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- Wed Jan 27, 2016 5:19 pm
- Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
- Topic: First Ski Build - Success!!!
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creative vac set up, nice job. How does it work? It works with pressurized air? No, It is with Vacuum. Watch the Boardcrafter video series.. Particularly part 11 for an idea of how this works. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOydb1TEYK0 My setup used the V2 auto-cycling venturi vacuum press kit fro...
- Tue Jan 26, 2016 5:07 pm
- Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
- Topic: First Ski Build - Success!!!
- Replies: 20
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nice looking skies. What is thickness of plastic you have in the mould? Is it polykarbo plastic or ? I have 2 mm polykarbo-plastic, I think it is too soft with support system you have. I believe it was .25 inch (~6.3mm) thick acrylic sheet from home depot... Looks like he's taping his bag to the mo...
- Tue Jan 26, 2016 4:56 pm
- Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
- Topic: First Ski Build - Success!!!
- Replies: 20
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For the sidewalls, you nailed it - get your edges completely deflashed and smooth before routing. I put my skis in my tuning vises, which puts the ski on its side, and route each side like that. No need to push out the camber, router runs on the base, bearing on the edge. Great advice on the sidewa...
- Thu Jan 21, 2016 5:26 pm
- Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
- Topic: First Ski Build - Success!!!
- Replies: 20
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final product http://s19.postimg.org/p9sbc53sj/IMG_20141214_203502.jpg with bindings http://s19.postimg.org/axqfo9s37/IMG_3138.jpg So far they are going strong, skied on them 15 times with no noticeable relaxation of camber of delamination. The only damage i'm noticing is the topsheet/sidewall edges...
- Thu Jan 21, 2016 5:25 pm
- Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
- Topic: First Ski Build - Success!!!
- Replies: 20
- Views: 19967
- Thu Jan 21, 2016 5:21 pm
- Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
- Topic: First Ski Build - Success!!!
- Replies: 20
- Views: 19967
- Thu Jan 21, 2016 4:37 pm
- Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
- Topic: First Ski Build - Success!!!
- Replies: 20
- Views: 19967
- Thu Jan 21, 2016 4:13 pm
- Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
- Topic: First Ski Build - Success!!!
- Replies: 20
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Lots of good advice... on my next pair i'm definitely going to make some improvements. 1. With the sidewalls I used wood glue and clamps to secure. They seemed really solid until I got down to 2mm thickness then the tips would come detached. Wasn't a huge issue but next time i'll take the advice of ...
- Wed Jan 06, 2016 8:44 pm
- Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
- Topic: First Ski Build - Success!!!
- Replies: 20
- Views: 19967
- Wed Jan 06, 2016 8:42 pm
- Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
- Topic: First Ski Build - Success!!!
- Replies: 20
- Views: 19967
First Ski Build - Success!!!
Hey Guys, Just finished up my first pair of skis, and I wanted to say thanks to everyone on this site that provided all the helpful info to make it happen. I'll post a few pictures below of my process, but will mainly talk about the stuff that I had issues with along the way, so hopefully some of yo...