Brazen wrote:Yabba dabba doo doo! Stone skis...what next, pigs for garbage disposals with carbon fiber jackets?

as long as it's fat in the bacon parts...

sounds like gnomish engineering to me

Thanks Mike. Love it.

wow, that's pretty cool!

Well, not exactly snowboards yet. But that's the name I'll be using. I've finally faced the reality that my regular job simply won't provide enough capital to kick start this thing. So since everyone has to start somewhere, I'm starting with waxing, tuning and repair. With any luck it'll produce eno...

soooooo sick! can't wait to hear how they ride

Currently things aren't moving at all. We had another son born 6 weeks premature. So a month in the hospital ate up tons of time and he's a lot more work than out first one so I spend more time as a dad. Since it's warm now and will be till November, I'm going to work on getting good forms and jigs ...

I would never buy a band saw smaller than 14". Anything less is just annoying to use. I use mine to resaw core blocks into 3/4" sections.

I haven't bought skies in about 10 years but back then bindings were always screwed to the ski. no inserts.

Basically the planer pushes the blank into the shape of the crib as it goes through.

really wish I had 2k sitting around.

I would imagine it's just a groove cut in with a Dremmel tool and as abrasive wheel to accommodate the wings on the edge. I'm planning on the same thing when I go to buy it.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Grindrite-ST1800-Sk ... 45f85bac1d

This one is less than 2 hours from me and quite a bit more than I have to spend on it but I could pick it up if someone wanted it.

What can I say, I'm a gamer. And I may or may not be drinking.

Here's some insane dps for ya!