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OAC wrote:

Ha ha nice!

Only wood sidewalls these days Janne?

Yeah, the plastics just makes me negative. Some day...

It really saves you a lot of time and it looks nice too. Oak is my favorite

The thing is, I have so much sidewall material that not using it would feel wrong... It was really expensive!

It's always something...

Started up a new project that will keep me busy for a while... Next winter its time for my oldest son to pick up skiing (He loves spending time whith me in the shop) and what would be better than doing it on a pair of deepskis

My son wishing for snow...


New template. 90 cm twintip..


It also requires a very small mould


If you have build kids skiis before, I would love your input

I think Steve (skidesmond) has done little skis. You could also talk to Brett (Brazen), those goofy things he builds are only big enough for children

Very cute boy, he'll be super proud to use his own custom boards!

Thanks Twizzstyle! I know I have seen it somewhere. I am sure Brazen has it all figured out! Those skis he make are really small and good looking!

twizzstyle wrote:I think Steve (skidesmond) has done little skis. You could also talk to Brett (Brazen), those goofy things he builds are only big enough for children

Very cute boy, he'll be super proud to use his own custom boards!

The smallest I've made are 150cm. You'll probably be making 110? I think smaller ones are more difficult to make. The core needs to be thinner but still thick enough to hold binding screw.

Can't wait to see them and the little guy ripping it up!

I made a 95cm pair for my kid last season. The core was tough. I used some bamboo that I have left over from a flooring project. The profiling was done by planing the bamboo flat to 9mm and then the rest was with a belt sander only... I know not all that accurate, but they worked fine. He's only really snow plowing anyway...

The core was something like 8mm in the waist and 2-3mm in the tip/tail.

I used my 8mm camber mold and my existing tip and tail molds. The tip rise was a bit low but enough for him to use on groomed trails in a snow plow.

I have some left over birch that I would like to use. 2.5-8-2.5, 90-65-80 is my plan. I hope that will work fine for snow plowing...

Finished the mould this evening..




Thanks for your input guys! More pics coming up!

I made a pair for my boy last year.
Cores are always hard
They were 6mm at the waist and tapered to 1.4mm at tip and tail.
I put 2 strings of 24k CF in them and they ended up quite stiff.
Still nowhere near as stiff as his last pair though (rossys)
117cm long 114-85-103 twin tip and rockered tip and tail, flat under foot.



The first pair of skis I ever made was for my girl.
127cm 119-81-104
I think cores were 6mm underfoot down to a hair over 1mm.
Had a nice flex.
They ended up with a really funky camber but she skied the heck out of them for a couple years, proud as heck 'cause her dad made them.

No matter how they turn out your kid will love them!

Be aware though if you make a kids ski too wide it's almost impossible to find brakes to fit.
On the boys skis I ended up taking the belt sander to the sidewalls to get some clearance. You can see it in the pic.

sam

Thanks Sammer! Nice skis!

I got a old pair of skis from a friend so I took the bindings from them. I also kopied the sidecut so the bindings should be perfect

Starting on the core this evening..

Yesterday I put the kids skis in the press.

This picture is taken just before pressing.


The heat is on...

Close to a finished ski for the kid

My kids skis finally finished