Ski Builders Forum

I love their application tape application set up. Thanks Rich And BTW, NS is not "the only company to offer a 3 year warranty". Smokin' does too.

wow thanks for all the help guys! i have alot of reading to do this weekend. I walked past a 6 foot high pile of pallets at work today , so i am going that route after alot of research.

I'm remodeling my house and have been recycling the old growth douglas fir from the old studs and joists and from a bowling alley section I purchased on craigslist.
I'm using the bowling alley and some of the old wood for countertops and a headboard for my bed. I think I can get four ski cores from the quarter sawn joists and studs.
My house is 115 years old and the trees from the oldest sections of my house had to have been 200 yrs old at least. Some of the growth rings are less than 1/2mm thick.
It is satisfying to make skis out of 300+ year old wood that would have otherwise been thrown out.



For the cores I will probably make stringers that are 3/4" wide. The tight grained old growth wood is plenty stable.
If you are using pallets or other "substandard" types of wood you might want to add some denser plywood, wood or bamboo for underfoot and for stiffness along the the entire ski.
In the USA there are a lot of places that sell reclaimed wood. In Colorado there is a lot of beetle infested blusestain pine available for woodworkers.

nice jono! that is amazing. keep us posted on you century old recycled wood. As for stiffness IM not to worried since i am now stuck on the east coast and it is going to be a park set up anyway. Tomorrow at work I am going to put aside some pallets . I know there is a huge stack waiting to be burned and alot more already on the burn pile. I hope to find some good strong wood. Any one know a good resource to identify wood types just by the look of the grain/color, ect?

Great use of wood! I had interior doors that were douglas fir. During our re-model we replaced them. I used the old doors to make a sofa table top. Had I been building skis a few years ago, they would have been skis instead of a table. Th grain is so tight and straight.