Are you planning to do this above the topsheets? If so, i am wondering about durability issues.

Also, someone mentioned silk... would plain ol' cotton material work? I am rather interested in the results myself... keep us posted.

Just finished the first ski yesterday. Once they are trimmed mounted and given a good testing period i will post a full report from start to finish. Oh the excitement.

We made some major progress on our project this last weekend. To date this is where we are: bases cut out, the press is finished, profiler is finished, cores are finished aside from profiling. We ran into some slight troubles when it came to the edges though (what a pain bending those turns out to b...

I have never done it myself but i have heard of people who painted their skis with pretty good success. They used Krylon Fusion which is specifically made to adhere to plastic.

Let us know how it works out Kelvin. I am very intrigued

I was just wondering what sort of qualities one would look for in epoxy and if the stuff i am looking at will work. My skibuilding buddy has located a couple places US Composites (Kit Number: EPOX-635413 - $48): http://www.shopmaninc.com/epoxy.html Mr. Epoxy (Kit Number: POX35413 - $54) http://www.m...

I didn't think so but thought it was worth a try Thanks for the info

Do any of you super smart engineer types know how Bondo would work in place of marine epoxy? I am having a hard time getting marine epoxy locally but there is a marine grade bondo which i could get fairly easily and cheaply. I however don't know if it would do the trick for i know little about bondo...

Has anyone ever tried using the discharge hose to a sump pump like this one http://www.contractors-depot.com/catalog/allitems-ss90.html I can aquire a 4" thick one rather easily and was wondering if it would work in place of the fire hose. PS... Just laminated the core last night. Used a maple/...

For some reason Turbo Cad would not let me install it... any other easy to use recommendations???

I know next to nothing about CAD so this may be a dumb question... but here goes. Since I know little or nothing about it...is there any way to get away without a CAD program or is it the only way to get the precision needed? Also, I do not have a big printer. Is it possible just to make the design ...

Thanks for all the help. I would go fire hose but we are trying to be as cheap as possible being we are both college students. Anyway, thanks again and i am sure there will be a myriad of questions to come