add the info.

not only would this be a great service, but I'd use it in about a month. I love it.

Hello Everyone, I wanted to know if I should expect this construction method to work, or if I should duck and cover. I'm having difficulty finding strength specs of the engineered joists that we plan on using. We are planning on building a pneumatic press, similar to all of your steel presses, that ...

Awesome. I'm starting to make my crib this week. Looking to Press skis by the end of January.

when you route out the core for the edges, are you accounting for the vds as well? I always wondered if the vds would impede quality layering (causing convex or concave bases). Or is it soft enough to press without much hassle?

I suppose that makes sense. The first pair of cores that I saw being made was in Igneous's shop using a sweet planer setup that was on rails. I'd like to make a system like that, so the cores can lay flat and I can simply plane the tops of them, but the crib seems like a less labor intensive and mor...

Alright, I think I completely understand how this works now. I'll make our setup and test it out. Thanks for the insight.

So, are the knives actually cutting the "top" of the core, and the bottom of the core that adheres to the ski base is un-touched? My concern is that I'll be making bookmatched cores and I want them to be profiled so that the base of the skis cores are identical.

Hey everyone, I've been trolling these forums for some time, and will be delving into making my first set of skis this month (we'll be making these in Michigan, and so far I haven't seen anyone else making skis here, let me know if you have). Hoping to start a trend... First question of potentially ...