very impressive, both tool chain and results!
could you elaborate a little on your core profiling process, as shown in the second video? That machine looks really nice...
fred wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2019 5:04 am
very impressive, both tool chain and results!
could you elaborate a little on your core profiling process, as shown in the second video? That machine looks really nice...
For profiling I use an horizontally mountend bandsaw with a 14 teeth per inch blade, the feed sistem works with a small motor. Its fast and gentle but I can't profile the core with the abs sidewall, the plastic start to melt and mess up the result.
skidesmond wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2019 2:50 pm
How’s the flex? I like the tip proctectors. Did you machine the entire piece?
The Skis are actually too stiff in the tip area, I will thin them down a bit.
Protectors and all my temeplates are laser cutted by an external company, I send them the CADs and in one week I recive the pieces... Magic!
I also like the tip protectors I'm curious about how they're applied. Are they molded in with the ski during layup (and then, are the screws just ornamental), or are they applied afterwards and held in by the screws? If it's the later, do you have a template you're using to route away the base material in that zone?
Head Monkey wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2019 11:29 am
Nice work, those look excellent!
I also like the tip protectors I'm curious about how they're applied. Are they molded in with the ski during layup (and then, are the screws just ornamental), or are they applied afterwards and held in by the screws? If it's the later, do you have a template you're using to route away the base material in that zone?
They are molded during layup, screws are "a bit structural" but they don't do much, I sand and etch the stailess steel and it bond insanely well.
Head Monkey wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2019 11:29 am
Nice work, those look excellent!
I also like the tip protectors I'm curious about how they're applied. Are they molded in with the ski during layup (and then, are the screws just ornamental), or are they applied afterwards and held in by the screws? If it's the later, do you have a template you're using to route away the base material in that zone?
They are molded during layup, screws are "a bit structural" but they don't do much, I sand and etch the stailess steel and it bond insanely well.
Lerio wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2019 12:35 pm
They are molded during layup, screws are "a bit structural" but they don't do much, I sand and etch the stailess steel and it bond insanely well.
Lerio wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2019 12:35 pm
They are molded during layup, screws are "a bit structural" but they don't do much, I sand and etch the stailess steel and it bond insanely well.
What do you use to etch the metal?
1 part of cloridric acid (30%) and 2 part of hydrogen peroxide (130 vol.) at 45°C for 10 minutes
I'm curious about how they're applied. Are they molded in with the ski during layup (and then, are the screws just ornamental), or are they applied afterwards and held in by the screws? If it's the later, do you have a template you're using to route away the base material in that zone?