Less bet me to the news, but I've got the pics: another shot of the mould mount points http://i.imgur.com/HYwAY.jpg mounting the cat track http://i.imgur.com/nsY0R.jpg first test! http://i.imgur.com/3Gm58.jpg http://i.imgur.com/a2j5U.jpg On another subject, has anyone measured the voltage of their h...

Hell yes! And so the conversation gracefully moves to PM

Suck it and see, ok

I suppose worst case is I have a set of skis to do some destructive testing on, which sounds pretty rad anyway.

Routed up a top mould extendy thingie on cnc in the weekend. Took WAY longer than it should have due to some suprises from the machine... probably just should have done the job by hand instead of setting up the machine, ah well. http://i.imgur.com/oe2y8.jpg (pay no attention to the ruined workpieces...

Excellent, looks like we're back to 2.8-9mm tip and tail
Thanks again. This is all getting a bit exciting... I'd better order some glass and carbon!

Awesome, thanks for the feedback guys. Tip and tail height after the early rise is ~60cm over that 70mm at the front and 65mm at the back. I'm on the wrong computer right now, without solidworks, but I'll post a mould sketch later which should show the elevation profile. So Montucky and Brazen, I sh...

We're somewhat less fortunate with supplies here trouble :) I think the reel of extension wire was like 40 bucks? themocouples locally were going to be a tenner each or something, and then be too short. Just standard electrical solder on the nichrome. probably got lead and all sorts of other yummy s...

One other question - there's pretty much no point looking beyond a linear taper until I know what the hell I'm doing, right? I have the capability to do a parabolic or splined taper, just no idea if it is of any benefit.

Alright, can I bounce a design off you guys? I'm about 191cm (what's that, 6'3"?) and don't get much change out of a 100kg. looking for an all mountain charging kinda vibe from this first pair. Local snow conditions are pretty variable. generally quite hard, lots of crud with the occasional day...

Thanks midnight,
You're on a pneumatic press while Deep's on vacuum, right? Do you get much relaxation of the laminate coming out of the press?
Thanks again.

After WAY too long pissing around with heater mats, I got my moulds mounted last night. I have a bit of extra height in the cavity, so I used the spacer boards to make the moulds easily demountable and movable. I cut up some threaded rod into short sections and gas welded it into tee bolts, then emb...

Man, that's cheaper than I can make them! If I wasn't 90% of the way down the path with my own, you'd have 2 more orders. Nice work Trouble.

Awesome, thanks, I'll cut a bit of bamboo and have a go. I need to test my resin system anyway.

Hey, amidnightproject and Deep, how thin is thin enough? I'll be profiling on a cnc so I should be able to get down pretty thin if needed. I was thinking of dropping it down to ~2mm or even a little less over an early rise section after being more like 2.8-3mm at the contact point / transition betwe...

10000rpm isn't thaaaat quick eh. especially for a 4 flute. I'd be looking for less flutes I think, just eyeballing your info. Best thing to do is to calculate the chiploading of your bit with regard to feed speed vs RPM. The toolmaker should be able to give you data for the ideal chip loading for a ...