OAC Skis 2014/2015

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Post by OAC »

Thanks! I'm impressed myself. I knew the result was going to be ok, but this is almost unreal! :) The surface and colours are crisp clear! It doesn't really show in the picture.

One of the best thing with this ski building project is that I have learned to been very patient and precise. Working my way thru the details. Not my strongest card before. :)

My process is pretty trimmed now. Given that I have made the woodcores prior to the pressing. It only takes a day to make a pair of skis(if I start in the morning...). :-)
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Post by Dtrain »

Hook us up with details on your sublimation process
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Post by Dtrain »

waiting.............................details my man! share the wealth.
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Post by OAC »

Yet another perfect pair from the OAC factory! Ha ha :D :D :D

Wolverine95:
180cm
134-95-122
r=20m (19m maybe...)
woodcore: poplar-ash-pawlonia.
t-spacers: cork.
Composite: 800g/m² triax under and above the core.
Sublimated PBT top sheet.
W.= 1600g

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Some text I found on the internet...

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Dreaming of a stone grinder...

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The old Wintersteiger snb60 gettin a new belt.

Just showing off! ;)

"Det rullar på" as we say in swedish. :)

Cheers!
/Jan
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Post by skidesmond »

Cork for tip/tail spacer? Is it end grain or from a roll?
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skidesmond wrote:Cork for tip/tail spacer? Is it end grain or from a roll?
I don't know? How can I tell? I got it like a 1m² sheet, 2mm thick. It's rolled now...
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Post by skidesmond »

If the cork looks like the kind you'd find on a bulletin board then it's not end grain.

Now that I think about it, cork is from the bark of the cork tree. Not sure how the end grain is formed. Maybe there's no such thing as end grain cork but recall someone using "end grain cork" in the core of a snowboard.
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Post by OAC »

It's the bulletin board kind. Easy to bend and form, no flame treatment needed. :)
I got the idea from you ;) and a surf board builder I met in Portugal last summer. He had/has cork in the top and tail. Only with epoxy and a thin fiberglass weave. Felt rock solid!
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Post by hegan »

is this your first time using cork? whats the benefits of using it, does it lower the swing weight, and how does it hand impacts?
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I've used it in the last 6 pair. I ran out of ABS and got the idea to test cork. As I wrote before , easy to work with and together with epoxy and fiberglass it feels like an ok distance material.
Swing weight? This is skis not golf clubs..:D
I know what what you mean, maybe MOI is better to use? I don't have a robust answer since I haven't skied them myself yet, but I have customers that have used them this season and they haven't complained or report any issues.
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Post by skidesmond »

I still use cork as a spacer material between the edges. No issues
So far. I don't know if provides a damping effect but it does
Help in creating a flat base.
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Post by twizzstyle »

OAC wrote: Swing weight? This is skis not golf clubs..:D
I know what what you mean, maybe MOI is better to use?
Funny, when I did my internship at K2, they called it swing weight instead of MOI too. Always bugged me :)

The skis look great! I love the wolverine facts, that's fun.
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Post by falls »

You should do a honey badger ski OAC
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Don't wait up, I'm off to kill Summer....
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Made of honeycomb then? :)

Next thing is to tidy up and "rebuild" the workshop. It's a mess, as you can see on some of the pictures, and needs a facelift!
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falls wrote:You should do a honey badger ski OAC
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Honey badger don't care.... :D

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