I have had great luck with these. Just the right geometry.

As a bonus, they are inexpensive and readily available.

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Natural and nude. They really look nice.

...they say that a tight radius on a ski is bad for skiing powder because the wide tip makes the ski somehow instable...

Through my travels I've gotten to see a few pair of Zag skis and they see benifit in a simular shape.

Congrats.

March. Now were talking about winter in the northeast. I can't make the end of January.

I'm into free beer and ski shop talk.

Are you doing this work in Maine or NY? I live in Portland and would meet up if/when your in the area.

I've three pairs off my press and have some skate decks coming along and more skis for the summer.... skate decks for summer, skis for winter.

I did many practice runs of Al gluing. Steel wool does not properly abraid if you want to have good sticsion. I tested with a 180 grit sand paper that with light abrasion and got great adhesion. I'm going to use more elbow grease next time.

Lets talk about over building for a second. My first profile came out at 2.5mm tip, 13mm underfoot, and 4.5mm tail. Laminated with 22oz, triax above and below the maple core. This is very stiff ski, quite simular to a pair of race slalom skis. I liked the backend of the ski very much. The front end ...

If the I-Beam webs are proportionally that large and they are steel, it will weigh a ton, but they aren't going anywhere with a mere 50 psi. I bet they would be solid at twice that.

I recommend using grade 5 bolts on any bolted connections.

After 4 months on the project, I am getting very close to layup. To date, I have build all required tools for the job, laminated cores, bent edges, created base template and own all materials to move forward. I am hoping to press by the end of the month and get some days on them in March when there'...

It was my intent to post the website:

http://clawskis.com/new_skiing_mechanics.htm

When I moved back to Maine I had to get myself a midfat. As luck would have it, I finally got my hands on a pair of 190 Explosiv's (It only took three years to shop form them before annual stock was sold out and I was shorted by 4 cm of cord length.) But what I have been left with is a first class, ...

Try hamilton Marine in Portland, they will have everything you need. If you make it down here I will fill you in on the progress of my project.

Brian

You've got my ear, what sort of quantity and prices are you thinking?

I am living in Maine at this point in time and have should be completing my press in the next few weeks. If my timeline can hold, I plan on skiing on my first pair on my birthday at the end of January.

I would be very interested in meeting to ski and and talk ski building.

Brian

Just wondering what you got for a temp out of the heat blanket and if you insulated to reduce heat losses?

Hose-man, I love the table of dimensions, glad you put in all the man hours on it! They will be real useful for all of us here. All die-hard number lovers will love the publication by John Howe, "The new skiing mechanics." John currently builds his own salomon/freeride skis out of Jay, Mai...