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by plywood
Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:57 am
Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
Topic: I can`t find a suitable paint for topsheet.
Replies: 8
Views: 4397

hi misha i used spraycans for quite a lot of things. they were some sort of acrylic paint. sticked pretty well to basically everything - as long as you clean the surface before painting. i think this is the most important step: clean everything with alcohol or something similar. there mustn`t be any...
by plywood
Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:29 am
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: Shopvac's Skis
Replies: 95
Views: 89346

dude, those skis look amazing! i really really like it. and i`m looking forward to your report ;)
by plywood
Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:21 am
Forum: Aprés Ski Building
Topic: Shaping the body.. not the skis
Replies: 15
Views: 12148

well, a year later and i`m in the absolut worst condition for skiing imaginable - half of the week i`m sitting around at university, the other half at a desk job. so... pretty bad physical conditions. but maybe i can catch up if i give my best now ;) motivation grows every day
by plywood
Wed Oct 01, 2008 1:06 pm
Forum: Aprés Ski Building
Topic: Japanese skibuilders?
Replies: 13
Views: 7959

those pics are so sweet! this is how we know japan from the movies.
did you take them? on how many days do you have such conditions? it simply can`t be all the time!

man... how i miss winter and getting faceshots of hip deep powder...
by plywood
Wed Oct 01, 2008 1:03 pm
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: sammer's skis
Replies: 115
Views: 73895

haha yeah, pretty sick camber - but now you can claim to be the first person ever to build a rockered ski for the kiddos ;) it`s all about marketing!

what kind of topsheet is this? looks somehow special? just normal black printed one?
by plywood
Wed Sep 24, 2008 7:31 am
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: Goat-Ham-Ah project
Replies: 133
Views: 89008

i like the grafics on the ski. has a bit of a geometrical artsy touch! ;)
by plywood
Sat Sep 20, 2008 8:34 am
Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
Topic: rockered mold design
Replies: 7
Views: 4410

so, just managed to upload a short description:
http://skibuilders.com/cpg/albums/userp ... 040202.JPG
hope it helps you.
by plywood
Sat Sep 20, 2008 8:22 am
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: summer 08
Replies: 19
Views: 16714

well, why the gilry skis are shorter? because the girls are shorter too ;) they are around 175 or so. my gf spent her whole last season on the evil twins - whenever there was powder. so the evil twins are 177, but twintips. as there is hardly a reason for fat powdertwintips because most of the peopl...
by plywood
Wed Sep 17, 2008 1:17 pm
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: summer 08
Replies: 19
Views: 16714

haha are you improving your german? ;) well, just a little teaser of what is to come: http://community.twoleftfeet.ch/img/users/569219_orig.jpg from left to right: sigurd, 199 the ultimate uberfat powdertool. i have to do some work in the tip though, i don`t like it right now. a bit too straight... ...
by plywood
Mon Sep 15, 2008 12:54 pm
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: summer 08
Replies: 19
Views: 16714

a long time ago since my last post. what a summer! i started working so i had absolutely no time to build. now that i started building everything goes wrong (jigsaw and router collapsed) and takes longer than intended. BUT! there is light at the end of the horizon. i`ll post my progress soon ;) @dav...
by plywood
Mon Sep 15, 2008 12:48 pm
Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
Topic: rockered mold design
Replies: 7
Views: 4410

i wouldn`t go that high. i`d say: use some sort of snowboard-style tip (25cm long tip that rises up to 5cm) and a 30-35cm long section with rocker that rises continually up to 20, max. 30 mm. so that`s the shape of the ski in the end. the whole relaxing-thing and falling out of shape...this really d...
by plywood
Mon Aug 25, 2008 2:40 am
Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
Topic: Ski design: tail or no tail, BD Megawatts vs Team 130!
Replies: 4
Views: 3149

can`t say too much regarding those skis because i`ve never ridden one of them. the pintail/teardrop shape, whatever you want to call it, as there is on the pontoon and the megawatts is for one reason: it should make the tail sink deeper in the powder. so you don`t have to lean back that much. but i ...
by plywood
Sun Aug 10, 2008 12:50 pm
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: The Triplets
Replies: 11
Views: 8450

pretty long sticks! i really like their grafics ;)
by plywood
Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:23 am
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: ON3P Skis
Replies: 167
Views: 161912

someone`s going pretty big eh?!

50pairs... that`s what for example birdos (a swiss custommade ski company) builds in a year... not bad! congrats!
by plywood
Sun Jul 06, 2008 10:57 am
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: summer 08
Replies: 19
Views: 16714

summer 08

guess who`s back! school kills creativity ( http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html ), it`s so true! this year i had as many exams at university as never before. so i had some pretty painful last two months with basically nothing else than sleeping a little,...