skidesmond wrote:Those came out fantastic! When do you take them out for a test ride?

If I can sneak past the guard... Monday night. ;-)

As promised, here are some pictures of my errors. you can see the gap above the sidewall. 1.) Its like there was no fiberglass there, I wonder if it was ripped out when I did the 7 degree sidewall? 2.) this is the side of the ski that had the wrinkled top sheet. 3.) didn't wet the epoxy out well eno...

you know who is stupid excited? this guy!

i finally figured out how to get a great core with uhmw sidewalls without the planer monster eating my cores Woot Woot!

18 strings of 3k carbon and 12 strings of 3k Basalt running on an able between the contact points to beef up torsional properties. could you enlighten me on what the 3K carbon and 3K basalt is? Are they "strings" of Carbon? Haven't seen these on my searches. Thanks. O and by the way they ...

Montucky: really? I thought i read on there that it will help keep the epoxy off the base? I'm I incorrect??? but all honesty I was kind of thinking this is what caused the unevenness of the base but when I pulled the skis out of the press the tape was very flat. Vinman: Right on. all good info barn...

Love the base grinder! I love it when a complex machine is made into something so simple. The bases aren't too bad. A bit of a mystery as to why the went out of true. Totally ski-able though. Nice work. Thanks. I curious if the base is out because of the following: 1.) too much heat to fast. My bot...

so i got one of the blankets working with the auto tune. i have to figure out some setting because it ramped up to way over 180 but the one that i had messed with before i have to go back and reset because for some reason it wont auto tune. thanks for the help! Hey Mike, Check to see if there is a ...

Thanks Madrussian if I see one on c-list (which i think i saw one) i'll take you up on that offer. okay guys you be the judge. these are before base grinding Tip: http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c26/Skimann20/57B08435-443E-4AB7-80C0-10CADC5FF702-21204-0000147A88AB8F93.jpg Middle: http://i24.photob...

Hey gang just got back. They're not as bad as I thought. Absolutely savable! I'll take photos when I get home later tonight. He said one thing that can cause the edge to flex in is how fast you heat them up and how slow you cool it. I think I might have cooled them to fast. I figured once the epoxy ...

I just got off the phone with ski shop. They said that they are not sure about grinding the base. They said that the edges are curved in and they are worried about taking too much material off. Now when I checked them with my straight edge at home there was no light coming through at the spots that ...

great... where was this post at 10:30 am on Saturday... I don't know how I missed this with my "years" worth of reading on this site. well I'll keep my fingers crossed. looks like on my next ski I'll be doing this. After reading this and looking at several skis at the store, very closely t...

I see someone didn't do a very good job lining up their graphics on the tails in the layup... tsk tsk ;) (I've done that plenty of times) Ahhhh not to fast there! actually I ordered the top sheets to be made at 187cm (skis are at 183) so something ether went wrong with the photo layup or the printi...

I think these are great! I really like your color pallet. Did you print those yourself?

Newest update: I've powered throught!!! I came up with a new lift for the top mild. I modified Kams idea using a bottle jack: http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c26/Skimann20/Ski%20Building/DSC_0077_zpsc9db8df8.jpg then put lar bolts in the mold to attach it. http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c26/Ski...

Thanks Twizz. I put the cork directly on the base followed by VDS and FG. No cork above the core. It will be interesting to see if it gives the ski any dampening characteristics. My guess is not much since it's so thin. It's more of a filler. This a great idea. I was trying to think of something to...