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- Tue Dec 21, 2010 10:51 pm
- Forum: Materials and Supplies
- Topic: uhmwpe and wax
- Replies: 38
- Views: 59268
where did the pics run off to? not sure what to believe but i am stoked that someone is asking the hard questions. and it has us thinking about something that we assumed was great for so long. messing around with some on snow tests in the next couple days here is colorado. wish we had a good stone f...
- Tue Dec 14, 2010 10:35 pm
- Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
- Topic: oversize portable bandsaw?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1656
oversize portable bandsaw?
http://www.timbertools.com/Products/HEMA-portable-bandsaw-wood.html found one locally for pretty cheap, might be a solid choice to resaw cores out? has anyone used anything like this before, having a portable mill could be key. i think it would need a fence or custom set of attachments to get it don...
- Mon Dec 13, 2010 8:22 pm
- Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
- Topic: free skigrinder
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1707
- Mon Dec 13, 2010 8:18 pm
- Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
- Topic: Snowboard tuning help
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3060
yeah, the autofeed and a fresh (but still broken in) belt does the trick. we were having problems with our autofeed and did a bunch by hand, results were pretty shitty, snowboards just have so much surface area that its almost impossible to get it perfect without accurate machinery. even two passes ...
- Thu Dec 09, 2010 7:42 pm
- Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
- Topic: free skigrinder
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1707
free skigrinder
hey saw this on craigslist, i have no need for something this skinny but i know someone out there does.
http://rockies.craigslist.org/zip/2102665601.html
http://rockies.craigslist.org/zip/2102665601.html
- Sat Nov 20, 2010 7:08 am
- Forum: Yard Sale (non commercial)
- Topic: Looking for edges
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4162
- Sat Nov 20, 2010 7:05 am
- Forum: Materials and Supplies
- Topic: Good bok on wood!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3831
- Wed Nov 10, 2010 5:50 pm
- Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
- Topic: anyone out there using older omega PID controllers?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1643
anyone out there using older omega PID controllers?
so i am having problems tuning my controllers, they came with the press and dont have a manual. i have downloaded everything i can from omega and have not had success yet. i am trying to fully understand the math that goes on within the closed loop control but i still have not been able to get to th...
- Sun Nov 07, 2010 2:13 pm
- Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
- Topic: What's the deal with horizontal lamination?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 14119
this is something that i am interested in, specifically for snowboards. in following skate construction, horizontal lam provides a much stiffer platform, it still has flex and bash resistance. maybe fewer layers (3-5) would make a good sandwich. you could also begin to play with grain orientation in...
- Sun Nov 07, 2010 2:00 pm
- Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
- Topic: Testing stiffness
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6250
we took some all the way to the limit and milled our 7mm cores to 5mm with 12.6ozbiax. results were not promising, gonna stick with the original plan. although i tapered one between the binding inserts to 6mm with some carbon for shits. moved the flex point right to the middle of the snowboard, stil...
- Sun Nov 07, 2010 9:06 am
- Forum: Aprés Ski Building
- Topic: BITCHIN SKI JOBS
- Replies: 19
- Views: 12904
i used to build climbing walls all summer and take the winters off to live in the mountains, now im unemployed and blow my savings on snowboard materials. working for cash at a restaurant at the base of keystone. minimum wage, ride 150+ days a year (there are like 230+- if u ride from opening day to...
- Sun Nov 07, 2010 9:01 am
- Forum: Aprés Ski Building
- Topic: DENVER area ski and snowboard builders
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8579
- Sun Nov 07, 2010 8:57 am
- Forum: Aprés Ski Building
- Topic: introductions
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1817
introductions
hey everybody in internet land! my name is tom, and i make nightmare snowboard decks i figured it was about time to introduce myself, i have spent long enough lurking (almost 3 years), and things are actually getting underway as far as pressing boards and getting to ride them. i have been making boa...