now i have used a layer of base material for a top sheet already and it has held up pretty well already. i am more interested in if anyone else has done this and their experiences.

as i am sure most of us have heard freestyle skiing legend Sarah Burke past away today from the head injury she sustained a week ago.
i just wanted to take a minute to honor her as a fellow skier and hope that where ever she may be now the powder is blower and the jumps are pristine.

RIP Sarah

agreed twizz it is very stinky stuff.

i did not know about the bonding to epoxy but i was informed that it does not bond well with wood. the more you know right.

so as it turns out polyester resin is most definitely not strong enough for use in skis. i gave them to my brother as a christmas gift and an hour after getting them on snow the delaminated hard core. i will post pictures in a few days as they are at the cottage and i am in town but let this be a wa...

i literally just came inside from doing this.

i also sure a router table and i agree that it gives more control
i free handed the template on 5mm hardboard and then screwed it to the mdf i had rough cut to shape. then hit the routere table easy as pie... 50 times in a row.

rockaukum i thought so and because of that your method was probably the best way to go for your press. twizz thanks for the reminder. head monkeys press was some what the inspiration for my press. much fancier but something to work towards sherpa burns you must be talking about rockaukum's press cau...

interesting. i understand the theory behind what you are saying though. your set up works more like a simple beam where as mine does have other actions that could be problematic. that being said your beams look like they were sections of plate steel welded to for i beams. not a bad way to do it but ...

what size are the beams used in your press to start with ? i ask because i am an engineer and when i designing this press i was taking both steel design and finite element analysis. for practice i did every possible failure mode and model i could think of on it and if i did my calculations right the...

acutally for tip spacers i have used mat fiberglass built up to match the core thickness. the glass ends up translucent so you can kind of see through it.
the tips end up really tough though and delamination is really a non issue since it is one solid piece.

so i have left my thread alone for a while but i have been quite busy on the building front. between work, girlfriend and life i have made three new pairs of skis, gotten a planer and jig for profiling and streamlined my finishing process. i have to say i am rather impressed with my progress. http:/...

didn't realize there was a page two
my bad

any of this hose left and would you ship to canada? nova scotia in particular

all of the skis i have made so far have had fiber glass tip spacers
i use matt fiberglass and cut a point into the wood core and then shape the fiberglass to match. you do have to build up a few layers but it seems to work just fine. i havent had a problem yet.

and for ascetics of the wood showing through, glass gets pretty clear once it is hardened. but if you really want the wood to pop ggardner90 is right go with veneer

not necessarily. the skis i have built so far have only two layers of biaxial fiber glass top and bottom (i dont know the weight but pretty heavy) and they are not noodles thats for sure. while a plastic top sheet would make them look cleaner when finished i am not sure it reall adds all that much s...