Section8 - Going Old school

[twizzstyle]

Those are a work of art, you could hang those on the wall! Nice work!

[skidesmond]

awesome!

(was it thin laminating resin the epoxy that didn't work?
if so, you could try with thick epoxy glue (30 or 60 min epoxy)
i use a cheap 3h thick epoxy to glue stuff. its 1:1 and it doesn't really mind if you re not very accurate with the hardener. works great for wood)

looking forward for the test report

btw, no edge fall on them

I used the same epoxy as with all my other builds, QCM emv-0049 and eca-032. I was surprised on the way it failed. Could have been operator error..... The no edge fall surprised me a bit, was happy to see the way they came out.

[skidesmond]

Those are a work of art, you could hang those on the wall! Nice work!

Thanks everyone! Really looking forward to skiing on them! Full report by the weekend.

[MontuckyMadman]

Cool. I expect the bases to be slow but we will see.
Dont snap them.

[shopvac]

damn those look awesome. I love the profile shot with the different colors. Nice work.

[a.badner]

hey sd.

how did you cut the base to put the edges undder the materials?

[skidesmond]

hey sd.

how did you cut the base to put the edges undder the materials?

I cut the base out the same way as I do p-tex base. I used a template and router. Tacked the edges onto the wood veneer base w/ super glue.

Ski review - http://www.skibuilders.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2905

[tufty]

So, been following this quite closely (I'm doing an all-wooden, edgeless, swallowtail, and gonna do an all-wooden skwal), here's some stuff I've found on base treatment:

Firstly, a popular science article on treating your skis, circa 1941 : http://tinyurl.com/65le5ne

The above mentions "ski lacquer", and as such things tend to be patented, I did a google patent search : http://www.google.com/patents?q=ski+lac ... ch+Patents - http://www.google.com/patents?id=w6RsAAAAEBAJ might be useful for mixing your own wax and / or lacquers.

[skidesmond]

So, been following this quite closely (I'm doing an all-wooden, edgeless, swallowtail, and gonna do an all-wooden skwal), here's some stuff I've found on base treatment:

Firstly, a popular science article on treating your skis, circa 1941 : http://tinyurl.com/65le5ne

The above mentions "ski lacquer", and as such things tend to be patented, I did a google patent search : http://www.google.com/patents?q=ski+lac ... ch+Patents - http://www.google.com/patents?id=w6RsAAAAEBAJ might be useful for mixing your own wax and / or lacquers.

Thanks for the info. The Popular Science article is classic! I started reading some of the patents... Thats pretty dull reading, takes a page or 2 before you get to the real info.

Check out www.powderjets.com I sent him an email asking how he finishes the base. Hoping he'll reply w/ some helpful hints or techniques. Also sent him some pics of my all wood ski.