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by justplanesteve
Sun Jan 01, 2023 6:43 pm
Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
Topic: Sidecut jig
Replies: 1
Views: 1435

Re: Sidecut jig

I like the way you think. :) It is astonishing how much direct information (Michael Lish?) is willing to simply put out there on the web for anyone with enough practice and some machine tools, to read between the lines. Relatively close ups of the jigs/fixtures and all. But as a machinist and profes...
by justplanesteve
Sun Jan 01, 2023 1:57 pm
Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
Topic: apply edges to ski, base last why not?
Replies: 3
Views: 977

Re: apply edges to ski, base last why not?

Apologies for belated notice: mountain opened, i got busy & forgot to check back. :) Thank you for the Stockli video. I sort of assumed from looking at actual Stockli skis that they probably build them like most (all?) smaller niche builders, as layers on top of/starting with the bases with edge...
by justplanesteve
Wed Dec 14, 2022 6:19 pm
Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
Topic: apply edges to ski, base last why not?
Replies: 3
Views: 977

apply edges to ski, base last why not?

I want to build a full torsion box. Rational being "not much" but also "why not" since we all decide to build for personal exploration reasons. That off my chest, until modern times my familiarity was with old-school straight skis. The (cracked) edges were screwed on, and then th...
by justplanesteve
Wed Nov 09, 2022 1:16 pm
Forum: Materials and Supplies
Topic: Poplar - perfect condition
Replies: 13
Views: 7845

Re: Poplar - perfect condition

Back to the original poplar Q - Is it better to use the green heartwood? or the white sapwood? My plan is to re-saw veneers, and flip them, concentrating mostly toward QS ("Vertical grade") grain. As opposed to gluing up a stack of toothpicks edge to edge as one would do with poorer qualit...
by justplanesteve
Mon Oct 10, 2022 10:08 pm
Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
Topic: what happened? snowcad kanundrum
Replies: 3
Views: 5241

Re: what happened? snowcad kanundrum

A week or so ago i downloaded snoCAD-x from github & after a few tries, it worked. This week i can't find it on the computer, and nothing i've done to reload it will make it open or run. So the 2 designs i was working on are gone, too. They can be re-constructed from paper notes. But have litera...
by justplanesteve
Wed Sep 21, 2022 1:14 pm
Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
Topic: Torsion box + tip layers?
Replies: 2
Views: 1104

Re: Torsion box + tip layers?

Tim - i really appreciate your considered reply - it gives a lot of insight. Keeping in mind that i don't really know what i'm doing design-wise, there are several clues for me in your response. The design ignorance - wanting to build a ski for old school noodling through the bumps (not the modern h...
by justplanesteve
Tue Sep 13, 2022 8:37 pm
Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
Topic: Torsion box + tip layers?
Replies: 2
Views: 1104

Torsion box + tip layers?

Hoping/planning to build skis for self/fun/challenge. I've been reading/searching here off and on over the past year, have not seen these 2 personal puzzlements addressed. 1.) The flat layers of glass method of torsion control/modification bothers me, but it seems industry standard. Does no one use ...