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- Sun Mar 08, 2009 9:32 pm
- Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
- Topic: Soul Skis
- Replies: 125
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Soul Skis
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...
- Mon Mar 02, 2009 10:12 pm
- Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
- Topic: 140*115*130
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6091
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 ...
- Tue Feb 17, 2009 12:15 am
- Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
- Topic: New Member, New Skis
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8546
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...
- Sun Feb 15, 2009 7:16 pm
- Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
- Topic: Help! cleaning bases
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7198
- Thu Jan 29, 2009 8:33 pm
- Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
- Topic: Concave, railed, edge high, whatever you want to call it
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7515
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...
- Mon Jan 26, 2009 5:06 pm
- Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
- Topic: Concave, railed, edge high, whatever you want to call it
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7515
Concave, railed, edge high, whatever you want to call it
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 ...
- Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:05 pm
- Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
- Topic: Assymetrical side cut skis
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2095
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...
- Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:02 am
- Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
- Topic: Assymetrical side cut skis
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2095
Assymetrical side cut skis
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...
- Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:50 pm
- Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
- Topic: LOCO 456's
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7790
- Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:17 pm
- Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
- Topic: jointer profiling
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3300
Doesn't sound very practical
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...
- Thu Jan 08, 2009 8:58 pm
- Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
- Topic: Womens ski
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2038
This is a tough decision
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....
- Tue Apr 29, 2008 6:46 pm
- Forum: Aprés Ski Building
- Topic: moving to Reno, NV!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5727
Welcome to the Sierras
You'll love it here. This is the best year round place I have found. A local ski builders store sounds perfect too!
- Sat Apr 26, 2008 5:53 pm
- Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
- Topic: botched order: now, ISO silicon heat blanket
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5586
Why is that SPAM????
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 ...
- Tue Nov 27, 2007 7:33 pm
- Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
- Topic: Heat Blanket - Bottom Only
- Replies: 21
- Views: 17050
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...
- Tue Nov 13, 2007 10:17 pm
- Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
- Topic: Core Shift Solutions?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1965
Core Shift Solutions?
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...