New guy looking to build Carving Snowboards.
Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2014 7:36 pm
Hi there everyone,
I am very new to the forum but I have been reading and reading and there is just so much great info shared that I had to register just to say thanx if nothing else.
I am an avid Alpine Snowboard rider and have found that carving boards are getting harder to find and much more expensive to buy, hence my interest in building my own boards. I know that there isn't much alpine board specific information here but I figure that a lot of the construction crosses over within the various planks.
I am a welder/fabricator by trade and own my own business and have a real passion for building things, whether metal, wood, fiberglass or whatever material. One just has to ask my wife how much time I spend out in the shop to figure out that building is in my blood. I also teach a class called "Principles of fabrication" in the welding department at Sierra Community College.
As a fabricator I really can't wait to build a board press, core shaping table and maybe even a base grinder. I grew up doing wood work and my father still does a lot and has a ton of woodworking equipment so the core blanks shouldn't be much of a problem (although my father looked at me like I had three heads when I said I wanted to start building snowboards, but he's always up for a challenge).
I am sure for the first little while I will be taking more info from the forum then I am giving, but I will be sure to give back as I figure out what the hell I got myself into. I have designed and built a fair amount of industrial process equipment and so I have a good Idea about how to construct the tools needed and I will be sure to post equipment designs as I get things sorted out.
Anyway, enough yakking. I am looking forward to having fun and being mentally rewarded by getting to ride something I build on the mountain.
Thanx,
Jaysin
I am very new to the forum but I have been reading and reading and there is just so much great info shared that I had to register just to say thanx if nothing else.
I am an avid Alpine Snowboard rider and have found that carving boards are getting harder to find and much more expensive to buy, hence my interest in building my own boards. I know that there isn't much alpine board specific information here but I figure that a lot of the construction crosses over within the various planks.
I am a welder/fabricator by trade and own my own business and have a real passion for building things, whether metal, wood, fiberglass or whatever material. One just has to ask my wife how much time I spend out in the shop to figure out that building is in my blood. I also teach a class called "Principles of fabrication" in the welding department at Sierra Community College.
As a fabricator I really can't wait to build a board press, core shaping table and maybe even a base grinder. I grew up doing wood work and my father still does a lot and has a ton of woodworking equipment so the core blanks shouldn't be much of a problem (although my father looked at me like I had three heads when I said I wanted to start building snowboards, but he's always up for a challenge).
I am sure for the first little while I will be taking more info from the forum then I am giving, but I will be sure to give back as I figure out what the hell I got myself into. I have designed and built a fair amount of industrial process equipment and so I have a good Idea about how to construct the tools needed and I will be sure to post equipment designs as I get things sorted out.
Anyway, enough yakking. I am looking forward to having fun and being mentally rewarded by getting to ride something I build on the mountain.
Thanx,
Jaysin