Anyway I built some very successful heat mats using the specs that he worked out for me. These were built for 240vac power and heat up to 100c in about 15 mins. Now I need to build some for 100vac power. Is it even possible to have a mat that performs the same way from 100vac? If someone could run ...

The wires we use are 0.2-0.3mm in thickness, so no problems with curly wires. As for soldering, you can sand the ends of the wires lightly with some sandpaper to remove some of the coating which should make them easy to solder. Mine was .34mm thick. I think the slight bit thicker didn't help. Plus ...

OK, I gave it a shot, but I'm not sure that my first blanket is a go. Any help would be appreciated. Here's the details: -9oz biax fiberglass -50A silicone mold rubber -5ohm nichrome wire 1st attempt: -I first laid the fiberglass over a sheet of melamine. Measured everything out. Placed nails to str...

Performed surgery on the worst of the blowouts last night and I think it's going to survive cleanly...

Just fill the gap with a ptex repair stick and claim it to be your version of magne traction :D http://b.vimeocdn.com/ts/174/926/174926711_640.jpg Ha! My first thought was of the Praxix skis that have the 3 contact points. I actually considered just leaving it. I'm going to cut them out tomorrow. I...

Thanks for the vinyl tips. Here's my press from yesterday. All carbon fiber. They look good, but I have a mild disaster to fix with the edges. Lesson learned not to skimp when applying the super glue to the edges... I was super stoked to cut these out and mount them up with some Bishop Bombers I pic...

Wow, just ran across this. Thanks for the sentiments. Yes, I'm still kicking, but unfortunately my friend Keith did pass skiing the Coleman Headwall on Mt Baker on June 15th, 2012. Here's a little clip that KOMO did on Keith. http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Keith-Hardy-Family-Doctor-killed-in-ski...

Has anyone ever tried this stuff for adding graphics with a urethane top coat over it?



It looks promising, as long as the ink doesn't run after covered with wet urethane.

Thoughts?

The lettering on the tails is screen printed, but with the fish I just cut out templates out of regular paper and used Elmers spray glue to tack the templates to the ski. Then sprayed with spray paint. It works well and is relatively easy, but rather time consuming. I've been planning on switching t...

A couple of photos of the latest work... https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/480764_610046819022869_45431773_n.jpg https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/1460202_10202252805137132_499110546_n.jpg And a little tribute to my friend Keith who encouraged me to start this ski building ende...

I hit up Stevens yesterday. It's been cold enough that it was decent.

Gorgeous skis Twiz!

Roughly how many feet of edge per pound?

Thanks Dtrain. That's what has made this so much fun.

JSquare, negligible camber was the intent on the first few pair of skis, but the last pair I was hoping for more camber. Thus strait to 180 degrees. The heat blanket doesn't really compress so I don't think it really changes the shape of the mold. My mold is flat though. I just think that for some r...