You will have to look under the "photos" section of the group.... I am not sure if you can view it if you are not a member, so let me know if it works or not!

Thanks,

Griffin Couture

the facebook group is called Couture Alpine Technologies, and it shows pictures of the entire process I have gone through... from building my press, to building the first pair of skis. so far, I have only built one pair, but at the current time, I am still working on finalizing the small details of ...

Thanks for all the help man... I don't know if you have looked int it yet but I have been dealing with a Ski core manufacturer out of Austria who makes cores specifically for skis out of any laminate wood that you want in any mixtures of species (given it is available) and the core price per pair is...

what type of epoxy are you using, and where did you get it?

I have been using West systems, with a 206 slow hardener it is the 105 resin.

the last question is: how are you cutting out your base material?


router around your template or utility knife?

Ok, first off, I have to say EXCELLENT job on the producing of more than 50 pairs of skis in a couple months, unreal! here are a couple questions I am going to throw at you: first, where did you buy your VDS second, when tapering your core thickness, do you only taper one end at a time to prevent th...

I see how that cassette works on Kam's Video... but does all the material just stay in place while it is being pressed... or do you have a special secret on how to make sure nothing shifts in the pressing process?

I just want to make sure I do this right the first time!!

so, if I am getting this correctly... the fiberglass is actually more abrasive than the alluminum when profiling the sidewalls? and also... what is anyone using for sides in their cassettes? to keep the base, core and filler materials in line while being pressed? If I make the cassette out of allumi...

ok, so I am starting to build my own skis and have some major questions on how to keep everything in its place while the skis are pressing. first, is it better to have a cassette with sides to keep the components all allinged or is that a waste of time? should I just make a cassette like what is com...

Thanks Kam, I will probably have some more questions in the coming weeks... I am in the process of building my press right now I started last weekend and the frame is almost complete. It is going to be very similar to the large production style press shown at http://www.custom-shop.com/pages/ski%20p...

how much are you asking for one set.... and are there different sizes/camber/shapes available??

Is there any possibility that you could post a scimatic of your entire control system for the heating element, including positive and negative wires, and where they all connect? I just built a press and am trying to install the heater... yet having a little bit of a hard time with the wiring. I beli...

I am going to build skis this spring and was wondering how A layer of Aluminum (Titanal) was going to effect the ski building process. Is it as easy to make as a set of skis without the Ti layer? also when profiling the sidewalls in the finishing process is there a special router bit to use that wil...

I am also interested in these molds if you could post some pictures and tell me the dimensions of the molds so I can see what the skis will be coming out of them... I am interseted in trying to make some race/high performance skis on my press and am looking for some molds. let me know,

Thanks!!