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by beansnow
Wed Oct 30, 2013 10:17 am
Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
Topic: WTB: Looking for a base grinder
Replies: 1
Views: 2752

WTB: Looking for a base grinder

Anyone have a cheapish belt base grinder they are selling
by beansnow
Mon Jan 12, 2009 6:04 am
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: Bean Build Vid
Replies: 3
Views: 4283

Thanks! If you guys are ever in the Boston area and want to try one out lemme know.
by beansnow
Fri Jan 09, 2009 8:09 am
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: Bean Build Vid
Replies: 3
Views: 4283

Bean Build Vid

Hey guys, A friend of ours put together this video of us building, its not terribly detailed so I don't know how much help it would be but if you have any questions on how we do stuff lemme know. http://vimeo.com/2302452 Here is one of a rail jam we had just for fun. http://reelcomp.com/videos/view/...
by beansnow
Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:28 am
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: Bean Snowboard Launch Party
Replies: 2
Views: 3423

Bean Snowboard Launch Party

Hey all, Dont know how many of you on here have ever heard of us, but we have been making boards for about 3 years now and just started selling them this year. For starters I want to thank everyone on here for all the help and information that is available, it wouldnt have been possible for us witho...
by beansnow
Thu Aug 28, 2008 3:26 am
Forum: Materials and Supplies
Topic: Edges with smaller "feet" or "teeth"
Replies: 3
Views: 3318

my concern is really in the long term, since we make park boards they take a lot of abuse but teh edge manufacturer has told me some of their big brands use these with no problem. thanks
by beansnow
Wed Aug 27, 2008 3:40 am
Forum: Materials and Supplies
Topic: Edges with smaller "feet" or "teeth"
Replies: 3
Views: 3318

Edges with smaller "feet" or "teeth"

no matter what you call them you know what im talking about, the little feet that keep the edge secured to the board/ski. We ordered edges for this years build and they were only able to make us edges that they (CDW) said were .5mm shorter feet (into the board). When they arrived they were 1.68mm sh...
by beansnow
Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:55 am
Forum: Test and Trip Reports: How Did They Work?
Topic: Beans in use
Replies: 4
Views: 5596

hey, We met Brett through Chip who owns Arkane snow magazine. He mentioned you to us, Gregg right? He was in Loon from Tahoe for a few days for the shoot and was nice enough to ride one of our boards and tell us what he thought. Ah wrentham, yea we are in Brighton. we're on the same turf but maybe w...
by beansnow
Fri Apr 18, 2008 10:06 am
Forum: Test and Trip Reports: How Did They Work?
Topic: Beans in use
Replies: 4
Views: 5596

Beans in use

havent really posted our progress on here at all but just got soem really good photos from loon 2 weeks ago and watned to share. this is a trip called the sludge session through arkane snow mag. They closed downt he park for us and the snow was awesome. Rider is Brett Christie. http://a627.ac-images...
by beansnow
Thu Apr 17, 2008 12:52 pm
Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
Topic: what is FEA?
Replies: 16
Views: 9121

haha there is def more value to FEA then just cool simulations. We used cosmos, the FEA add on to solidworks to design our frame. IF your not making center supports you can generate some serious stress in a press, and its better to overdesign then to fling a bolt across the room or have it snap when...
by beansnow
Thu Feb 28, 2008 1:06 pm
Forum: Aprés Ski Building
Topic: new new england ski builders update
Replies: 3
Views: 3857

we'll be there mark, thanks!
by beansnow
Wed Feb 06, 2008 6:24 am
Forum: Aprés Ski Building
Topic: NEWENGLAND SKIBUILDERS GATHERING UPDATE
Replies: 6
Views: 5782

hey mark, sorry i didnt see this the first time around. We are def down for whenever you set it up, so thats +4. I'll also talk to Mike R. I'll try to make it out to wa wa on a mon too once we get some snow! btw thanks for the VDS i'll get it back to you asap
by beansnow
Thu Jan 03, 2008 6:44 am
Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
Topic: sidewall delam
Replies: 9
Views: 5579

thanks G-man great info! That all pretty much makes sense to me. I think we underestimated just how hard it is to bond PE. We were going to try and peel some test pieces on an Instron with some different levels of abrasion and a more controlled flaming but we really dont have the time right now to b...
by beansnow
Wed Jan 02, 2008 1:24 pm
Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
Topic: sidewall delam
Replies: 9
Views: 5579

sidewall delam

Hey all, we have had some issues with sidewalls delaminating. We currently use UHMWPE sidewall from crown. We abrade it with 80 grit paper and flame treat it and some of our boards are still having it delam and some are not. Do you guys have any other tricks for bonding sidewall. I was thinking of u...
by beansnow
Thu Nov 15, 2007 9:49 am
Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
Topic: Do you press with a soft material on top?
Replies: 3
Views: 3944

Do you press with a soft material on top?

Hi, I searched and only found a little info so.... I was just wondering, of those of you who have pneumatic presses, do you put like a high durometer rubber on top of the top sheet before you press? We've been getting some imperfections under the top sheet and I think its because of the uneven destr...
by beansnow
Tue Oct 16, 2007 6:15 am
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: New Bean Board
Replies: 4
Views: 5204

New Bean Board

Hey guys just wanna to show off the new board. thanks to everyone on this site for all their help. There are a few issues with this board but its pretty close to perfect. We messed up the sidewall on one side. We made tooling that is pring loaded with a roller ball so that the board camber is held d...