mikic1, can you email me: jwahtera at gmail.com , thanks!

I tried to pm you but I don't fully trust the system, so double post:
I need about 50m of ts this summer, also for kiteboards. I'm in Europe but I'm willing to pay postage since I have to...

Keep me posted if we can work this out!

Thanks a lot!

Jaakko

Hi! Where do all you EU builders source your topsheets? I'm interested in a 50m roll of 50cm wide clear stuff for kiteboards. UHMWPE / PA / PBT, anything goes...

Would anyone sell?

Thanks!

JV

Thanks gardner and twizzstyle, excelent advice from both of you! I'm using SW2011 and did not realize I have a simple FEA tool hidden in there... I found out quickly the first design was seriously light. I've never had to design stuff like this so the forces were kind of a surprise. After a bunch of...

I made it available now, sorry about that. The link still doesn't work.
The design is quite light weight, I know.
Stupid question: are I-beams stronger than tubes, by weight?

Ok, so here is my design for the press frame. I'm using two pairs of 80x40x3mm steel beams. My gut feeling says this should do. Anyone here with more steel (bending) experience care to comment? https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-AFKHMlZOU2s/Tt94-8GtzrI/AAAAAAAAAuQ/MOObv4g4uw8/s720/muotti%25252080x40...

I'm intrested in about 50-100m of vds - 10mm will work fine - and 50cm wide clear topsheet for kitebards, but only something like 10 meters.

Is there a chance for the VDS, sir.orange?

Anyone got material in stock in EU? Anyone about to order from bigger suppliers?

ps No offence skibuilders.com, just trying to avoid customs and shipping if possible... also haven't heard back from Boardbuildingsupply.com.

Thanks in advance!

JV

Wouldn't a concaved base work better to give float and stability, and there woul be no need for cleats? Or maybe more "smeareability" is what they are after.

Thanks OAC, what Bumtirbe did was damn clever. Only problem with using PVC foam as a mold is that it won't rebound, so the top mold will lose shape after a while. I would definetly recommend checking that wid out for anyone who is only looking to produce a couple of pairs, like me. For now at least

Yeah, I get that but putting a pressure inside a pres is a risk to the pressing machine. And I don't really get if 4bar/60psi is a lot of force or not, I think it's pretty much... 4kg/cm2 is 40'000kg/m2 inside the press with 1m2 mold area. Does that mean it's equal to puttin 40t of mass in the press...

I ride a Buell but otherwise I see your point... Didn't mean to brag, sorry ;) I found older threads about this, even with exactly the same kind of machinery we have in pics, but they weren't very descriptive about what the outcome was. I'm concerned about uneven pressure distribution. Part of it mi...

Hi! I have acces to a lot of machinery viá dayjob and I'm currently in design stages to building a few skis as a side project. We have a large oil-heated hydraulic press used to glue veneer sheet to mdf sheets forexample, and a nice CNC machine. Seems to me it would be most practical to model the sk...

I just ordered new Gotamas for the winter and now I'm planning a paint job on them. My plan is similar to forexcample painting a helmet: sandpaper, baselayers, laquer, graphics with acryl paint (or epoxy inks?) and playing with base/top colour, then more varnish on top. I have acces to industrial st...