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by Jonsn
Tue Jan 24, 2017 12:02 pm
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: HB (Hansen Boards)
Replies: 224
Views: 127503

I have good experience when constructing cores like yours in using two ash stringers running from tip to tail and place them where the binding screws go. Center and outside of the stringers is paulownia or fir. The short sidewall under the bindings is ash again. For the taper I use a circular arc th...
by Jonsn
Thu Jan 19, 2017 3:24 pm
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: Pressing learning curve
Replies: 6
Views: 6910

I pressed my first skis by screwing blocks of wood all alond the length of the ski. The skis turned out o.k. and it was an easy method to dive into all steps of skibuildung without caring too much about a press. After having a vcauum press the results were much better and the skis with bent wooden s...
by Jonsn
Thu Jan 19, 2017 9:07 am
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: HB (Hansen Boards)
Replies: 224
Views: 127503

Nice skis Akiwi. I built very similiar ones as well. Used 2.5 mm balsa for the thin parts. Used the laser cutter at Makerspace in Garching/Munich to cut them out. Unfortunately the core shifted a bit and I have some Balsa exposed after flashing. How smaller is you core compared to base with edges? I...