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falls · Post by **falls** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 11:55 pm

DBS/Iggy: Staples inside or outside the layup?
The way I am doing it at the moment I don't think I have enough sidewall excess to fit a staple that would end up outside the layup.

doughboyshredder · Post by **doughboyshredder** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 1:44 am

I do not do full wrap edges so I leave the base material after the edge and then staple the tip spacer to that material. Staples get cut off with the flash.

iggyskier · Post by **iggyskier** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 2:30 am

falls wrote:DBS/Iggy: Staples inside or outside the layup?
The way I am doing it at the moment I don't think I have enough sidewall excess to fit a staple that would end up outside the layup.

You could do it either way.

For production skis, staple is outside and cut off with flash. For certain prototypes without sidewalls, we will put it inside and pound it flat.

Both work fine.

Lib tech staples their sidewalls to their core and pounds the staple flat. Same idea with the tipspacer.

falls · Post by **falls** » Fri Sep 02, 2011 11:59 pm

thanks dbs/scott

trimmed and sanded and dropped off for grinding this morning
There was a small incident with the trim router, approx 1 second after thinking "wow this tilt base router works really well, I haven't f@@ked a pair of skis at the last step for a while now". But I don't like to talk about it. I think I trod on the cord and it made the router tip when I continued moving it along.....

I think they're going to look killer! even if I do say so myself

Richuk · Post by **Richuk** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 3:21 am

Stone cold!

twizzstyle · Post by **twizzstyle** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 8:43 am

Love them! Might be at the top of my list for best graphics on homebuilts! Nice work Falls!

maximegb5 · Post by **maximegb5** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 8:47 am

Sick... Really nice job on this pair!

doughboyshredder · Post by **doughboyshredder** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 4:20 pm

Routers suck.

Beautiful skis.

sammer · Post by **sammer** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 8:58 pm

Lookin good Falls.
I was wondering about the appropriateness of the topsheet for skiing in Japan.
I'm sure the tsunami will be fresh in peoples minds for a while.
Still look amazing!
Topsheets from Coda?

And yes, routers do suck.
I've gone back to the belt sander for sidewalls. You can still mess up but you've got to try harder

sam

Brazen · Post by **Brazen** » Sun Sep 04, 2011 8:16 am

Yeah, nice Falls! Sammer, I tried sanding the sidewalls for awhile...the scratches in the sidewalls just bummed me out though.

falls · Post by **falls** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 3:44 am

Done!
I'm going skiing tomorrow...

OAC · Post by **OAC** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 3:50 am

Now we're talking! But where is the snow?

chrismp · Post by **chrismp** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 3:51 am

a w e s o m e !

falls · Post by **falls** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 3:57 am

Here!
http://www.fallscreek.com.au/LiveCamView3

OAC · Post by **OAC** » Wed Sep 07, 2011 4:25 am

is this the same place?
http://www.youtube.com/user/skifalls

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