Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 11:20 pm
doughboyshredder wrote:Don't need silicone, if you do your hose right.
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Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 12:10 am
Lol yes I know that but i was being extra careful because i didn't want to open up the hose again if I stuffed it up.doughboyshredder wrote:Don't need silicone, if you do your hose right.
Luckily it worked sweet and i took it up to 3 bar then up to 5 and it held fine
Also just to hopefully make everyone here a little bit jealous I have just gotten back from a week at the snow again
hopefully we will be back down again in a few weeks aswell. If only i could afford to get the fiberglass i need to make my first board.....SNOWMAN
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 5:14 am
O yea i almost forgot i thought i would share our creation with you guys, its a massive 7-8' snowman!!!
Its me and my girlfriend Anna.
Its me and my girlfriend Anna.
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 4:29 pm
What flavor IS that? 
an update thats been a long time coming
Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 1:51 pm
Alright so the New Zealand season ended a couple months ago but its taken awhile to get the funds back together. So over the last couple weeks we got some more materials together and started putting the finishing touches on the press.
This is the top mold, it needed a little bit more work at this stage:
Here is the press with everything in it:
And finally this is our very first board that we have made it had a few cosmetic issues as such that the tip spacer we used wasn't even around the edges and we used cooking paper to protect the top sheet but in a couple of places it stuck to the board which we attempted to sand off which you will see around the inserts.
So yea that's the update for now.
Hopefully really soon we will have a really nice board to show everyone. We have looked at printing them and hopefully the next one will be printed.
This is the top mold, it needed a little bit more work at this stage:
Here is the press with everything in it:
And finally this is our very first board that we have made
it had a few cosmetic issues as such that the tip spacer we used wasn't even around the edges and we used cooking paper to protect the top sheet but in a couple of places it stuck to the board which we attempted to sand off which you will see around the inserts.So yea that's the update for now.
Hopefully really soon we will have a really nice board to show everyone. We have looked at printing them and hopefully the next one will be printed.
update
Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2011 2:03 pm
Also I almost forgot, at 4-6bar so far we haven't had any deflection. So as of yet there's no modifications needed to be made to the press
And also we have a few plans to modify the press. In the future we plan to add pneumatic's and remove the airbag so there is more space to put everything in.
But again that's on hold because there can be quite expensive.
And also we have a few plans to modify the press. In the future we plan to add pneumatic's and remove the airbag so there is more space to put everything in.
But again that's on hold because there can be quite expensive.
good work lads!
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 7:10 pm
Welcome to the club! Looks good for your first board , well done. I will be in akl over xmas/newyear hopefully so I will get in touch ok. If I can I'll bring one of my boards up to show you fella's
Cheers, Rich
Cheers, Rich
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 9:52 pm
First board looks pretty good!
On the cooking paper, did you use wax paper? I always use parchment paper on top and bottom of my skis, but the last time I ran out I bought wax paper instead of parchment paper. They are not the same thing. Lesson learned.
On the cooking paper, did you use wax paper? I always use parchment paper on top and bottom of my skis, but the last time I ran out I bought wax paper instead of parchment paper. They are not the same thing. Lesson learned.
update
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 1:20 am
Alrighty so i think its another time for an update.
So we have been taking our time and have gotten a few cores all glued up, From memory i think there was 8 done. none of them have been profiled as I dont have a thicknesser yet and they are still all square as the cnc im currently building is still in progress
so below are a few potos of the cnc in progress.
This first one is of the Z and Y axis's. They don't have any of the motors or anything yet but they slide each way.
This next one is just a close up of the Z axis parts just if anyone is interested.
And finally I bought a vacuum system to keep the shed all tidy. And seeing as we have moved house and the shed is directly attached i didn't won't to track dust all through the house.
So yea that's everything hopefully the cnc will be done in the next couple months(everything depends on money) and then ill get a thickness planer and then we can start making boards finally. 9 months since we started and now its starting to come together.
So we have been taking our time and have gotten a few cores all glued up, From memory i think there was 8 done. none of them have been profiled as I dont have a thicknesser yet and they are still all square as the cnc im currently building is still in progress
so below are a few potos of the cnc in progress.
This first one is of the Z and Y axis's. They don't have any of the motors or anything yet but they slide each way.
This next one is just a close up of the Z axis parts just if anyone is interested.
And finally I bought a vacuum system to keep the shed all tidy. And seeing as we have moved house and the shed is directly attached i didn't won't to track dust all through the house.
So yea that's everything hopefully the cnc will be done in the next couple months(everything depends on money) and then ill get a thickness planer and then we can start making boards finally. 9 months since we started and now its starting to come together.