Vacuum bagging vs. Press Machine Assembly

[sammer]

Vacuum will pull your core into a long sweeping radius just fine.
It's the tight radius of a traditional tip that's a little harder to pull off.
Your core may bridge your mold a bit, but will still sit down at the waist.
I would still use tip spacer from the end of your edges (assuming 3/4)
Full wrap edges may need to be prebent to lay flat in your mold.

sam

[deepskis]

In that case I would make a full wood core or just use a tipspacer the last 10 cm.

[hegan]

In that case I would make a full wood core or just use a tipspacer the last 10 cm.

Ok I might try all wood core seeing how the tip is 68mm x 358mm with flat camber.

[Redmond]

You can also use base material as tipspacers. Glue two pieces together. Use tape, hot glue or similar to attach to core edge to edge.

Found this old pic...
(sorry but i can'n post pictures yet: Redmond)

Hello deep,

how long is this tipspacer? I was thinking about using a tispacer with no core inserts but i am afraid to lose "structure".

Would an abs tipspacer of, say, 10", make the tip too weak?

Thank you!

[deepskis]

My tipspacers are about 120-140 mm long. If you make long soft rocker tips a full wood core works nice. Depending on how you your ski tips look you can adjust the length. Tipspacers just protect your tips and make it easier to bend when pressing.

[hegan]

My tipspacers are about 120-140 mm long. If you make long soft rocker tips a full wood core works nice. Depending on how you your ski tips look you can adjust the length. Tipspacers just protect your tips and make it easier to bend when pressing.

This is my plan, this profile with solid maple core thinned down to 2 mm tips and tails.
Not to sure why it doesn't view, if you click it you can see it.