Anyone know of other North American core blank suppliers?

[team08]

My friends in Quebec no longer operate their wood division, so I am looking for another supplier for core blanks (not profiled). Thanks!

[iggyskier]

were you talking about Armtex?

Anyway, there is another company called Damco, they supply all of the Isosport stuff I believe.

http://www.snowboardmfg.com/

pretty sure they can sell you blank cores, although I think it has to be in bulk. maybe they can help you out though.....

[team08]

Yes, I was talking about Armtex. Its too bad because they were great people to work with! I have seen the snowboardmfg site before but thought it a bit sketchy since it has not been updated since 2004, but I will give them a call. Thanks.

[team08]

No dice there, they dont supply anything anymore. The guy there did mention something about a White Mills Products or something like that in Georgia... but I couldn't fing anything. Guess I need to find a local competent sawmill.

[Idris]

Vashon Island Snowboards. Sorry don't have contact details. But the guy has his workshop behind the old K2 plant. He used to be a process control engineer for K2 before they went to china! He just makes ski/snowboard cores (make the bro model cores for PMGear).

Try the vashon Island phone book?

[Cadman]

SnowboardParts - Vashon Island, Washington
sjellison@msn.com

[iggyskier]

been trying to get that email address for awhile now....thanks!

[PowderJibbin]

do they have a website or just that email??

[Cadman]

No website that I know of

[airhoag]

I know this is digging up an old thread, but does anyone know if that guy is still making cores? Is that still the right email? I need to get quite a few cores for my thesis work in composites. I tried making a core for a snowboard project at school and it turned out okay, but not near the quality I would need. If anyone else has contact info for a finished core (shaped and profiled) supplier I would love to have it. Thanks.

Dave

[dbtahoe]

http://www.snowboardmaterials.com/ sell some. I have not dealt with them personally. Check out there ski presses too. Sicky McSick!

[Grizzly Adams]

not to be a dink (I am), but it seems to me that buying core blanks only takes the laminating out of the process. I would think that if you can profile a core, you sure as hell can glue a couple strips of wood together. In my area, home depot sells .75in x 1.5in x pretty damn long in poplar, oak, maple, and pine boards that are already finish trimmed, straight, and free of knots. Worked pretty nicely on my first pair and I plan on rocking the same technique on my next pair. I guess it depends on what type of wood you're looking for as well...

[knightsofnii]

in my opinion without saws that you can use to rip the laminates into thinner blanks, you're wasting a LOT of wood doing it at home.

[Grizzly Adams]

You've got a good point there. I've been using a skill saw to rip them into smaller strips and it has been kinda a pain. What I wouldn't do for a nice table saw!