I have a Fontaine 680 ski tuner. It appears the free wheel is now frozen. Before I start messing with it, does anyone know how the wheel comes off? It looks like I may need a wheel pulley. Anyone experience this before?
Thanks.
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- Tue Sep 05, 2017 11:12 am
- Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
- Topic: Fontaine 680
- Replies: 6
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- Thu Aug 31, 2017 5:29 pm
- Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
- Topic: Carbon and Flax Fiber Layup
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8948
I use flax with Uni CF exclusively now. I ordered my flax from Bcomp. I just made a pair of skis and I used Entropy Resin that has about a 2:1 ratio. I used 28oz of epoxy with the appropriate amount of hardener. The ski is 174cm with 72mm at the mid point. The trick to spreading the resin on the fla...
- Sun Jul 16, 2017 4:39 am
- Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
- Topic: wood sidewall or sidewallless
- Replies: 3
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- Sat Jul 15, 2017 5:52 pm
- Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
- Topic: wood sidewall or sidewallless
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4146
The sidewall should be a denser harder wood than the core. But if you're using a hardwood in the core like maple/birch/ash, etc. then just make the outside stringers wide enough to be sidewall from tip to tail. It's called variable width sidewall. It's done all in 1 glue up. No separate core making ...
- Mon Jun 05, 2017 10:26 am
- Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
- Topic: Junction/transition core-tipspacer
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4794
- Wed May 24, 2017 10:10 am
- Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
- Topic: Smart Skis
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5868
There's a company in Vermont called Powderjet that makes snowboards with wood bases. We exchanged some info awhile back. I think he was using thin coat of epoxy on the wood base. http://powderjets.com/
- Mon May 22, 2017 10:29 am
- Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
- Topic: Smart Skis
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5868
- Sun May 21, 2017 11:25 am
- Forum: Materials and Supplies
- Topic: Graphene
- Replies: 14
- Views: 19077
- Fri May 19, 2017 7:13 am
- Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
- Topic: Section8 - Edge Guide - Prototype
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Section8 - Edge Guide - Prototype
I have another method of applying metal edges that won't require tons of spring clamps. I built a prototype and did a quick demo of it and it seems to work well. I got the idea from a wood working technique of how to glue up 2 boards with only a few clamps. Basically you shave the middle of the edge...
- Tue Apr 25, 2017 5:17 am
- Forum: Materials and Supplies
- Topic: Graphene
- Replies: 14
- Views: 19077
- Tue Apr 11, 2017 2:41 am
- Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
- Topic: Graphics dilemma
- Replies: 26
- Views: 16199
- Sun Apr 09, 2017 3:15 am
- Forum: Materials and Supplies
- Topic: Graphene
- Replies: 14
- Views: 19077
- Sat Apr 08, 2017 8:47 am
- Forum: Materials and Supplies
- Topic: Flax really dampening so well?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5233
I've switched to using flax/cf instead of FG. Flax is lighter but stronger per ounce. And yes it is more damp per weight when compared to FG. Can you tell the difference in practice? That I think is subjective. I know that my skis are lighter but I haven't sacrificed performance and they feel just a...
- Sat Apr 08, 2017 8:39 am
- Forum: Materials and Supplies
- Topic: Graphene
- Replies: 14
- Views: 19077
Graphene
Graphene looks like it's going to be the next big thing used in skis. I started researching the stuff. This is what I've found: 1. For one it's stupid expensive so I'm wondering how much ski manufacturers are actually using. 1 gram iof powder is about $100. 2. It's 200 times stronger than steel. 3. ...
- Sat Apr 08, 2017 8:19 am
- Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
- Topic: Graphics dilemma
- Replies: 26
- Views: 16199