Happy Monkey's process

Richuk · Post by **Richuk** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 7:42 am

Certain journals need a sticky!

twizzstyle · Post by **twizzstyle** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 9:16 am

Man I wish I could put bigger blades on my band saw, those re-saws look great!!!

skidesmond · Post by **skidesmond** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 12:52 pm

Richuk wrote:Certain journals need a sticky!

yea, but you can always bookmark it or save it to your favorites.

G-man · Post by **G-man** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 2:59 pm

Mike wrote:

But note how clean that belt is!

Ha, you'd have to take a valium, or two, before visiting my shop

G-man

boardergirl · Post by **boardergirl** » Mon Nov 14, 2011 7:48 am

Hey Mike. Just wanted to tell you thanks for all your help. We have seriously used your posts like our bible to board building. Thanks again.

andi · Post by **andi** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 6:40 am

hi mike,
how did you make that nice dust suction system on your cnc head with the brushes? where did you get these brushes, i could not find anything similar in the net?
thanks for all the nice work and input. legend.

andi

twizzstyle · Post by **twizzstyle** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 8:55 am

andi wrote:hi mike,
how did you make that nice dust suction system on your cnc head with the brushes? where did you get these brushes, i could not find anything similar in the net?
thanks for all the nice work and input. legend.

andi

I know you're not in the US, but search McMaster for direct mount strip brushes.

http://www.mcmaster.com/#strip-brushes/=iqwnmm

andi · Post by **andi** » Tue Aug 07, 2012 9:02 am

sweet! strip brushes..these are the ones i've been looking for... cheers mate!!

Jibber · Post by **Jibber** » Wed Aug 08, 2012 11:43 am

@ andi: http://www.erzinger.ch/de/01_produkte/0 ... hinen.html

-> Steifenbürsten (= strip brushes)

Send me a PM with your mail address and I can send you the price list and additional information.

Cheers, Christoph

Head Monkey · Post by **Head Monkey** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 7:04 pm

Hey guys, it's been a while since I've posted anything to the forum (or really read the forum much

) so I figured it was time for an update.

I've been playing with veneer a bit more lately. Bought a reasonable selection from Edensaw in the fall. I did a simple multi-piece layup on a snowboard, and I'm doing a more complicated one with arcs and some stain on a pair of skis.

I made a new mold form for a rockered tip for the skis we're making. Haven't pressed them yet so I don't know how well it will work or not yet.

I've made a few updates to MonkeyWiki since last I posted. I'll list the major ones here. If you want to seem them all here's a recent changes query that will show everything for the last year: http://www.happymonkeysnowboards.com/Mo ... 0&days=400

I put up a page on my edge benders, with some details on a pair of nippers I modified over the summer: http://www.happymonkeysnowboards.com/Mo ... ge_Benders

A page on the 4-way clamps I use on my cores: http://www.happymonkeysnowboards.com/Mo ... way_Clamps

I've put up a page about weights and fiber fractions, with some info about how I weigh things and compute how much glass and epoxy are in the boards: http://www.happymonkeysnowboards.com/Mo ... r_fraction

Updated the page on epoxy with more info about mixing and quality control: http://www.happymonkeysnowboards.com/Mo ... itle=Epoxy

Finally, I made a short video today about gluing edges. I've been wanting to start making videos like this for a while now, but just haven't been motivated. A combination of talking with some guys about exactly this topic last weekend and all the video editing work I did after my recent heli trip finally pushed me over the edge. You can find it on the page about edges (http://www.happymonkeysnowboards.com/Mo ... il_spacers). Here's a direct link, too:

I'll make more videos over time, slowly, though, as is everything else I do in this respect

I'd be interested in feedback on the video and suggests for future videos.

Finally, a little stoke video from the beginning of the month to round it all out: All the POV is from me. I'm still riding that red powder board I made back in 2007... I think it's time for a new one!

Hmm... anyone know how to embed video here??

falls · Post by **falls** » Wed Jan 23, 2013 8:19 pm

Thanks mike. looking great!
Don't think you can embed video on phpbb. It is a feature of phpbb3

Richuk · Post by **Richuk** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 4:28 am

Nice work Mike ... well of course!!!

You might find this site has a number of helpful resources: http://www.netcomposites.com/tools. When it comes volume weight fractions people will need to remember to allow a certain percentage for waste - according to individual layup procedure.

I spied the mdf on the table next to the core - is this your solution to getting an even cure?

ben_mtl · Post by **ben_mtl** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 4:32 am

some great tips and useful info, as usual ! you're doing a great job with this wiki !
Cannot comment on the video as I don't have the sound at work :p but the images were fine. Compared to you I put a lot of superglue (qty per "drop"), I'll be more careful next time. Didn't noticed anything bad though even with "too-much glue"... no delam or anything even on 3-4 years old skis.

vinman · Post by **vinman** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 5:26 am

Quoted from an email from Trevor at Vectorply

"For hand lamination, the ideal fiber content (fiber weight fraction) is in the 50% to 60% range (50% to 40% resin), and for infusion/compression molding processes in the 65% to 73% range (35% to 27% resin)."

My buddy in a big time snowboard op r&d says 38-40% is what they try for.

skidesmond · Post by **skidesmond** » Thu Jan 24, 2013 5:34 am

Glad to see you're back Mike! Excellent info as usual. So the MDF next to the base with the holes in it... Is it a generic template for core/base cutting or a new bottom mold? Can you elaborate?

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