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by nwskis
Wed Jul 27, 2011 1:28 am
Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
Topic: Cutting Cores and Planer Issues
Replies: 9
Views: 6768

Ah that makes sense. I have some rollers on the output of the planer that are adjusted to be above the height slightly to ensure there is pressure retained against the rollers. I saw the roller adjustment in the manual but thought not to adjust it considering it was probably factory adjusted.. howev...
by nwskis
Wed Jul 27, 2011 12:16 am
Forum: Yard Sale (non commercial)
Topic: Base Material ( all diff colors)
Replies: 16
Views: 12367

hey man I'll take 4 meters of the blue, 4 m of the light purple, 4m of the dark purple, and 4m of the green.. so 16m in total... shipping to 99352.

Let me know man, thanks!
by nwskis
Sun Jul 24, 2011 8:19 am
Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
Topic: Cutting Cores and Planer Issues
Replies: 9
Views: 6768

Ah that is exactly what I was looking for. Somehow I couldn't think of the hot glue idea but thats pretty much perfect if its strong enough.

I do like the extra wood stock idea though as that is really a true safegard in case the hot glue isnt strong enough


thanks!
by nwskis
Sat Jul 23, 2011 7:08 pm
Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
Topic: Cutting Cores and Planer Issues
Replies: 9
Views: 6768

Cutting Cores and Planer Issues

Well I've begun creating cores and im having a few issues. I don't know whether to cut my core to shape before or after the planer profiling. I'm using a jig like others for the planer and it works great except for one big issue: As the end of the ski exits the planer, the last piece thru, the tip, ...
by nwskis
Sat Jul 23, 2011 6:58 pm
Forum: Yard Sale (non commercial)
Topic: FREE Ski Press moving must go now
Replies: 8
Views: 7380

by some luck, the first day i was on these forums I saw his thread bump and noticed the press was just an hour away.

this guy hooked it up for me. thanks again man.
by nwskis
Sat Jul 23, 2011 6:54 pm
Forum: Yard Sale (non commercial)
Topic: Base Material ( all diff colors)
Replies: 16
Views: 12367

hey im very interested in some, probably the light purple, orange, and blue..

id probably get like 4meters of each so 12 meters in total. Is there a chance you can take a picture of all the rolls together so i can see the colors..

Thanks,
Mike
by nwskis
Tue Jul 19, 2011 6:43 pm
Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
Topic: Very Simple Heating Element Ideas
Replies: 3
Views: 2775

Ah my bad, I skimmed that thread and assumed it was mostly focused on creating an entire heat blanket of silicone..

Now that I think about it though, it would have been better to just post ideas there anyways..

Mods feel free to lock/delete this, sorry!
by nwskis
Mon Jul 18, 2011 3:44 pm
Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
Topic: Very Simple Heating Element Ideas
Replies: 3
Views: 2775

Very Simple Heating Element Ideas

Hey so I've been convinced of the necessity to do a high temp cure and have been looking at cheap methods to obtain this. I discovered that electrically insulated heating wire does exist and was curious of simple methods to integrate it into a ski press. Some thoughts: Feeding wire back and forth th...