Montucky Skis
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MontuckyMadman
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MontuckyMadman
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The old Repress
Trying a repress. It's nice when you use mostly wood.
So this ski here was too soft for me.
Lay on some more glass and some stouter resin and a new cloth topsheet and voila!
I did a large power band of glass and a square section underfoot and since these were drilled twice I put some more door screen in there also in teh mount area.
out da press
old and new
Trimmed up
detail of the cloth I found at joanns fabrics when hunting for some steel dragon fabric which I found but did not purchase because that would be lame.
They are stiffer but mostly heavier and damper which is what they may need more than anything.
Peace.
So this ski here was too soft for me.
Lay on some more glass and some stouter resin and a new cloth topsheet and voila!
I did a large power band of glass and a square section underfoot and since these were drilled twice I put some more door screen in there also in teh mount area.
out da press
old and new
Trimmed up
detail of the cloth I found at joanns fabrics when hunting for some steel dragon fabric which I found but did not purchase because that would be lame.
They are stiffer but mostly heavier and damper which is what they may need more than anything.
Peace.
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skidesmond
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It looks like a natural wood skis. The color is very nice as well. The size is quite better than some other skis. I love the snake design as well, something new and different, but beautiful.
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MontuckyMadman
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The white is the elongated diamond of glass. You can see the glass kinda. I chose the color because of the wood backround so you wouldn't be able to see it because that type of contrasting pattern would be to much. Trying to keep it subtle and pretty.
I think in retrospect I should have just done a full additional piece of trix.
I think the problem with these skis other than the softness was the amazing lack of dampness. Its a solid laminate but the west system just didn't have the properties in a resin I want, I think.
I think in retrospect I should have just done a full additional piece of trix.
I think the problem with these skis other than the softness was the amazing lack of dampness. Its a solid laminate but the west system just didn't have the properties in a resin I want, I think.
lately people like dragons, ALOT!
sammers skis had a dragon on his,
ed hardy uts the ugliest dragons on absolutely everything.
and now you have a dragon too.
WOW
can't stop laughing.
No dragons on my skis!
But that's not why I'm laughing.
too soft to flex?
amazingsomeness
sam
sammers skis had a dragon on his,
ed hardy uts the ugliest dragons on absolutely everything.
and now you have a dragon too.
WOW
can't stop laughing. No dragons on my skis!
But that's not why I'm laughing.
too soft to flex?
amazingsomeness
sam
You don't even have a legit signature, nothing to reveal who you are and what you do...
Best of luck to you. (uneva)
Best of luck to you. (uneva)
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MontuckyMadman
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so these skis were wayyy to stiff because I put gigantic oak sidewalls on them and they were unskiable for me. Maybe someone at like 240 lbs would like them.
I weigh 185 with all my crap on.
So I removed a fair amount of material from the front part of the ski.
The flex on these was backwards because of the size of the ski, and my mistake in making the core so symmetrical and filled with oak, poplar and maple.
These are like 167-119-145 or something pretty stupid.
The result was a noticeably softer fore body to the ski. I should be able to ride these now.
I weigh 185 with all my crap on.
So I removed a fair amount of material from the front part of the ski.
The flex on these was backwards because of the size of the ski, and my mistake in making the core so symmetrical and filled with oak, poplar and maple.
These are like 167-119-145 or something pretty stupid.
The result was a noticeably softer fore body to the ski. I should be able to ride these now.
how do you know if they are too stiff, if you havent riden them.?MontuckyMadman wrote:so these skis were wayyy to stiff because I put gigantic oak sidewalls on them and they were unskiable for me. Maybe someone at like 240 lbs would like them.
and the "fix" looks really good. it looks like some sort f high tech ski.
how did you guide the router for that?