With all things considered we were able to fix some of the base delam and take the skis out for a summer ski session at Beartooth Basin. They turned out better than I could of ever expected and it was alot of fun to get ride them for a day.

Your base delam is likely due to attaching your edges to the smooth side of the base if you did not fix that before layup. Attach your edges to abraded and flamed side of the base. Flame treating the smooth side will not work. Yeah, we got that messed up for sure but I will be more mindful of which...

We finished our first ski today and it is obviously the first time we have done this but, we learned a lot from it. there are a few things to fix to get ready for our next layup. I'm pretty happy with the results of the first ski but its not going to last. so for our next set up we are going to chan...

Maybe its just the picture... but that base looks really shiny! Is that the abraded side? Yeeeaaaaah so we messed that part up, the guy who has been helping me works in a ski shop is used to the more abrasive side being down for the wax and such. Either way, I didn't do enough research on base prep...

Well, we did a lot of work this week but we got our first skis layed up!! here are some attachments off our progress since my last post. It was a learning experience for sure. It wasn't perfect for sure and edge bending was one of the most frustrating thing I have done in a while. We are going to le...

This week was pretty busy all around, we got our core and base templates cut and our first base cut. we had a couple of issues with the router and accidentally cut into our template for the base and need to make a new one which proved frustrating today so I decided to call it a day. This week I am l...

Got some work done this week image2.jpeg Made a makeshift edge bender off a method found on boardcrafters.com image0.jpeg Also we got a crib made for the core profiling, should be able to test it out later this week. Other than that most of our materials have arrived now so its about time to really ...

Quick update: I think I have talked around and I have settled on having a 2-12-2mm core with a 1deg taper. tomorrow we are getting into the shop and going to get started on what we can and looking to order materials. I think the things i am struggling with the most right now are designing the crib a...

Dr.D, I looked through your soul ski journal and you have made some pretty sweet skis! I think i am going to mimic your crib model but i also its going to take some trial and error getting it all right.

Somehow I didn't think of this before but with the planer i think im going to use that for the core profiling, I will just need to do some more research on what to do for a crib/how to get the thickness I want. As for my rocker/camber profile I think im going to try the way Akiwi laid his HB boards ...

As for Camber I appreciate that tip on that. what went wrong in your first try with the mold? MDF ribs mold construction not simple to make flat surface not to mention heat blanket can do number on MDF making it even worse. as for equipment. I suggest buy old industrial equipment like tablesaw band...

The plan is to use it for all-mountain terrain, the tip is 50mm high and it was my first time trying to create a rocker in solidworks which could be the reason for the shallow taper up and as for the tail the plan was just a partial twin tip modeling the skis i use currently

Any beginner tips or feedback on my current design/plan would be greatly appreciated concentrate lesson ski design. Concentrate more on setup shop and get needed equipment. Don't over think it. You mentioned camber. When building my first pair skis camber section of the mold didn't come out as well...

Well this is more for me to log my own progress with a place to look back to for information. I am in the process of creating my first pair of skis and I am stoked to get started. Currently, Covid-19 has stalled out plans to set up shop with my buddy but that's okay it leaves more time to figure out...