oh right, so the planer crib is just a female mould, then the thicknesser rollers force the material into the mould and cut a flat surface across the top? leaving the finished profiles bowed the wrong way, but the pressure when pressing pushes them into shape!

simple i suppose!

finally got my 1 ski press finished! just need to shorten the fire hose (its a little long). Got to make a 'catrack' then start to profile cores. im struggling to understand how a 'planer crib' works - trying to get my hands on a thicknesser but after reading some posts on here im confused? once i h...

Decided what it is im going to make set of twin tips, with a 122, 80, 117 profile! going to make the template 2mm at ends and 12mm in the middle, probably from poplar what sort of a curve should i aim for on the base, as im expecting to loose some on demould, should i over compensate? what sort of v...

hi rich great to here from you! i havent actually got any materials so advice would be really appreicated i found a website called boardsupplieseurope dot com... to build what i want i will be spending nearly 200£ + postage where do you get you plastics from? do you make your own cores? (also what d...

based near brighton on south coast, but study at loughborough in the midlands intersting commenta about tip spacers, i will look into finding material, having a bit of a chore trying to access goos sorces of materials in the UK as dont really wanna pay for delivery from the states for the press was ...

Hi Just about to build my first pair, and could do with some tips :) having watched the video, its clear that i need some layers that do not bond to epoxy, Please could someone tell me some or a material that doesnt, and where i can go buy it from (im in the UK)?! How much epoxy (as a estimate) will...