Falls, that's a great idea. I just used my surface planer to take off the finish, loudest noise I've ever made in the shop, and the blades dulled really quickly like everyone says. However, once the finish was off the bamboo planed amazingly well. Sir Orange, I haven't pressed a ski yet but once I d...

twizzstyle wrote:Very sad... seems like there have been a few tragic deaths in the ski world over the last few years. Shane, CR, and now Sarah

Jamie Pierre as well.

Everyone, thanks a lot for the bamboo and metal cutting tips. I'm about ready to begin battle with the bamboo floorboards, I'll let you all know how it goes. White Pine, thanks, press dimensions are 12" by 14" by 90", just enough room to hopefully be able to press two skis at a time. ...

Ra, I'm thinking about adding shims as well as closing the gap between the upper and lower molds, seems like there's a bunch of space in there and I'd get more pressure with more of the hose in contact with the cattrack. Skidesmond. thanks! Only one hacksaw blade, 1/16" alu isn't too bad (ok so...

Out of school, new town, job, $$$ (sort of), all mean new ski building tools! Even though my cloth press worked great, it was a pain to load and could only press one ski at a time. Here was my old set up: http://skibuilders.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2684 So two ski press it is, Mongo/spaceframe sty...

Got to ski the eyeballs in UT a few weeks ago. Amazing place out there for sure. New pair of skis, I call them the Johnny Cash skis for obvious reasons. I tried to take a few more pictures of my build process, pretty primitive compared to what a lot of folks are doing, but it works more or less. Som...

So, the eyeball skis work, *sigh of relief* The reverse sidecut (about 1-1.5 ft of length at the tip and about 1 ft at the tail) works great. Skis pivot and shed speed easily while the bit of regular sidecut in the middle makes them carve pretty well (not too surprising considering the effective edg...

-gscherer and falls, thanks! -Dr. Delam: This is going to sound ridiculous, but I typed in eye or eyeball or something in google images and found the largest picture I could of an eye. I copied into GIMP (a free image editing program) and made it really really big, trying to preserve the 300 dpi tha...

Just finished a new pair today! They're at the shop getting ground and bindings (some Barons) put on. I decided to try and make a ski like I'd find at the shop, graphic, sidewalls, etc. We'll see how it works... They're about 190cm, 138-123-128(ish), but the widest points are moved in (kind of like ...

Edges = ordered!

Thanks!

However, another quick question.
It says the edges are primed...
Does this mean I should take the primer off with a wire brush on a drill/get them sandblasted?
Or are they good to go on my skis?

They need to be around 188 cm long. I noticed the snowboard materials edges the other day. Do you have any experience with them, and if they'll fit with the base material (1.3mm thick) offered by the skibuilders store? I guess what I'm getting at is, does a difference in step size between an edge an...

Due to the ski builders store being currently out of edges (I emailed the store support and Kelvin replied they should be back in stock in 2 or 3 weeks, edges are shipping from Austria...) I'm wondering if anybody has four edges they would be willing to sell so that I can build a pair of skis (don't...

Hey,
I'm in the Springs at school right now but I'm from Boulder so I'm passing thru Denver pretty often.
It'd be great to see what everyone is up to.

I'd let you see my shop, but it consists of my Grandparent's house, my parent's house, and school so there really isn't one...

Yeah, they're pretty stiff, I always get scared when planing the core when it starts getting thinner, next skis I'll try to make a little softer.

Thanks! Hopefully at least one more pair of skis will be on the way this season.

COSurfer, I just printed the picture out on regular printer paper and then carefully cut out the monster making sure to keep all the pieces attached. It took a while but looks ok I think.