You never win friends with salad!
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You never win friends with salad!
Hi!
Finally I have all the materials I need to build a ski. Thanks to all of you that helped me!
Now I started to build the press. A vacuum press is too expensive for me. I'm going to build a press of wood with 10 threaded bolts on each side. I hope that works.
I have some air-dried ash shelves. do I have to build the ski out of strips? The problem is, if i cut them into strips, i will not have enough material! The ski will not be wide enough.
I already have a name for my skies:
"You'll never find friends with salad."
It's a quote of a Simpsons episode.
karsten
Finally I have all the materials I need to build a ski. Thanks to all of you that helped me!
Now I started to build the press. A vacuum press is too expensive for me. I'm going to build a press of wood with 10 threaded bolts on each side. I hope that works.
I have some air-dried ash shelves. do I have to build the ski out of strips? The problem is, if i cut them into strips, i will not have enough material! The ski will not be wide enough.
I already have a name for my skies:
"You'll never find friends with salad."
It's a quote of a Simpsons episode.
karsten
Last edited by windsurfer on Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:35 am, edited 1 time in total.
I like the wood press, but I suppose you must really design it carefully, to be sure to have a uniform and sufficient pressure along the whole ski. I did some trails oressing longboards.
I would use three rows of bolts (10 or more per row) to press a pair of skis.
Maybe I will send you some drawings.
I would use three rows of bolts (10 or more per row) to press a pair of skis.
Maybe I will send you some drawings.
I have been thinking about making a pair of skis without cutting strips for the core. I am curious how they would turn out. As for the ash, I have a couple cores set up that are made of ash, and they are really stiff and pretty springy (which is a good thing). One thing you might do if you make solid cores, is to use extra layers of fiberglass. This would give you a little extra strength. The only worry I would have about a solid core is that it might warp significantly when you profile the core. But then again, it is hard to tell how a piece of wood will move around when it is shaped.
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check out my photos:
http://www.stud.uni-karlsruhe.de/~uryo/karsten/
In the middle i used a plastik plate. every 10cm there are two threaded bolts (8mm). at the ends of the press i will use the cut-out from the lower part of the press.
I wanted to use the whole cut-out, but i think its very difficult to make it accurately, because the thickness of the ski varies.
I hope that you understand what i want to say....
Do you think it could work like that?
http://www.stud.uni-karlsruhe.de/~uryo/karsten/
In the middle i used a plastik plate. every 10cm there are two threaded bolts (8mm). at the ends of the press i will use the cut-out from the lower part of the press.
I wanted to use the whole cut-out, but i think its very difficult to make it accurately, because the thickness of the ski varies.
I hope that you understand what i want to say....
Do you think it could work like that?
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thanks for your feedback! now i am more confident.
@ littleKam: i think its a great idea with the torque wrench!
I will continue with the press in a few weeks after returning from france (les Arcs) :-P
then i will show you the whole press with the tip and tail section. i tried to explain it, but it seams to be too difficult...
cu in a few weeks!
karsten
@ littleKam: i think its a great idea with the torque wrench!
I will continue with the press in a few weeks after returning from france (les Arcs) :-P
then i will show you the whole press with the tip and tail section. i tried to explain it, but it seams to be too difficult...
cu in a few weeks!
karsten
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My press is ready!
But building the ski takes a lot of time. An i have several problems:
1. How can I bend the edges, so that they fit EXACTLY to the base?
I put the ends of the edges into our fireplace and they started to glow. Check out a picture (its not exactly!!) http://www.stud.uni-karlsruhe.de/~uryo/ ... 20edge.JPG
2. Before I cut the base, I taped it with double-side tape at the template. Afterwards, it was very difficult to take off the tape! Next time I will use another one. With which kind of cleaner can I clean the base from the rest of the glue?
3. My old planer broke! The bearing became to hot... damn.
more pictures:
http://www.stud.uni-karlsruhe.de/~uryo/karsten/
rock on,
karsten
But building the ski takes a lot of time. An i have several problems:
1. How can I bend the edges, so that they fit EXACTLY to the base?
I put the ends of the edges into our fireplace and they started to glow. Check out a picture (its not exactly!!) http://www.stud.uni-karlsruhe.de/~uryo/ ... 20edge.JPG
2. Before I cut the base, I taped it with double-side tape at the template. Afterwards, it was very difficult to take off the tape! Next time I will use another one. With which kind of cleaner can I clean the base from the rest of the glue?
3. My old planer broke! The bearing became to hot... damn.
more pictures:
http://www.stud.uni-karlsruhe.de/~uryo/karsten/
rock on,
karsten
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