That's pretty cool. I'd love to build an adjustable bottom mould and this is one of the best examples I've seen. How adjustable is it, i.e. could you build a rocker/camber type profile a la never summer boards?

If you need some help setting the program up let me know. It can be finnicky and annoying. I have the same controller.

1. You should retain heat for quite some time in your press. I switch mine straight off from 85C, takes an hour or more to drop to 50C or so when I can remove it. I don't think it's necessary for a "ramp down" program. 25C to 70C in 30mins sounds about right. I think I heat mine 25 - 85C i...

Really? That much? Thanks for the input. Maybe I'll try 6mm, see how that goes. My first effort wasn't far off with the 157 all mountain, I want this park board to be pretty flexy but with some good stiffness through the tip/tail for pop. The sidewalls are going to be Wandoo as well, much like my fi...

I've got 1.6mm tip/tail in my current 157 all mountain board, it's fine with 22oz glass. The primary reason I was looking to use that is I've got material here left over, so reduces cost. Having said that, I'm working these days so the cost is far less of an issue than it was last year. 22oz glass I...

Hey all, Been away for a while - had so much snowboard related work at the end of last year I got a bit sick of it all and needed a break. Back now, and going for a park board design this time. This is the current spec I'm working on: Centred twin design, 153cm 3mm rocker in the centre from 10mm eit...

That looks like it would work well enough, no good for those of us who make snowboards or 2 skis at once though, without a custom bladder.

Is it hard to load? I would have thought the small cavity would make things difficult.

I'm with Dr. Delam - the reason for the cat track is to create even pressure distribution perpendicular to the length of the press - the hoses we use wouldn't distribute pressure evenly along the width of the press so we use a cat track. You need something very stiff widthways that will conform to t...

Agreed, this is good work. If anyone wants to sell their stockpile of VDS after reading this, holla at me! I'm taking this as a joke as intended, but for those who don't - this isn't meant to be a "don't use VDS" post. It's still highly beneficial as a gasket-type medium, there's a reason...

Awesome. I love it when engineering data reinforces the laymans' consensus. Any details on torsional stiffness? Good work! Torsional stiffness was interesting. I laid the core up much the same as with the damped board, but with uni directional carbon fibre rather than VDS, and above the core rather...

Sorry all, I've been absent a while again and haven't got back to you. what about a full layer of vds? what about sandwiching carbon fiber between the vds? A full layer of VDS would make a difference only because it increases the weight of the board, which by default increases the damping properties...

Thanks mate. Not including the heat control, I would have spent around $3000 (Australian Dollars) on the press all up. However, I have access to a welder at home and I didn't pay for the MDF, uni supplied that for me. I also had a compressor already. This includes things you don't think about, like ...

It's been a couple months since I visited the forum - was flat out with uni until recently. This was part of my thesis with uni - I thought it could be of interest to some. Background My thesis was on torsional stiffness and vibration control in snowboards. I built two snowboards - a reference snowb...

Hi MadRussian, In an ideal world, one ski on top of the other should press and work out exactly the same, however I don't think this would be the case often. If you ever move to using heat, you need the temperatures to be exactly the same on both skis or you can get variations in camber, which inclu...

Yes slimewalls are polyurethane. I've got them on my DH2, I can't say I notice an enormous damping difference over ordinary sidewalls. As MM said, the issue isn't with finding damping materials, there are rubber and plastic suppliers everywhere. The issue is with finding bondable damping materials, ...