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by Broflovski
Tue Nov 03, 2009 11:42 pm
Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
Topic: How much pressure can you expect from a pneumatic press?
Replies: 9
Views: 5280

63, 180 is wrong 9" wide flat, we could approximate 7" contacting the mold when inflated (to be safe, I think it will be less). Assuming every inch of the 78" contacts the mold you'll have 78in x 7in x 45lbs/in^2 = 24,570 Long story short, if you didn't engineer your press to handle t...
by Broflovski
Tue Nov 03, 2009 11:31 pm
Forum: Materials and Supplies
Topic: Topsheet material
Replies: 7
Views: 3721

polyamide is substantially better than UHMW
by Broflovski
Wed Oct 28, 2009 8:24 pm
Forum: Yard Sale (non commercial)
Topic: MATL'S FOR SALE (fire hose, top,base, tip, fiber glass)
Replies: 5
Views: 4906

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by Broflovski
Wed Oct 21, 2009 3:21 pm
Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
Topic: Help needed on how to make a multi radius ski
Replies: 6
Views: 3872

You need to use tangent arcs or get good with beziers. I don't know anything about TurboCad, but all the big name manufacturers use beziers to design all their skis. Tangent arcs work, but you'll have strange continuity from radius to radius. That said- it's hard to do, and it's the main reason I ca...
by Broflovski
Mon Oct 19, 2009 4:56 pm
Forum: Materials and Supplies
Topic: on bonding ptex sidewalls, and delams
Replies: 45
Views: 41439

I was thinking about making some PVC sidewalls instead of UHMW because I have some available. Any drawbacks or advice