If anybody knows a supplier in the U.S., please let me know. Your in Salt Lake? Composite One carries Vectorply. They make a couple of different bias carbon fabrics. You will probably have to buy an entire roll though. I have been talking with Composites One and NA Composites for the last few weeks...

Cornice wrote:Jeeeepers that Donek board has got to be heavy!

Have you tried fiberglasssupply.com for carbon? They have an ok selection...

Fiberglass supply appears to only have 0/90 weaves.

I highly doubt my picture will work, but these are our latest carbon skis. 185 cm, 120-105-120, symmetrical, camber under foot, rockered/tapered tip and tail. Weighing in at 7.5lbs. As always, inspired by Beautiful skis! There is so much I want to ask but generaly, how is working with carbon? Do yo...

I highly doubt my picture will work, but these are our latest carbon skis. 185 cm, 120-105-120, symmetrical, camber under foot, rockered/tapered tip and tail. Weighing in at 7.5lbs. As always, inspired by kittens.

BGF has a seconds price list, 10/12 oz triaxial weave (faultless) runs about 18 a meter. Ask your glass rep (North American Composites or Composites One) to call them for it. The last I spoke with BGF they made no triax carbon and nothing with a +/- 45° orientation. Maybe my sales rep just didn't k...

Nice burly design. I would have been afraid to do that much welding to avoid possible alignment issues. What size motor are you using to drive the x-axis? Did going the rack and pinion route cost much less than using an 8' ball screw? What kind of backlash are you going to have on the x-axis?

we buy the cali bamboo vertically laminated 4x8ft sheets minimum order is 2 sheets i think each one was $135, i have been very happy with them thus far. the only issue we had in the beginning was that it is a PINA to cut the core on a router you have to step cut it. but i am very happy with how the...

Email sent about the Isosport topsheet.

Fair enough. I guess I implied some common sense and previous knowledge in the op.

I believe he is referring to making the core smaller than the base and then attaching sidewalls.

your question makes no sense. the base shape determines the size of the board. Do research here. read and then read some more. His question makes perfect sense. I would offset the core profile inward at least 1/4". The more you offset though the more wiggle room you have for misalignment durin...

has anyone here used the type of fire hose I have posted right above this that has two different layers. The outer layer is a heavy canvas and the inner material is a rubber layer with another thin layer of canvas like material on the outside of it. I think it will hold air but I haven't actually u...

We now make molds with our CNC router but in previous years I used a router table. I would have one rib cut out on a CNC at a machine shop. This rib would have holes in it where threaded rod would eventually go to hold all of the ribs together. I would then countersink those holes and use a nut and ...

we tried that and had trouble clamping the sidewalls to the thin 3mm tips and tails. even when we got a few to work the router would rip the thin tips off still. although we weren't using a spiral bit. kylea: what kind of drum sander are you using? We got a used Dela X5 from our local tool shop. It...

The flush trim router idea seems like it could work well. We just purchased a drum sander last week and it works great for profiling the cores with sidewalls attached. If you use a planer to profile the cores 3/4 of the way and then make a few passes on the drum sander you avoid any sidewall sniping...