Cavity Width: 14 3/4" Cavity Length: 9' 9" Width could be a problem for some. I ski pretty narrow. Can always press one at a time if I get a wild hair. As far as length, I do like longer skis - 190cm to 210cm. If the press flexes too much, I can Phase II the design and use the extra length...

Sounds like 14 1/2" will work fine. Keeps things simple.

Thanks fellas.

Yep, too small would be a problem. Trying to avoid an extra 3" of wood in every mold or shoving a stack of mdf in there every time to act as a shim. I'm thinking somewhere between 10 1/2 and 12 1/2 inches would be the cavity height I would be looking for. Here are the components that put me in ...

Found a good deal and bought some I-beam. Happy Monkey design would give me a cavity height of 14 1/2". This seems too high. I would like to make the cavity big enough to get the job done, but not so big I have to build extra thick molds or fill out the extra space with a shim. I would rather g...