Soo after a season of working in a barn (a really cold barn) and pressing in a basement (still kinda cold) I decided I wanted to actually get into ski building a little more. So I decided to shell out for some work space. Built a new press with heat and all that fun stuff Decided to search for ISO's...

Ok so I've got a few pics and I guess I'll go from here. This was my first press. All wood. I built the top and bottom beams by gluing and bolting 3/4 advantec together vertically. It weights about 450-ish without the molds in. I've got some more pics floating around elsewhere that I'll put up when ...

Fancy Schmancy

I would have had some pictures last night, buuttt my epoxy crystalized. So now I get to heat up and mix epoxy tonight... Boooo.

Well, I've been picking away at skis for a couple years now. Finally upgraded things from an abused wooden press to a neat-o steel one. Basically I'm making a place holder as my resolution this year is to actually start one of these threads instead of only posting on Google+ I'll be back in awhile w...

Dang that stone looks new.

Is it easy to get a wider stone for it? Or would I be able to stone a 150mm powder ski by doing two passes?

Also is it easy to do the belt sander conversion?

^^^ Website tonight does blow mad chunk. Avoid it at all costs.

I know this is the wrong forum section but "chainring" bolts from mountain bikes work great for a quick fix. Plus they look cool and give you a spot to loop some skins through.

Ebay my friend. Picked up 25 foot for $54 (may have been a little cheaper too)

Looks Great!

jvangelder wrote:that made my heart sink. Hopfully not buying pre-bent edges speeds things up

-Jacob

I sure hope thats the case for you. It's been a pain for me so I hope the fact your buying just a roll makes it faster.

jvangelder wrote:
FYI, its a 6 week + 3 business day turn around from CDW

I would honestly add about 2 months to that estimated turnaround. I've been trying to get my material since May and when I first placed the order and shipped them my templates they said only 3 weeks.

Just a heads up.

I'll bite as well. I'm already on there

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thats way cool.

All those my eyes were struggling to look at all the detail in those.

We could setup a Wiki along side the forum for those that want to tackle writing articles for others or people starting out to follow. Like has been mentioned, a fair portion of the ski builders how-to's need to be modified or re-written. Unless we want to for-go the beginner articles and compile a ...