so there is an awesome ski production video on elan's site http://www.elanskis.com/pcc.asp?xpath=& ... =&lang=usa
the problem is that since the site is written in flash, i cant figure out how to save the video onto my computer...i cant even find a reference to the video file in the source code. anybody know any website trickery to try and get a savable copy of this file? the video is fantastic, it looks like elan is under new management and has some great new machinery including a waterjet cutter!!! they even precut all their layers to shape before hand so there is almost no trimming to do...alot of unusual methods in the video, worth a watch
ski production video
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nice video. i was just wondering about some materials...once during layup they use some black stripes, about 2cm wide....i think once they just put it on the edges/base, then a layer fibreglass and then again these black stripes along the outline/edges.
is this the rubber damping? so...two parts of rubber with a sheet of fibreglass between...are there any benefits of such a construction? isn`t this too much? it just seemed uncommon to me...
is this the rubber damping? so...two parts of rubber with a sheet of fibreglass between...are there any benefits of such a construction? isn`t this too much? it just seemed uncommon to me...
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that's a very standard layup, the rubber is there to even out all the differences in tension during skiing and temperature changes, (steel is much stiffer than epoxy and fibreglass, and everything expands differently) to avoid delam towards the edges (and probably also a little bit for vibrational dampening)
This is another ski manufacture video from Telemarktips.com that shows the process of building the Karhu Jak from a couple of years ago.
http://www.telemarktips.com/SkiFactory.html
http://www.telemarktips.com/SkiFactory.html
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