Wooo those look great! I especially like the look with the telly bindings. Congrats! Try stapling the tip and tail spacers on the very edge to the side will. You would be surprised how well a little swingline stapler solves that problem. Thanks! The Voile switchback bindings are going to be ideal f...

Here's the first one after layup. It went alright, definitely learned I need to be a bit more careful about aligning tip/tail spacers as they shifted during layup/pressing. Also, this is just after cutting the ski out with a jig-saw, still need to run the router around the sidewalls and give it a ba...

Wow, that iron is awesome! Would look really nice on some veneer! Those are going to be some stiff skis with a 3.8mm tail! Yea, I used a planer core profiler similar to the one shown in the SB articles section and based the angle on having a 10mm flat section under the bindings with a minimum thick...

Also, the branding iron was made by Custom Branding Irons LLC. (http://www.branding-irons.biz/). The guy that runs the place, Terry, is super helpful, and the 2.1x3.2" custom brand you see here was $140 (shipping included).

Did it the old fashioned way - hot iron branding: http://i46.tinypic.com/2hywaix.jpg http://i48.tinypic.com/30ts8eo.jpg http://i46.tinypic.com/34zjfkk.jpg And yes, the cores are profiled - ~10.5mm at mid, 2.5mm at tip, 3.8mm at tail...the black sidewall + shadow makes it tough to distinguish from th...

Just finished the first attempt at 'branding' cores - we'll see how it looks after layup. http://i47.tinypic.com/2d00yuw.jpg I'm using west systems 105 epoxy with the 207 special clear hardener, but I'm not sure how transparent 22oz. triax. glass fiber will be...any suggestions? Maybe I'd be better ...

Link to photos:
http://s1326.beta.photobucket.com/user/ ... erg%20Skis

Does anyone know what type of power these Fontaine machines require? Single phase vs. 3 phase?

Long time stalker, first time builder and poster. Just finished building a press and molds for some mid-fat mid-west backcountry touring skis. The idea is to make something decently light and easy to maneuver through tighter trees with a waxless (fish-scale) kick-zone for low angle touring - think r...

First time poster here trying to play catch up, but has anyone found base material with the 'positive' fish scales? or Has anyone tried making their own bases with positive fish scales? My thought has been to make a mold with negative fish scales (plunge router), heat up the kick-zone of a base, and...