I just scored some 1/8" bamboo and was thinking of doing tip/tail fill with it a bit thicker than normal 2mm. The only problem I see with the full wrap sidewall tip/tail fill is no seam for glue escape but that may not even be an issue. The skilogik sidewalls seem to hold up for the most part a...

Thats a beautiful press, where are you in AK?

Why are you looking for a new epoxy, what were you using, what was wrong with it?

I wouldn't use that for building skis, maybe for a repair. it says it doesn't bond to PE and it is thick no sag so it will be hard to spread.

What about sanding do you guys sand or put a texture on before flaming after flaming or not at all?

Yeah, I don't think it was the bong rip but the bong rip made me think you might be able to only hot glue the sidewalls on. I pressed the skis today seemed to be good, we'll see for sure tomorrow when I trim, and tune them. Hope to ski them mon or tues. Excited for sure.

I was profiling a core with UHMW sidewalls tonight with a router tray system they were epoxied to the core, I have had fairly good luck with this in the past, but tonight I dropped the router down too quick onto the edge of the sidewall and it busted it off of about half of the core so I cursed took...

Do they come from Snowboardmaterials in rolls or sheets i saw they sell it by the meter and it is pretty pricy. Would lay up on a pre bent cassette be harder than fabric, seems like it could cause shifting in lay up process? I found this too. http://skibuilders.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=10174&s...

I have noticed that a number of snowboard companies use "pre-tensioned" or Pre-Cured Glass. And I was wondering where people get this or do you pre cure it yourself?

I was wondering what percentage of folks, sell there skis/boards and make a profit.

Alright, it has been almost a year since I got the press moved into the garage I am now in and I just got my first skis into the press. I have been working constantly to get the money to try and take on this hobby the right way. Turns out it takes far more time and money than I first thought but I a...

When you factor in the 45 to 46% from the tail are you making this the height of the camber, thickest point of the core, or narrowest point of the side, just curious? I just got my first skis into the press and designed the height of the camber to be at the boot toe for a 308bsl and the boot mid sol...

After getting the press in the new garage we deserved a beer. Thanks goes to Karl, Thom, Josh, and Jeannine for helping out![/img]

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