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by Wheatlpa
Fri Oct 06, 2023 3:17 pm
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: Round Top skis 19/20
Replies: 66
Views: 25876

Re: Round Top skis 19/20

Just use 3m spray adhesive about 10 cm long under the waist of each base and stick it to the metal sheet that sits on top of your wood mold. They’ll pop right off after pressing - use a good mold release. Any adhesive grinds right off in the first pass. I struggled with the same issue! Hmm, that is...
by Wheatlpa
Wed Apr 05, 2023 12:24 pm
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: Round Top skis 19/20
Replies: 66
Views: 25876

Re: Round Top skis 19/20

I took my latest pair of skis out to the Canadian Rockies for a week long ski trip. My ski partner and I spent 3 days a sled accessible cabin south of Golden BC where we found powder every day. We then headed up into Rogers Pass to ski the Youngs Traverse and 7 steps of Paradise followed that the ne...
by Wheatlpa
Wed Apr 05, 2023 9:26 am
Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
Topic: Tip and Tail Fill for Rockered Skis
Replies: 4
Views: 1034

Re: Tip and Tail Fill for Rockered Skis

I extend my core into the early rise tip, they are about 2mm thick so had trouble getting them be flat in the mold. I have found that bending the tips and tails of the core using a heat gun allows me to get the cores into an early rise shape before I put them into the molds. It works very well, you ...
by Wheatlpa
Wed Apr 05, 2023 9:21 am
Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
Topic: heating a vacuum press
Replies: 23
Views: 13100

Re: heating a vacuum press

Hi FredK, Well, the heat blanket that I bought did not come with plugs, so before I wired them up I drilled holes in the table the exact diameter of the cables and simply passed them through. I then used silicone to fill in any gaps from both sides. I have pressed 5 pairs of skis with this setup and...
by Wheatlpa
Tue Mar 14, 2023 5:57 am
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: Round Top skis 19/20
Replies: 66
Views: 25876

Re: Round Top skis 19/20

After a 2 year gap I am making skis again. The first three pairs that I made on my new set up all had some issues but for the most part ski well and served as great learning opportunities. The first pair that I made I am still skiing on and they performed very well in the spring corn last May while ...
by Wheatlpa
Tue Mar 14, 2023 5:37 am
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: Round Top skis 19/20
Replies: 66
Views: 25876

Re: Round Top skis 19/20

Hi Sergi, Really sorry for the late response, I will blame the pandemic and the fact that once I built the last pair of skis I needed a year to ski on them before building more pairs. So, adding heat in the press was pretty easy. I just drilled a hole in the table in front of the tip mold and passed...
by Wheatlpa
Tue Mar 30, 2021 8:08 am
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: Round Top skis 19/20
Replies: 66
Views: 25876

Re: Round Top skis 19/20

Made my final pair of skis for this season over the weekend. This time a pair of powder skis with dimensions 140/109/123 over all length of 183cm. After the base/edge gaps from the last pair I was a little nervous about how these were going to turn out but after reading one of Vinman's posts about h...
by Wheatlpa
Wed Mar 17, 2021 6:17 am
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: Round Top skis 19/20
Replies: 66
Views: 25876

Re: Round Top skis 19/20

I would use a thin epoxy and a small syringe to fill in those gaps. Thanks for the confirmation. I have ordered some syringes and I am looking up how to thin my Entropy epoxy (several drops of acetone seems to be the answer) . I will probably attempt this over the weekend assuming my package arrive...
by Wheatlpa
Mon Mar 15, 2021 10:33 am
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: Round Top skis 19/20
Replies: 66
Views: 25876

Re: Round Top skis 19/20

Better to start cutting and grinding after 1-2 days if there is no emergency. The epoxy needs 4-6 days to fully cure. Before that you can still influence e.g. the camber when flexing them too strong. Was written here several times.... Interesting. I definitely did not read that. I will make a note ...
by Wheatlpa
Sat Mar 13, 2021 4:08 pm
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: Round Top skis 19/20
Replies: 66
Views: 25876

Re: Round Top skis 19/20

Another great day. Dawn patrol this morning and pressed my second pair of skis. They turned out pretty well although I am having issues with the edge to base connection. When I glued them on they seemed to be very tight but when I took them out of the press there are little gaps all along each edge....
by Wheatlpa
Sun Mar 07, 2021 4:56 am
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: Round Top skis 19/20
Replies: 66
Views: 25876

Re: Round Top skis 19/20

I always have the 0.6mm rabbet already in the bottom side when going in the planer. I use this rabbet and add some double sided tape (I add some paper in between to get to 0.6mm thickness) at the tip and tail sections. This keeps the sidewalls in place and keeps them from shattering. The other thin...
by Wheatlpa
Sat Mar 06, 2021 7:27 am
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: Round Top skis 19/20
Replies: 66
Views: 25876

Re: Round Top skis 19/20

Well I guess I can try and modify my original nippers and see if that will do the trick. In other news I was in the process of getting the cores ready for pressing tomorrow when I ran into issues while running them through the planer. It seems that my choice of kiln dried maple for the side walls wa...
by Wheatlpa
Wed Mar 03, 2021 6:52 am
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: Round Top skis 19/20
Replies: 66
Views: 25876

Re: Round Top skis 19/20

I have started the next pair of skis, they will be exactly the same as the first pair but using two layers of 6oz biaxial carbon along with the 22oz FG. I would like to see what the carbon will add to the ski characteristics. My original pair of powder skis has 2 layers of 5.8oz CF and 2 layers of 1...
by Wheatlpa
Tue Feb 23, 2021 10:21 am
Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
Topic: 22 oz vs 19 oz vs added core thickness
Replies: 4
Views: 2349

Re: 22 oz vs 19 oz vs added core thickness

I just pressed a pair of skis with 22oz and they are very nice and snappy but I think that is also helped by the 10.5mm core and 8mm of camber. For the next pair I will be using 19oz with 5.8oz biaxial carbon. I am going for more torsional rigidity with out the weight sacrifice. I am right at the st...
by Wheatlpa
Tue Feb 23, 2021 7:29 am
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: Round Top skis 19/20
Replies: 66
Views: 25876

Re: Round Top skis 19/20

So after skiing the new skis mounted with my 22Design Axls I was having troubles. I was stepping on my tips, the rear ski was chattering because it felt like I couldn't get any weight on it. In short it was frustrating and I felt like maybe I made a mistake with the ski shape. Well, after reading a ...