I just saw a great method for creating a core template. Cut out your base template out of 1 inch MDF.

Flip it over and and route 10mm, a half inch deep around the whole thing.

Now you have base template on one side. Flip it over and you have your core template. YAH!

I realized my method makes no sense explained like that.

first you use the base template and route your core out to that shape. then overhang it the same width you want your sidewall and router again, switch sides and repeat! then atach sidewalls

How are people shaping/cutting the sidecut in their core. Some Ive read make a core shape template. Some print the core shape on paper and then use jigsaw/or band saw to cut it out. Others seem to run the wood straight out to the edge and cut when finished pressing I am thinkin or just overhanging m...

what happened to 25lb for $150 as posted prior?

Ill give the kid a little credit for gettin torn on so hard and still stayin active with the posts the whole way through and not loosin his cool!

TITS would have been sweet though!

I have sent you a PM. I am lookin to pay with paypal for a roll also plus shipping cost to Canada!

I have just finished cuttin drilling my I beams and will be building skis and boards.
we did alot of thinking and reading prior to making the choice to go with 17'' wide.

Thanks you guys! I am F'N Amped. Patience is a virtue that I am currently practicing....Not gonna rush it. Do it right the first time.

I am a long time reader and new builder. I will be picking up my free local I beams up this Sunday. QUESTION: the flanges are 7'' wide allowing my press to only be 14'' wide. Not wide enough for 2 fatty plank pressing. Is it Safe/Logical to create the press with a gap between the two top beams and t...

So, I called up the distributor and he told me the strands are smaller which make it lighter, though the micron rating stays the same.

Next question: has anybody used both triaxial and biaxial in the same build.

As in Biax above core/ triax below! Basalt or Glass!

Hey guys, I have not posted much on here as I mostly read and search. Somthing I think most should do, instead of ask questions that have been already answered 100 times in other places. Anywho, I Just looked into the Basalt fabric as a possible fiberglass replacement. Triaxial -28.7 onces per sq. y...