twizzstyle wrote:I haven't been on NS in about 10 years... everybody grows out of that site eventually.

that's funny, i just hit my 10 year mark being on NS. I don't think i'll ever grow out of it though. the never ending shitshow is far too entertaining.

just finished up ordering enough supplies for 10 pairs, i'm going to try to pump out 8 sets in 10 days on my next time off from work. 3 jibbing skis, 2 pow skis, 1 touring ski, then a pair for my old lady and a pair for my dad. this should be interesting.

my setup consists of hooking my shopvac up to the bottom of this: https://scontent-a-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/1237821_754009158083_1479874045_n.jpg the channel is routed 3/8" into 3/4" MDF with a single hole at the center that goes all the way through to an adapter (2x4 w/ lots of sil...

http://nwbamboo.com/

i just bought from them about a month ago, comes out to about $18.75 a ski (ugh) but it's the best I could find locally. his stock is dwindling though, I had to buy 1-1/6" stair tread and rip it.

here's the timelapse of my layup if anyone has 6 minutes to burn and chooses to waste it watching me drink whiskey and make skis:

Hi man, Nice looking pair! I'm also building ski's with a bamboe core. I'm wondering what type of fiberglass you used? Oz? And did you put two layers or one on each side? Thanks Duco i made the horrible mistake of using one layer of 19 oz triax on top and bottom with no carbon... the skis are noodl...

Wow... Did you build all that in 3 weeks? Lookin' pretty good. Get some binding on them and try em out. Let us know how they work. sam yes sir, really all i did in the final week was trim out the flash and start working on another pair. it's kind of a different scenario when i'm essentially on vaca...

Here's the spotty photo journal. all of my materials arrived on the 27th https://scontent-a-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/935962_751996985493_994724654_n.jpg my boardcrafter based rib design along with "modular" vacuum table for profiling cores https://scontent-a-sea.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-a...

ugh, still no photos. i guess i'll try again tomorrow. if you're on instagram, check out #diyskis!

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Let me preface this thread by saying thank you to everyone on this forum for creating such an awesome open source. I feel like i already know a lot of you, and have learned almost everything I know through your trials and tribulations, so I hope in time I can contribute information like so many of y...