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by falls
Sun Dec 20, 2009 1:48 am
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: Getting started!
Replies: 323
Views: 189002

finished up the planing crib and gave it a test run today. http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2519/4199027485_faac1a053d_o.jpg trimmed up deck of crib and applied grip tape over a 180cm long area I screwed it down with countersunk screws - 2 on the middle piece and 1 countersunk screw on the tip end to ...
by falls
Thu Dec 17, 2009 3:59 pm
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: Getting started!
Replies: 323
Views: 189002

that sounds pretty cool too! I'm a vet and part time cessna rebuilder who does what he's told by the boss who knows much more than me about rivets, aluminium and air tools! The bamboo boards I have are 150mm wide when the tongue and groove are gone. At 90mm wide you'd have to glue two together for a...
by falls
Thu Dec 17, 2009 3:47 pm
Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
Topic: Side Wall "Insert" Router Bit
Replies: 26
Views: 19911

I like it ben.
I had the same idea all on my own before I read this thread, honest!
by falls
Thu Dec 17, 2009 3:43 pm
Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
Topic: simmer down now
Replies: 8
Views: 6445

If the trouble with bonding aluminium is related to its smoothness there is a chemical treatment called alladyne that is used in the aircraft industry to help with paint bonding. It chemically etches the aluminium surface which I assume makes many many microscopic roughened areas that the paint can ...
by falls
Thu Dec 17, 2009 5:54 am
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: Getting started!
Replies: 323
Views: 189002

Wood sidewalls on the bamboo core would definitely work. Good idea, thanks. Kingswood are across the ditch in new Zealand. He sources bamboo direct from china as he had early troubles with it being too dry or too wet. Now it's custom done for him. I've talked to a few wholesalers here who can get me...
by falls
Wed Dec 16, 2009 3:57 pm
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: Getting started!
Replies: 323
Views: 189002

Yeah 153 is good. I don't have any sidewall plastic trying to keep it simple. The floorboards are 160mm wide but the Tongue and groove rob 5ml on either side so I don't have the width to make that ski!
Free aluminium! I spent a day searching for scraps and cutting on the guillotine and drilling.
by falls
Wed Dec 16, 2009 3:24 am
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: Getting started!
Replies: 323
Views: 189002

Getting started!

Hi Everyone. Thought I would start a log of my progress to look back on, especially when I feel like I'm not getting very far! Like most journals I firstly want to say thanks to everyone for their input and answers to often pretty elementary questions. The "I wouldn't be where I am without this...
by falls
Tue Dec 15, 2009 12:22 am
Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
Topic: Thermocouple question
Replies: 42
Views: 21827

Those thermocouples come in a bag of 5. I think 35 dollars for all 5. The female connectors are 3 or 4 dollars I think. If you have that k type one with a bulky end you could use it just need to find a way to mount it in a meaningful place to read temp (maybe harder in a snowboard, in skis I think m...
by falls
Mon Dec 14, 2009 3:37 pm
Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
Topic: Thermocouple question
Replies: 42
Views: 21827

Hi Nick I think with the help of these guys I have worked it out. The following picture is a bit confusing http://www.omega.com/Temperature/images/5LSC_5SRTC_l.jpg The 5SRTC type highlights the large yellow adaptor, which originally I thought was the thermocouple. However, this is actually just a me...
by falls
Sun Dec 13, 2009 8:25 pm
Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
Topic: Thermocouple question
Replies: 42
Views: 21827

Aluminium isn't hard to get. Any commerical metal yard should be able to get it in many different thicknesses. Usually 4'x8' sheets. To get it easily you have to pay the going rate though and aluminium is relatively expensive. They should be able to cut it on their guillotine for you too in the shap...
by falls
Sun Dec 13, 2009 6:44 pm
Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
Topic: Aluminium Cat track thickness
Replies: 0
Views: 2013

Aluminium Cat track thickness

Hi Everyone I am getting ready to order some aluminium (that's Australian for aluminum!) for my cat track and wondering what thickness people use. I am looking at 3/4 inch (which for me ends up being 19mm). It is available in 1.6mm and 3.2 mm wall thickness. The man at the shop said to go with the t...
by falls
Sun Dec 13, 2009 6:25 pm
Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
Topic: Thermocouple question
Replies: 42
Views: 21827

and no indentation on base of board (probably obviously not as otherwise you wouldn't do it like that)?
how thick aluminium are you using in your lower cassete layer?
thanks
by falls
Sun Dec 13, 2009 3:28 am
Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
Topic: Thermocouple question
Replies: 42
Views: 21827

Thanks mike
where do you place the TC probe in your layup. Between the blanket and cassette like doughboy?
by falls
Sat Dec 12, 2009 3:10 am
Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
Topic: To make a durable park ski
Replies: 3
Views: 2089

you could look at getting thicker edge and base material if you are riding rails.
by falls
Sat Dec 12, 2009 2:47 am
Forum: Yard Sale (non commercial)
Topic: Triaxial Fibreglass, Australia
Replies: 3
Views: 2813

Triaxial Fibreglass, Australia

Hi I bought a bulk lot of triaxial 22 oz fibreglass recently. I have enough for about 50 pairs of skis which is a bit ambitious The roll is 49.2m long and has been sliced into thinner widths of 160mm. If anyone is building skis in Australia and is interested let me know and we can work out a price. ...