Big Kam, those are sweet!
I'm wondering about the "dampening sandwich" dampening has always seemed important, but elusive. care to elaborate?
thanks
nate
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- Tue Dec 15, 2009 5:27 am
- Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
- Topic: Kontour
- Replies: 10
- Views: 33341
- Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:15 am
- Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
- Topic: Concave, railed, edge high, whatever you want to call it
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7525
jdh, i think you have the most probable explanation. i've built ten pair in a vacuum bag and they have all come out with slightly concave bases and tops. although i haven't done it, it can be relieved by routing the core so that it steps down just inside the edge tangs taking up the space left betwe...
- Sun Apr 20, 2008 4:42 am
- Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
- Topic: further cloth discussion
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9106
g-man, i just wanted to say that i think your opinions on glass, weight, core, side-cut and stiffness are right on! i've only been at this ski building for three seasons (10 pair), but i couldn't agree more. i have moved toward using triax and a light layer of biax above and below the core, the weig...
- Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:13 am
- Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
- Topic: Edges
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6401
- Wed Apr 09, 2008 3:17 am
- Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
- Topic: Rough Core - Profiling Problems
- Replies: 29
- Views: 18096
i'm also using a vacuum setup under my core profiler, works great. here's a brief description i posted last year; i'm using a router bridge type profiler like as most guys are. underneath the deck of the profile jig i built a shallow box the same area as the deck. i then drilled holes in the deck ( ...
- Sat Mar 01, 2008 4:54 am
- Forum: Materials and Supplies
- Topic: How thick is the Titanal you are using
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2729
as an experiment i just added a layer of thin flashing (don't know the thickness)to the top of a finished ski that was too soft. it did a great job of stiffening, but i pressed the aluminum under 100 degrees and it took the camber right out of the ski. they'll be my new powder boards i guess. seems ...
- Sat Mar 01, 2008 4:43 am
- Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
- Topic: Ski Press in New England
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4970
- Fri Feb 22, 2008 5:09 am
- Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
- Topic: Is recessing the edges into the core important.
- Replies: 24
- Views: 13463
hadley, i may be shifting away from the topic a bit , but i'm curious to see how your cap ski vacuum experiment goes. i've thought about it a lot, but my bag is a bit thick and the way the vacuum clamps down has made it impossible to really get the glass stuck to the ski all the way down the side wa...
- Tue Feb 19, 2008 4:45 am
- Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
- Topic: Is recessing the edges into the core important.
- Replies: 24
- Views: 13463
- Fri Feb 08, 2008 4:31 am
- Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
- Topic: Edges to base fitting...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7602
- Fri Jan 18, 2008 4:59 am
- Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
- Topic: Too soft or too stiff?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3738
my first pair made at the beginning of '06 was too soft under foot and too stiff in the ends. a layer of woven glass then a layer of triax under the binding, about 2 feet long made the flex curve pretty nice, but too stiff overall. since then i've been incrementally taking thickness out of the shove...
- Sun Jan 13, 2008 5:11 am
- Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
- Topic: Ski building tool
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10471
after bending a bunch of edges by hand i decided to make a form. i had to sacrifice a few lengths of edge material to get the shape and overbend right. now i just insert the end of an edge in the wooden form and bend the edge around it. the edge comes out nearly perfect, it takes a little tweaking t...
- Sun Jan 13, 2008 4:46 am
- Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
- Topic: an other layup video
- Replies: 16
- Views: 12252
nice find! always good to see how someone else does it. that guy's got all the gear. it looked like he was joining sidewalls and core in the layup process, kinda hard to believe. i'd like to talk to him about what the extra crosswise rubber is for, damping or durability. anybody know where he is loc...
- Sat Dec 15, 2007 5:33 am
- Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
- Topic: Unnamed
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8935
alright those skis look great! and i can say having used a couple pairs of my own new skis yesterday (we are off to a nice start here in the east) that damping is all important...and i have a long way to go. i'm wondering what you used for aluminum. is simple flashing material worth using? can't wai...
- Thu Apr 26, 2007 8:24 am
- Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
- Topic: Core Profiler
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7847