Any idea how I can put the shaft in the pillow block bearing without violence? I bought a stainless chromium steel tube with the the same diameter as the bearings (30mm) but it looks like it does not fit :( As you see I am currently collecting all the material for this project... good progress so fa...

I am really interested to see more about your project!

I am just wondering how much core material can be taken away with one pass through the thic.kness sander.

Cheers, Christoph

I stumbled across this homemade thickness sander today:

http://woodgears.ca/sander/thickness.html

Very well documented: http://woodgears.ca/sander/plans/index.html

What do you think, would this work for Ski-/Snowboard-/Kiteboard-Building?

Cheers, Christoph *whohatestherouterbridgemethod*

Haha, excellent

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The video is very nice

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I would prefer an oil-free pump (=maintenance free). Search Ebay for Thomas, Becker or KNF Neuberger. I bought a used KNF for around 50€ on Ebay and the pump works perfect. I let it run over night if I press a kiteboard.

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Thanks for sharing!

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Right now I am building a kiteboard with Paulownia wood from Bauhaus. The problem is that the Paulownia board tends to wrap because it is glued together from only three stripes. I think I will cut the board in thinner stripes and glued them together again to avoid the problem for the next time. The ...

Richuk wrote:Great job - will be interested to hear how well they deal with Snowkiting. What's the deal with the bio-epoxy guys?

Reto mixed his epoxy in an empty bio yoghurt cup. So just fun...

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Very nice ski as known from your kiteboards.

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PS: I like the coop naturaplan bio epoxy (swiss insider)

My pump is oil-free...

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I'am building kiteboards with a vacum setup. I let the pump run for 24 hours because mostly there is a little leak anywhere.

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Plywood has posted this in an earlier thread: [...] then you have to set a area-heat-output . (flächenheizleistung for the germans) this area-heat-output is measured in Watt per squaremeter. so, by setting the wanted heat-output you determine the temperature you want to reach with your heating. i fo...

I think it depends on the veneer. I tried it once with bamboo veneer and a laserprinter. My bamboo veneer was only flexible enough in one direction. The printer must run cross to the fiber.

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Bataleon has also concave bases, they call it triple base technology (TBT).