Does anyone know where to get some tri-axial fiberglass in narrow-ish rolls so i dont have to cut it length wise anymore? Like a 7 or 8 inch wide roll would be amazing. Then i can roll it out while laying up and trim off what i need as i go. I cant stand cutting fiberglass anymore, it gets everywher...

Twizz, do you think it is necessary to epoxy in the inserts? They are super snug in there. i had to hammer them in. im guessing they will be fine. i like your idea of using a wide dowel to fill in the bottom then sand that down. that way you can get away with using the 7mm long t-nuts all the time a...

I still have yet to press this split board. Do you guys have any tips for actually inserting the T-nuts. Is it okay if the inserts are a little shallow, or a little protruding? I am guessing that it is better to have them a little shallow, maybe even up to 1/16 inch would be okay? miller studio only...

http://precisionmotions.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/photo1.jpg twizz, i dont know exactly how it happened. I am guessing just the head lifting up while pushing material through and having the spring pushing down put some unequal forces on the posts. It seemed like the entire structure tilted slight...

well.... Apparently the planer head was not designed for this type of abuse... i cracked all 4 of the lower slid fit holes on the planer head that allow the planer head to slid up and down on the greased up pillars. (there are 8 total, but only the bottom ones cracked with one of them completed shee...

I am in the midst of retrofitting my planer. the concept is pretty similar to the ski-builder's router/bridge/rail method. Though I got this idea from Igneous skis out in jackson, WY. The planer moves up on its stock pillars via skateboard wheels running along 2 rails that dictates that thickness of...

an actual hand planer? no chance an electric-powered hand-held planer? sure, that's how i did my very first pair of skis, because i was more interested in the entire process, and i knew that i had all kind of holes in my process and just wanted to get thru the first pair and then go back to the draw...

I use the slow cure west systems, and I add a little bit of heat during pressing. i have a some 1 inch insulation sheets that i inclose the press with and then put a small space heater in there. it gets up to 100 degrees ambient temperature and i am never in a big hurry and i usually leave them in t...

echoing others, but might as well put in my vote: parchment paper is super cheap and easy. my layering goes: mold, then a 1/8 inch thick ply wood, then a sheet of aluminum (with some partall wax on it) then parchment paper and then ski bases taped with low quality packaging tape (get low quality fro...

I am in the process of building my first CNC router... though I am still in the research phase of a the build process and I was wondering if anyone could point me towards a good thread either within Skibuilders or CNCzone or where-ever. Here are a couple links that I have found useful so far: http:/...

thanks for the replies. montucky always the voice of reason... It seems like the best tactic would be to set up a job-shop that could take on a variety of projects for a variety of industries and have ski building as a small aspect of it. possible even have it as a pull-production system ( where you...

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I have been building skis for a couple years now as a hobby, and as a side business to my regular job as an CNC programmer in aerospace manufacturing. I have been playing around with the idea of opening up a legitimate ski building operation and I was wondering if you guys had any advice for me. Wha...

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3D printers... still have yet to find a good use for them besides prototyping plastic crap