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- Sun Feb 20, 2011 10:02 pm
- Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
- Topic: Getting started!
- Replies: 323
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we pull them hot. not right at 180F let it cool for 20 min or so full at 140F. We let others cool overnight under pressure and see no difference. its 95% there either way. Funny you mention 140F. I pressed two pairs this weekend both of them pretty much identical. The first one I only let cool for ...
- Wed Feb 16, 2011 4:21 pm
- Forum: Yard Sale (non commercial)
- Topic: Core Services
- Replies: 3
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- Mon Feb 07, 2011 7:29 am
- Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
- Topic: Error
- Replies: 255
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I'm telling you dude, leashes! Everybody says I'm crazy to use leashes, but I'll be damned if I'm gonna pay $50 for some wide brakes, and bending brakes always comes out ghetto. Ski brakes can easily be bent correctly if you know what you're doing. Granted mine have been know to turn out pretty ghe...
- Sun Jan 30, 2011 8:27 am
- Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
- Topic: Mixing epoxy - My weapon
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7244
I didn't mix my epoxy with a drill for a long time. It was laziness that drove me too it. I kind of think its safer to mix by hand; there's less of a chance to mix in air bubbles. Most epoxy at my work is mixed by hand. Some is mixed with a low-speed industrial mixer though. One of my teachers from ...
- Fri Jan 21, 2011 12:07 am
- Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
- Topic: Soul Skis
- Replies: 125
- Views: 123500
- Tue Jan 18, 2011 11:24 pm
- Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
- Topic: Finished pneumatic press
- Replies: 24
- Views: 27812
- Wed Jan 12, 2011 9:00 am
- Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
- Topic: Balsa core fattys, first try!
- Replies: 66
- Views: 33728
But the race for a 3kg/pair fatty is definitely on! I would be willing to bet Goode skis has already done this. Maybe not 130mm in the waist but close. Mr. Goode himself told me he ads weights as ballasts to the tips and tails to make his skis more stable, and they are still sub-8 lbs. Interesting ...
- Fri Jan 07, 2011 6:39 pm
- Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
- Topic: Uneven Grind...Channel for Edge Teeth
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6070
Find a shop with Montana tuning equipment--or a shop that knows what they're doing. Yes, an edge-high ski will ruin a Wintersteiger stone, but it doesn't have to. My skis are always a bit edge high--I don't router a recess groove in the cores, and they are pretty easy to flatten. A good way to do it...
- Wed Dec 22, 2010 10:47 pm
- Forum: Materials and Supplies
- Topic: Coda Boards sublimated graphics
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9308
couple more... http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff363/Garage_Skis/juiliesbamboo002.jpg http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff363/Garage_Skis/coreshotsandKCs008-1.jpg http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff363/Garage_Skis/coreshotsandKCs011-1.jpg I now take off the protective film before I layup. I...
- Wed Dec 22, 2010 7:13 am
- Forum: Test and Trip Reports: How Did They Work?
- Topic: Core Shot Carnage
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6374
I just got reminded of something from these pics.....only the green ski on the right got VDS over the edges. The ski with the huge core shot doesn't have any and the edge is still totally intact. I'm still a believer in VDS for some reason though. The skis were built last season for St. Patrick's Da...
- Tue Dec 21, 2010 11:54 pm
- Forum: Test and Trip Reports: How Did They Work?
- Topic: Core Shot Carnage
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6374
Core Shot Carnage
I can't believe the abuse these skis took. The main core shot along the edge is probably 6-10 core shots combined into one awesome core shot. That green base material has been pretty tough for me too. Just not on those skis. The ash sidewall is a bit mangled, but if that was an ABS sidewall, the ski...
- Fri Dec 17, 2010 3:42 pm
- Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
- Topic: DIY Silicone Heat Blanket
- Replies: 332
- Views: 203956
80C in one min? While that is quick, wouldn't that cause a bunch of uneven heating throughout the mold and press making it press differently? Not really. With a lot of power you have a lot of control.. until you loose it. like a nuclear powerplant, it is great til you get a meltdown. I'm sure you'v...
- Fri Dec 17, 2010 8:24 am
- Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
- Topic: Mervin Tour
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2484
I had no idea Mervin was such a cool company. After they told me 100 times it started to set in though. It was cool to see how they glued on their edges using weights instead of clamps. I really wanted to see how they made their sidewalls....or is slimewalls? I can't remember which company that is, ...
- Thu Dec 16, 2010 7:36 am
- Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
- Topic: HELP?!? Haha, dye sublimation press...
- Replies: 105
- Views: 77665
while you wait here are some more skis with sublimated graphics: http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs361.ash2/63905_479121636682_91255356682_5759012_8210300_n.jpg Wow Endre! Love the overall feel of all the graphics. They are all different, but very similar in a way. You can tell they are...
- Tue Dec 07, 2010 8:03 am
- Forum: Test and Trip Reports: How Did They Work?
- Topic: Snowbird, UT 12/6/2010
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5133
So which skis were you using? I was on the green pair on the far left of the top picture in this thread: http://skibuilders.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2707 It's actually pretty similar to the others beside in the picture. This particular pair has an ash core with maple sidewalls. The dimensions I h...