hey tex, in the boat building world the long stick you are using is a batten and it is an all important tool. if it is straight or at least "fair", no wobbles in it, it will bend to a beautiful curve. if you make it out of a nice piece of clear soft-wood lumber maybe 3/4" square you ...

I made my template by printing a sno cad template, gluing it on a mdf and cutting it with a jiggsaw. There are irregularites on the edge that Ive worked to sand down but its hard to get them all. I use a 200x1x1cm mdf stick that Ive sawed on a table saw so its exactly square, I clamp it to the templ...

Hi there Ive got a question about fitting the edges. Im about to start cutting my base and I started to think about the next step, fitting the edges. I assume that small gaps between edge and base is an absolute no no. But how do I prevent that. The slightest little unevenity in the cut of the base ...

Im also interested in M5 inserts!!

Please let me know if you still have any
Tex

I just yesterday noticed that my dimmensions are off as well. Though I have a theory. I alligned the A4 pages so that the last and first support line of each page overlapped. In my naivity thats what I assummed they where there for. But Im quite sure I should have alligned it so that there is equal ...

which inserts from there are you using?

exactly what type of inserts did you use? the brass inserts? I mounted a pair of Jesters on my skis with a pine core. But I used the regular inserts and they seem to work well. If you want to use fir I think it's fine, but you'll have to use the inserts that have the flange underneath the core. BTW...

Ok so Ive remade the core template and it came out much better this time. Making it in MDF was soo much easier then plywood. Ive got my core profiler ready to use with a planner it works great and Im baseing it of Marks desing where you use two mdfs 20x200cm and stick in mdf blocks to raise tip and ...

salomon and atomic have been building foam skis for a while. the suggar daddy is a great ski, I just can't believe how light the ski i made is could be like 2lbs, when i know for sure i'll tell you. Salomon and Atomic is laying of 400 people because they arnt selling enough skis.... I think that sa...

G-Man I just want to point out a even more horrible name in that case and its the "all mountain" skis that the big manufacturers are selling. Im thinking of skis such as the Nordica Hot Rod series. They are fantastic skis but they are really just a fat carver that can do pow just because a...

I made mine out of.. what are they called the leashes that you have to secure stuff on your roof rack?? Anyways bought a pair that had neon orange leashes and cut off the leash and used it. It was actually the cheapest way to buy the leash as this way it cost like 4 euros for 4 meters. And yeah I do...

@plywood They are made in the Pale factory. Was funny we talked about their 181 ski and that there will be a 2nd gen 181. I asked if they where gonna still make it in the Pale factory. He looked very stressed, coughed and said "Say again?" trying to look like I said "frabafherqywe blu...

Yes very sweet graphics but I did smack them around a bit for making a white pow ski... but in the defense of that the neon green sidewalls are a great touch from a diging after skis perspective....

Tex

Ok so I know this is a site where we discuss building skis but buying is fun as well. Especially since I just started building and want a good pow ski for my 5 weeks in fernie. So I bought the new Goodha 114. I dont know if you guys know about the brand. Its a small swedish brand (2-3 years old) tha...

On the subject of "one quiver". Really if you live in a place like Gothenburg Sweden where we dont have any sking of our own. We have to travel at least 8 hours to get decent skiing. So getting in more then 20 days isnt easy and definatly more then most get. Then a "one quiver ski&quo...