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by falls
Sat Apr 30, 2016 2:53 am
Forum: Materials and Supplies
Topic: Heating Edges for Bending
Replies: 11
Views: 14652

thanks for all the tips.
My slight delams are downwards not outwards. Its fine in a rocker tip/tail as the curve is large radius, but is more pronounced in a normal tip/tail where the radius is tight.
I have done a heated bend around the tip of my next pair to try a full wrap.
by falls
Wed Apr 27, 2016 8:40 pm
Forum: Materials and Supplies
Topic: Heating Edges for Bending
Replies: 11
Views: 14652

Heating Edges for Bending

Hello everyone From my experience with 3/4 wrap when the edge is being forced into a tighter tip/tail curve the tendency of the edge to spring back to flat leads to very minor delamination with use. Iggyskier from ON3P recently posted about detempering the ends of the edges to get better pressing in...
by falls
Wed Apr 27, 2016 5:33 pm
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: OAC 2015/2016
Replies: 5
Views: 4889

Looking good
That weight seems pretty good to me for a 105mm waist ski. Even production lightweight carbon skis often aren't earth shattering with their weight savings.
eg Volkl V werks BMT 109 is 1740g @ 186cm length
by falls
Sat Mar 26, 2016 12:18 am
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: Boards of Prey split
Replies: 19
Views: 17958

I don't know that much about snowboards but I think that is going to be stiff. A 160cm ski with 13mm thick core tapering to 3mm is prob going to be pretty stiff. Just reading back through the thread some of the other guys that have built splits said that you don't need to significantly increase core...
by falls
Tue Mar 22, 2016 9:52 pm
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: Divide Rides
Replies: 332
Views: 207326

We came across a beer truck accident when we were at uni. Luckily it was in much nicer conditions than wintery swamps.
Someone made a short film about it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnUe_8WS7xo
by falls
Thu Mar 03, 2016 10:36 pm
Forum: Materials and Supplies
Topic: super sap clr
Replies: 54
Views: 37857

the cpm is made specifically for compression moulding. the clr is for glassing surfboards - I think it would run out of the layup when used in a heated compression setup
by falls
Tue Mar 01, 2016 12:30 am
Forum: Materials and Supplies
Topic: super sap clr
Replies: 54
Views: 37857

We had someone lined up to get some CPM in Australia a while back but it never came through. All the suppliers are surfboard oriented. I am using Sicomin SR8500/SZ8525 - it is French and imported by Lavender composites in QLD. Costs a S@**load + $110 dangerous goods surcharge on shipping. That would...
by falls
Sat Feb 27, 2016 8:19 pm
Forum: Materials and Supplies
Topic: Rubber for powdersurf
Replies: 6
Views: 8877

by falls
Sat Feb 27, 2016 8:13 pm
Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
Topic: new idea for protecting wood sidewalls - thoughts?
Replies: 15
Views: 15374

I think it would be way easier to create a polyurethane sidewall on the core before you layup (trough method in the polyurethane sidewall thread). That way you have the sidewall bonded with epoxy to the other layers. If you rout it out later and pour in polyurethane it is only the strength of the po...
by falls
Sun Jan 24, 2016 3:49 am
Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
Topic: The pouring urethane sidewall thread
Replies: 288
Views: 193302

the one you are using says 20-30C is appropriate for both part A and B. It recommends 24 hrs at 20C for a full cure.
by falls
Wed Jan 13, 2016 2:21 am
Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
Topic: The pouring urethane sidewall thread
Replies: 288
Views: 193302

thanks gav I didn't get that far down the list - kept reading about having to heat part A to 65C and part B to 80C and then keep it heated to cure and it all seemed too hard. It looks like it is available from Adelaide casting/moulding supplies so i might check it out and have another go. Are you us...
by falls
Sat Jan 02, 2016 3:59 pm
Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
Topic: The pouring urethane sidewall thread
Replies: 288
Views: 193302

thanks for the tips. I used a torch on the second pour and it did pop all the surface bubbles, but they just kept bubbling up from the depths after the flame moved on. I think it is either an incompatible sealer or poor sealing. I also blew the channels out with compressed air a few minutes before p...
by falls
Sat Jan 02, 2016 12:48 am
Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
Topic: The pouring urethane sidewall thread
Replies: 288
Views: 193302

Poured my first polyurethane sidewalls today. Didn't really go well. I was using smooth on smoothcast 305 as gozaimas has used (full disclosure is that I bought it 3 years ago and hadn't opened it - probably not ideal for polyurethane, but the air tight seals were still intact on top of the bottles)...
by falls
Tue Dec 08, 2015 12:32 am
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: The Bakery Snowboards
Replies: 29
Views: 23946

Your other option is to plane the sidewall block separately on the jig. Then once they are profiled rip them on a table saw into the strips that you need. This method is good if you plan to make several cores with the same profile. In production a lot of companies fix these sidewall pieces onto the ...
by falls
Mon Dec 07, 2015 2:21 am
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: The Bakery Snowboards
Replies: 29
Views: 23946

Sad your planer jig didn't work out well it looks really well built. You need the sand paper under the core to be as wide or wider than the core otherwise when it goes through the planer the edges of the core flex downwards and then you end up with a top that isn't flat and edges that are thicker th...