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Here's my latest builds both have 1 coat of sprayed spar urethane will add another coat tonight and maybe another on Turkey day.
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those look great! i like the graphics on the veneers and the 2 color tip fills
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Those are beautiful, but how thick are the cores? They look massive at the tips!
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twizzstyle wrote:Those are beautiful, but how thick are the cores? They look massive at the tips!
Ya I was wondering about that as well, in the pics they look to be 5-6mm overall?

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Tip/core intersection measures 2.8mm, they dont seem to thick might be the way they look in the pic. I cpied these from another pair I built 3 years ago and they seemed soft in the tip theyre rockered 20cm so instead of 2.4mm tip fill I had, I wanted to stiffen these up slightly so I used 2 pieces of base and it seemed to do an awesome job.
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Did you abrade the base material or was it already abraded on both sides?
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The black had both sides abaded pink onyl one side. So I sanded the one pink side and flamed it all.
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Nice builds NRG! I like your graphics style, on the skis especially.

I found your thread... I'm the same frare bear from silverfish.
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Welcome to the asylum. Thanks
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Another pair built for a buddy for his birthday 3 yrs ago finished next week lmao :D still need a bunch of spray coats.


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182cm rockered tips 125-93-115 sublimated pbt topsheets smooth-on 380 sidewalls 22oz triax 8 strands carbon tow 12k top heat only QCM epoxy
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Here's my most recent build 163cm 125-93-115 22oz triax, pbt subbed topsheets I do myself, QCM epoxy. They were for a woman who owns a resturant called the Broken Yolk. Image
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Look great. Please explain more about your sublimation process?
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I have an Epson 1400 printer with a sublimation cis ink system I print with onto sublimation paper. I take the top and bottom ski molds out of my press along with heat blankets and cattrack. Then the board stack and the 2 metal plates go into the press cavity, I put 1 heat blanket between one plate and top Ibeam on the press, and air bladder between bottom plate and board stack. I slide paper and pbt and a piece of parchment paper(under pbt so dirt grease etc. doesnt get onto pbt) into the slot between plates press at 60psi and turn heat on till it reaches 275*f turn heat off let it cool then release pressure and pull topsheet out.Image
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I think I follow! How thick are those metal plates? They look very thick and heavy
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