Hi Guys, thought I would share my work so far with you. Built some great splitboards and a few pairs of ski's now. Still improving all the time and having a hell of a lot of fun!
This one just built for a customer in NZ, another similar one in production at the moment.
The challenge with the splitboard is getting that inside edge dead straight and the inserts all nice and aligned for the cnc hardware that goes on top. Simple graphics for now but will step it up. Main thing is they ride and tour real good in our NZ conditions where its a mix of ice/corn/slush/pow/rock/tussock and are tough as nails! So stoked with this project its the best thing I have ever got my teeth into.
hi fella's, knocked out another splitboard over xmas, this one has a composite topsheet rather than uhmw. Bamboo core, 1.4mm base, 2mm CDW edges, 700g triaxial under and over core, Innegra middle top layer, and 4oz on top to finish. She's def a stiff beast but my customer is very pleased its a great board for riding some big burly lines on and in the recent conditions around Revelstoke been lacking in fresh this board has toured very well in those less than ideal conditions. After this one I am now changing to pre-preg resin to try a slower layup without the middle of the night "oh f*5k" moments when I find I am running low on time and somehow everytime I lay one up it turns into a warm night!!!!!
This pic taken in NZ before board headed off to Canada, fresh out of the workshop
Awesome Richie
We laid up a pair last night - 41C day yesterday here (and again today!). Stressful time constraints.
Looks to have turned out OK out of the press so far.
Dreaming of colder times in the USA in a month or so
Hi Falls, crikey 41 deg cel thats cooking you have big gonads to even try a layup, I start sweating (ie panicing) if its over 20 deg cel. When I do a splitboard I have some challenges with time, putting in the 30 inserts with through the reinforcement seems to take me 30 mins alone. I've taken over 2 hours to layup these boards sometimes 2 1/2 hrs, so its too long. I try and be organised as possible with all my resin pre measured and hardner amounts pre-calculated ready to syringe into the resin for each pot I need, all materials cut up and ready to go and yeah generally organised and clean. Maybe some time to be saved by doing a little more prep in better fixing the 2 splitboard bases to the steel sheets properly as I have had to spend some time in wrestling the 2 splitboard base halves with the bottom wetted out triax laminates on , so all sticky , to get the dowels to align with the core, this extra 10 mins and the stress is causes me is not helping me so I need some better fixing down of the base to the steel sheets to avoid this. All just little things eh. I am going to use pre-preg resin anyway so I can get a good squeezeout that is not impacted by the resin kicking early on warm days, and I'll put the temperature on for overnight cure after a few hours of 50psi squeeze.
We use spray glue to attach the bases to the steel sheets. Works like a charm. Depending on what you're using as a release agent you need to leave a couple of spots without release agent so the spray glue sticks.
Yeah I use a spray adhesive too. Selleys brand you can prob get in NZ I would think. It seems to stick even after the aluminium has been waxed with mold release.
