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Man I wish I could put bigger blades on my band saw, those re-saws look great!!!

Richuk wrote:Certain journals need a sticky!

yea, but you can always bookmark it or save it to your favorites.

Mike wrote:

But note how clean that belt is!

Ha, you'd have to take a valium, or two, before visiting my shop

G-man

Hey Mike. Just wanted to tell you thanks for all your help. We have seriously used your posts like our bible to board building. Thanks again.

hi mike,
how did you make that nice dust suction system on your cnc head with the brushes? where did you get these brushes, i could not find anything similar in the net?
thanks for all the nice work and input. legend.

andi

andi wrote:hi mike,
how did you make that nice dust suction system on your cnc head with the brushes? where did you get these brushes, i could not find anything similar in the net?
thanks for all the nice work and input. legend.

andi

I know you're not in the US, but search McMaster for direct mount strip brushes.

http://www.mcmaster.com/#strip-brushes/=iqwnmm

sweet! strip brushes..these are the ones i've been looking for... cheers mate!!

@ andi: http://www.erzinger.ch/de/01_produkte/0 ... hinen.html

-> Steifenbürsten (= strip brushes)

Send me a PM with your mail address and I can send you the price list and additional information.

Cheers, Christoph

Hey guys, it's been a while since I've posted anything to the forum (or really read the forum much ) so I figured it was time for an update.

I've been playing with veneer a bit more lately. Bought a reasonable selection from Edensaw in the fall. I did a simple multi-piece layup on a snowboard, and I'm doing a more complicated one with arcs and some stain on a pair of skis.










I made a new mold form for a rockered tip for the skis we're making. Haven't pressed them yet so I don't know how well it will work or not yet.




I've made a few updates to MonkeyWiki since last I posted. I'll list the major ones here. If you want to seem them all here's a recent changes query that will show everything for the last year: http://www.happymonkeysnowboards.com/Mo ... 0&days=400

I put up a page on my edge benders, with some details on a pair of nippers I modified over the summer: http://www.happymonkeysnowboards.com/Mo ... ge_Benders




A page on the 4-way clamps I use on my cores: http://www.happymonkeysnowboards.com/Mo ... way_Clamps




I've put up a page about weights and fiber fractions, with some info about how I weigh things and compute how much glass and epoxy are in the boards: http://www.happymonkeysnowboards.com/Mo ... r_fraction

Updated the page on epoxy with more info about mixing and quality control: http://www.happymonkeysnowboards.com/Mo ... itle=Epoxy

Finally, I made a short video today about gluing edges. I've been wanting to start making videos like this for a while now, but just haven't been motivated. A combination of talking with some guys about exactly this topic last weekend and all the video editing work I did after my recent heli trip finally pushed me over the edge. You can find it on the page about edges (http://www.happymonkeysnowboards.com/Mo ... il_spacers). Here's a direct link, too:

I'll make more videos over time, slowly, though, as is everything else I do in this respect I'd be interested in feedback on the video and suggests for future videos.

Finally, a little stoke video from the beginning of the month to round it all out: All the POV is from me. I'm still riding that red powder board I made back in 2007... I think it's time for a new one!

Hmm... anyone know how to embed video here??

Thanks mike. looking great!
Don't think you can embed video on phpbb. It is a feature of phpbb3

Nice work Mike ... well of course!!!

You might find this site has a number of helpful resources: http://www.netcomposites.com/tools. When it comes volume weight fractions people will need to remember to allow a certain percentage for waste - according to individual layup procedure.

I spied the mdf on the table next to the core - is this your solution to getting an even cure?

some great tips and useful info, as usual ! you're doing a great job with this wiki !
Cannot comment on the video as I don't have the sound at work :p but the images were fine. Compared to you I put a lot of superglue (qty per "drop"), I'll be more careful next time. Didn't noticed anything bad though even with "too-much glue"... no delam or anything even on 3-4 years old skis.

Quoted from an email from Trevor at Vectorply

"For hand lamination, the ideal fiber content (fiber weight fraction) is in the 50% to 60% range (50% to 40% resin), and for infusion/compression molding processes in the 65% to 73% range (35% to 27% resin)."

My buddy in a big time snowboard op r&d says 38-40% is what they try for.

Glad to see you're back Mike! Excellent info as usual. So the MDF next to the base with the holes in it... Is it a generic template for core/base cutting or a new bottom mold? Can you elaborate?