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... well at least mine.
I was a "wood core specialist" when I worked at a board factory.
Because of that I told myself I'd rather leave it up to the professionals and get my cores fully built from one or two suppliers.

Well... its actually MORE WORK between all the cadding for someone else, all the phone calls, all the waiting, then getting stuff that "shrinks in shipping" that's all dimensionally off, oh, did I mention the wait? The small guy pays the price in either $$ or time.

Anyway, I'm heading back to making my own cores, I'll document the whole thing as it might be useful to all of you. Not sure if I'm gonna work off blanks or try to do the whole process. But it will be a group effort between me, my business partner, my cnc guy, and maybe someone at a sawmill that can rip blocks into blanks.

I totally agree! Core's have been the bain of my first three sets of skis. All I want is consistency...is that too much to ask?

not to discredit those who make the cores.
A lot of the wait time was all the countless phone calls and emails where the design was changed probably 5 times, wrong files sent, and doing this for the first time. The ones I have so far look amazing, but i need to be more self sufficient.

Hi. For sure and the bonus is that wood work is fun!!.C.

I actually like the wood working part of ski building.
Cutting wood for cores, glue up, and machining, I find the easiest parts of the whole process.
Wood is very forgiving, unlike bending edges which is my least favorite part.
With the new edge bender (thanks redbull and twizz) its a little easier but I still hate it.

sam