Alrighty so i think its another time for an update. So we have been taking our time and have gotten a few cores all glued up, From memory i think there was 8 done. none of them have been profiled as I dont have a thicknesser yet and they are still all square as the cnc im currently building is still...

Also I almost forgot, at 4-6bar so far we haven't had any deflection. So as of yet there's no modifications needed to be made to the press :) And also we have a few plans to modify the press. In the future we plan to add pneumatic's and remove the airbag so there is more space to put everything in. ...

Alright so the New Zealand season ended a couple months ago but its taken awhile to get the funds back together. So over the last couple weeks we got some more materials together and started putting the finishing touches on the press. This is the top mold, it needed a little bit more work at this st...

O yea i almost forgot i thought i would share our creation with you guys, its a massive 7-8' snowman!!!
Its me and my girlfriend Anna.

Don't need silicone, if you do your hose right. Lol yes I know that but i was being extra careful because i didn't want to open up the hose again if I stuffed it up. Luckily it worked sweet and i took it up to 3 bar then up to 5 and it held fine :) Also just to hopefully make everyone here a little...

I also defiantly owe all you guys beers as well. So another update, I’ve gotten most of the fittings for the airbag. I'm pretty much copying head monkeys design on this. It seems like most people are designing them like this so there’s no point in reinventing the wheel :) Ive also been working a bit...

Cheers guys.

I don't know how i missed that page. I was looking under the pneumatic's section rather than on that page.

So i just grabbed a couple of each but from a local source.

So, I have been trying to find the right valves to go from the compressor to the airbag/bladder for the press. So far I've got the compressor going to the 1/4" pipe to a ball valve then to a pressure measure thingy... :) then to a "t" junction. From there it goes to some more 1/4"...

Hmmm i have just realised what it is they did now. The have the right plastics afterall but they got the quantitys mixed up. So now i have 50m of tip spacer and only 10m of top sheet. So im not going to need tipfill for a loooooooooooooooooong time. Another few hundred on top sheet and im away again...

Hmmmm the press is about 2.2m long so it should b plenty for what we need to do. Not doing skis just boards. Yea i thought it would b miles to fat using the 2mm stuff. we ordered way skinnier stuff but to send it back to them will cost $400 and thats a bit much atm. mite give it a try and we will se...

Its about 375mm which is a hell of alot but we can pack it up to make it fit. Ive just noticed on other peoples presses that there isn't much of an opening so i just went way over the top. Yea im considering atm how to do the center support without having those average looking threads and angle iron...

So, it has been a rather long time since i last updated this journal but we are making alot of progress. Firsly we have our router brige profiling setup all completed: http://i.imgur.com/nfghC.jpg http://i.imgur.com/q3VrS.jpg Second we have our press all finally bolted together, It has the first rib...

Alrighty, So its been a while since i last posted but we have made a bit of progress, We have got our cores coming along: http://i.imgur.com/yRSaG.jpg So we have 3 cores done so far: http://i.imgur.com/Td2gT.jpg Also the press which is slowly getting drilled and bolted is coming together: http://i.i...

Yea grant was the person i spoke to about the epoxy. Anyways we got our bench saw yesterday and today i put it together. It works really well. http://i.imgur.com/6j0Sz.jpg we had some offcuts with our wood so for our first practice boards we are gona make some tiny miniboards :) http://i.imgur.com/z...

So the steel arrived this morning. 2*8 meter lengths of 125*125mm steel square pipe sections. So the next step is to actually get a grinder and cut them up. Im thinking 3*2.2m lengths side by side for the top and bottem and then 2 or 3 375mm pieces for the sides giving around eitha 250 or 375mm clea...