I am surprised to see no replies so far to this ad... I know I would have loved to snatch that up when we started up... Just to think of the money and time savings - maybe the true cost of things is not obvious when you first get into ski building and $1500 seems like a lot? Actually it's a bargain,...

FYI, the container is still for sale...

I've also added postings in the "commercial postings" section for individual pieces of equipment.


Any questions, please PM.
Thanks for reading

Used Grindrite ST-600 for sale. This is exactly the same unit as sold on the website below for $3500. http://galacticsnowsports.com/used-grindrite-st600-ski-grinder.html You can have ours for $2800 obo The unit is visible at ~15:20 in this video: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xl03yh_self-containe...

So... we're getting rid of a bunch of equipment. " Press kit " contains: - main bladder for pressing ski pairs or snowboards - cat-track - secondary bladder for punching out bases - two NEW (less than 15 pairs built with these) silicone heat blankets (for top and bottom of the skis) - two ...

good guess MontuckyMadman Which clue made you so sure?

Sell a tutorial or video on how to set up the solidworks file to generate those parts! Id buy that!

threeninethree, PM me and let's see what we can do. I'm not the Solidworks specialist but I can put you in touch with the right person.

If you're considering turning your ski building hobby into a business, read on. We've gone through the multiple tooling iterations, countless prototypes and the many pains of going from garage-made to shelf-ready. We offer a turn-key solution for the person looking to avoid having to learn those les...

plywood -

wow! those skis look amazing! My question is: how do you protect the veneer? Varnish/clear epoxy or clear plastic topsheet?

Anyways, really a job well done, very impressive (as always)

personally I use 2 controllers, 1 for the bottom blanket, 1 for the top blanket. Unless you have a fancy "dual" controller with 2 temperature inputs and 2 controlling outputs (don't know if such a thing exists...) then you will not get accurate control on one of the blankets with a single ...

it depends what you mean by controlling 2 blankets... If you mean 2 small identical blankets used to cover the entire bottom (or top) surface of your ski, then as long as you're confident that the temperature is somewhat uniform across the 2 blankets you should be fine. If you mean controlling top a...

man I'm not even jealous. In fact looking at your pix I can feel a little bit of that oh-my-god-I-can't-believe-how-f**ing-good-this-snow-is feeling that you get when it's light, deep and floaty all at the same time.

So thank you, post some more
billl

if you don't mind me asking... where did you get your titanal???

cheers
billl

Hi Bbtahoe

would you be able to share with the community the name of the soy additive product that you found? I think lots of us would like to know more about this.

Cheers!
billl

oooops sorry Bean, I just realized that what I wrote is incorrect... We actually used .04" thick alum, not 1/16".

So, (for us at least), .04" was too thin... Can't comment about 1/16 quite yet

funny you ask this question... We have just pressed our first ski using 1/16th aluminum on the bottom... and the sheet clearly took the shape of the molds' ribs below. We have the bottom mold (1' spaced ribs), then one layer of masonite, then the heat blankets, then the 1/16th alum sheet, then the s...

we are using a PID for temp control, but the gap between the blankets is wider than 3cm... Maybe that's our problem. We'll definitely put the sensor under a blanket on the next try, I think it'll help. I'll also read the PID manual to see if we can tune it for less aggressive / more undershoot behav...