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by olie25
Mon Nov 26, 2012 3:03 pm
Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
Topic: Somebody making skis in BC, Canada??
Replies: 9
Views: 5090

trapper snowboards are just down the road in revelstoke, if you wanna ride some awesome terrain revelstoke is were you wanna be, probably about 2.5 hrs from vernon.
by olie25
Mon Nov 26, 2012 2:55 pm
Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
Topic: Somebody making skis in BC, Canada??
Replies: 9
Views: 5090

skevik is in vernon, I would try and get to whistler a little over 6 hours from vernon go to Prior there factory is open weekdays and they do full tours. they are more of a board assembler cores,edges,base,top done off site but worth going to. from there you can cross the boarder and go to mervin MF...
by olie25
Tue Nov 13, 2012 2:30 am
Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
Topic: Sidewall width ?
Replies: 4
Views: 4701

Sidewall width ?

im looking for general opinions on sidewall width? your thoughts on sidewalls fully covering edge tabs, half ect... Im primarily aiming this towards UHMW users that also use VDS. If you would like to throw out rabbet depths to i would like to get a better idea of what other people are doing?
by olie25
Tue Oct 30, 2012 9:26 pm
Forum: Yard Sale (non commercial)
Topic: Pneumatic Ski Press FOR SALE!
Replies: 2
Views: 5036

if you want to get rid of the blankets ill take them off your hands right away! pm me if that interests you.
by olie25
Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:00 pm
Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
Topic: topsheet graphics, who can do it in europe?
Replies: 10
Views: 4986

initially i thought the same thing, have a local guy and it would be all good. but i guess because of special inks and printers not will to spend the time to get it right its just not worth it. it could be done if they have sub presses big enough but at the end of the day its worth goin to the guys ...
by olie25
Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:45 pm
Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
Topic: Legal aspects of turning a hobby into a business?
Replies: 10
Views: 7044

this is something im working through as well, all you really need for basic liability protection is 1. resister incorporated 2. product liability insurance for 1-5 mil after that there are lots of additional things you can do to insure the business for injury during mfg ect. never mount a pair of bi...
by olie25
Wed Oct 24, 2012 1:58 pm
Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
Topic: topsheet graphics, who can do it in europe?
Replies: 10
Views: 4986

i spoke to stiener a few months back and at that time they were getting out of the sublimation game and going bigger on screen stuff, they can do some crazy stuff but for a small builder im not sure its the best place. set up fees are high and only really works if your doing runs in the thousands. g...
by olie25
Tue Oct 23, 2012 8:21 am
Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
Topic: Snowcad questions?? can i export core profile ?
Replies: 2
Views: 1882

any way to get that into a dxf. without messing anything up
by olie25
Mon Oct 22, 2012 10:06 pm
Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
Topic: Snowcad questions?? can i export core profile ?
Replies: 2
Views: 1882

Snowcad questions?? can i export core profile ?

i want to export the core profile from snowcad, extrude it and use it for some new prototypes. is there a trick to doing this or is it just not possible.
by olie25
Tue Sep 25, 2012 5:33 pm
Forum: Yard Sale (non commercial)
Topic: Crown plastics update
Replies: 8
Views: 4294

yep thats my bad on that one it is 2001, went over the email pretty quick had some free time between classes today thought id throw it up.
by olie25
Tue Sep 25, 2012 9:24 am
Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
Topic: sidewalls and two sided tape
Replies: 14
Views: 10320

super curious about exactly what this product is?? if you check this vid out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Il7iuy7MLk 2:23 you can see the little roll of tape they are using. it has to be some sort of porous masking tape that runs most of the sidewall length. it seems they always leave the tips lo...
by olie25
Tue Sep 25, 2012 9:07 am
Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
Topic: Fish scale test# 2
Replies: 7
Views: 4469

wooooowwww..... you are a true craftsman sir, could not be more impressed!!!
by olie25
Tue Sep 25, 2012 8:18 am
Forum: Yard Sale (non commercial)
Topic: Crown plastics update
Replies: 8
Views: 4294

Crown plastics update

got an email from crown yesterday, they have expanded there online catalogue to include more than just closeouts, you can now get black,white,clear,blue,red durasurf 4001 in 10m,25m and 100m lengths !!!! prices seemed a little high, closeout still seems to be the way to go
by olie25
Sun Sep 09, 2012 3:07 pm
Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
Topic: How many layers of material should I use?
Replies: 2
Views: 2225

if your hoping that these ski preform like they could, do a alot more reading and browsing of this forum, i have always been a little more of a reader than a contributor. putting in a hundred hours of reading before you dive into questions is honestly what you need to do. ski/snowboard building is n...
by olie25
Sun Aug 26, 2012 1:20 pm
Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
Topic: silicone blankets (china direct)
Replies: 23
Views: 10854

i have been thinking about that a lot lately i have limited 240 receptacles in the shop and im not sure if i need the press blankets to be 240, im assuming it will take a little longer to get the board up to temp, also i just ordered some new pid and i got 25A SSR's for it will those still work? of ...