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Anyone know of other North American core blank suppliers?
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 4:36 pm
by team08
My friends in Quebec no longer operate their wood division, so I am looking for another supplier for core blanks (not profiled). Thanks!
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 11:49 pm
by iggyskier
were you talking about Armtex?
Anyway, there is another company called Damco, they supply all of the Isosport stuff I believe.
http://www.snowboardmfg.com/
pretty sure they can sell you blank cores, although I think it has to be in bulk. maybe they can help you out though.....
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 3:49 am
by team08
Yes, I was talking about Armtex. Its too bad because they were great people to work with! I have seen the snowboardmfg site before but thought it a bit sketchy since it has not been updated since 2004, but I will give them a call. Thanks.
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 5:08 pm
by team08
No dice there, they dont supply anything anymore. The guy there did mention something about a White Mills Products or something like that in Georgia... but I couldn't fing anything. Guess I need to find a local competent sawmill.
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 10:45 pm
by Idris
Vashon Island Snowboards. Sorry don't have contact details. But the guy has his workshop behind the old K2 plant. He used to be a process control engineer for K2 before they went to china! He just makes ski/snowboard cores (make the bro model cores for PMGear).
Try the vashon Island phone book?
Snowboardparts
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 8:18 am
by Cadman
SnowboardParts - Vashon Island, Washington
sjellison@msn.com
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 9:00 am
by iggyskier
been trying to get that email address for awhile now....thanks!
website
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:49 am
by PowderJibbin
do they have a website or just that email??
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 10:46 pm
by Cadman
No website that I know of
Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 2:26 pm
by airhoag
I know this is digging up an old thread, but does anyone know if that guy is still making cores? Is that still the right email? I need to get quite a few cores for my thesis work in composites. I tried making a core for a snowboard project at school and it turned out okay, but not near the quality I would need. If anyone else has contact info for a finished core (shaped and profiled) supplier I would love to have it. Thanks.
Dave
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 12:26 pm
by dbtahoe
http://www.snowboardmaterials.com/ sell some. I have not dealt with them personally. Check out there ski presses too. Sicky McSick!
Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 7:03 pm
by Grizzly Adams
not to be a dink (I am), but it seems to me that buying core blanks only takes the laminating out of the process. I would think that if you can profile a core, you sure as hell can glue a couple strips of wood together. In my area, home depot sells .75in x 1.5in x pretty damn long in poplar, oak, maple, and pine boards that are already finish trimmed, straight, and free of knots. Worked pretty nicely on my first pair and I plan on rocking the same technique on my next pair. I guess it depends on what type of wood you're looking for as well...
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 4:34 am
by knightsofnii
in my opinion without saws that you can use to rip the laminates into thinner blanks, you're wasting a LOT of wood doing it at home.
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 5:44 am
by Grizzly Adams
You've got a good point there. I've been using a skill saw to rip them into smaller strips and it has been kinda a pain. What I wouldn't do for a nice table saw!