My ghetto press taught me a few things... 1) You need to scrape out the air bubble prior to pressing. 2) Walgreens Heating Pads are sub-par. A good experiment. I found a friend with a vacuum press- next pair will be done there. Until then, continued thanks for your feedback. A worthy diversion from ...

Just as a catch-up, I have had some questions regarding whether I should treat the top of the wood topsheet. To answer those questions, I delaminated the tail end of an old Volkl Mantra, sanded the glass, and fit a piece of the same wood I plan to use on my skis. I split that into 3 sections. On one...

Thanks for the feedback. The long term mounting / use of the skis is still in question, so yeah, I don't know about plugging the holes. I have a piece of paper that is cut to the profile of the skis that helps me to see where the binding holes are located so that I could potentially avoid them. I wi...

Hello- first post. The quarantine has led to begin two stalled ski-making projects, including building a pair from scratch with my son. The more pressing matter right now is an old pair of Dynastar Legend Pros that I have. I was able to remove the factory top sheet, keeping the resto of the ski inta...