It sure is cool riding up the lift with someone and telling them that you made the skis that you are skiing on. Everyone is amazed that you can actually make a great pair of skis in your garage. Thanks to skibuilders.com and all the contributors on this site, I have made some skis that peform better...

I made a similar pair for my wife. Dimensions 141-116-129. I used top heat only on a flat mold to achieve a continuous reverse camber of about 1 cm tip and tail. She loves them. I have abandoned the full wrap edges for simplicity and have seen zero problems. I had a couple pair of Igneous that were ...

Having trouble locating your bindings? Maybe a roomate took them. Seriously though, I design my ski shape for a specific mounting point. I usually put the boot midsole at 45% of the sidecut measuring from the tail end. I also design the narrowest part of the ski at the boot midsole. I have found tha...

If it is just tape and not epoxy, try a heat gun or a hair dryer even. Heat helps remove all adhesives I have found. And if acetone doesn't help with the residue, I have used toluene with good results.

Come to think of it the cores may have had some cupping going on. I didn't vertically laminate them, I just used some single poplar boards bought from Home Depot. I remember when I was profiling that I had the grain such that the apex of the growth rings were on top to help keep the edges from curli...

My last pair that I built came out with concave bases bad enough that they won't grind flat without losing most of the material. I put them on the stone grinder today and sparks flew and emotions ran high. I did the usual prep work with rabbeting the core for the edge relief. This was my first pair ...

I pulled the edges off and started at it again. I just used acetone and they came off cleanly and then I removed all the remaining super glue from the base and edges. When I brought the bases in to room temperature they matched the template exactly. I am hoping that when I clamp them to the template...

I know that many people have experienced problems with ski bases coming out assymetrical. I just had a pair do this. My question is has anyone gone and followed through and built them this way and how did they ski? I see the Kananas were built this way but that design resulted in a reverse sidecut o...

Skis look great!

I like the idea of the iron transfer paper. I just bought some rice paper but I think I am going to try your method instead. It seems simple and clean with less chance of errors.

By the way, the fire hose I got from you is still going strong. Thanks again.

I think it would be difficult to get acceptable results with this method. Tapering to 2 or 3 mm would probably be difficult. I think you would encounter flexing issues, difficulties in maintaining consistent pressure, tearout, and snipe. You wouldn't be able to do it in one pass. Give it a shot with...

I made a pair for my wife , 172's, with a poplar core and a profile of 11mm in the middle tapering to 2 mm. They came out really soft but she likes them and they are primarily a powder ski with a shape of 141-116-129. The reason they came out so soft I think is that my core tapered down too quickly....

You'll love it here. This is the best year round place I have found. A local ski builders store sounds perfect too!

Isn't listing a supplier helping others out? I ordered my blanket from Heatcon and although not as good of a price from MEI they packaged it with a controller and relay. While Craig may have already found a supplier, providing useful information is what forums are all about and others might benefit ...

I too had similar results when heating from the bottom only. My mold has zero camber from tail to toe piece area and rockered reverse camber to the tip. I used qcm 49 and 408, pressing at 180 degrees. The ski came out with about 4 millimeters of camber where it was supposed to be flat and the rocker...

During my first ski pressing I was too excited to take my time and keep everything aligned. My core shifted so there is about a 1/4" gap on one sidewall. My next ski came out right on. I put spray adhesive on the aluminum sheet to keep the base from moving and then glue gunned a paint stir stic...