at my local Lowes I go a lot of new awsome tools for cheap. Anyways I got a GMC brand (not name brand) hand planer for $25 http://www.amazon.com/GMC-A3BPMAG-4-Inch-Hand-Planer/dp/B000EOM668/sr=11-1/qid=1164665287/ref=sr_11_1/105-0387130-4114006 and a Makita planer for $50 shown here http://www.amazo...

when you make the base of your ski out of laminated wood and profile it with a router and a jig you are not making it so that it flexes when you stand on it right? once the skis are pressed in the mold they will flex/smash downward when you step on them?

why can't people stop with all the Shakira movies! We don't come here to look at porn we come here to make skis.

does this look good for anyone?

http://cgi.ebay.com/REICHMANN-Ski-Edgin ... dZViewItem

so now that its almost this weeked heres last weekends progress.. enjoy http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y212/sivart7208/Ski%20building/DSC_0555.jpg thats a very nice and solid planer from back in the day when they made tough tools. anyways can You explan what is happening in that last pic. Is that...

where did you get it? I was looking for something cheap but I might keep this in mind.

you can delete this thread and redo it in the other thread

nice looking press. if you could resize your pictures to be smaller that would be great

When we test our LDH we fill with water and run the pressure up to 200psi for five minutes. Carefully walk the line to check for leaks and blisters ect... If the damage is near the end of the hose we re-couple the hose. If not we make a 50' section and discard the rest. Anyone in my area interested...

I really like your design of the mold and I think I will try to make one like that. Do you have any designs/patterns for that mold? thanks

here are more pics for everyone

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hydrant71/

sketchup is a good free 3d modeling software

I beam s would work great. they are most peoples dream machine but due to money we don't use them. If you look around this site you can find a few Ibeam presses

MLReed05 wrote:I have everything CNC'd except bases...def. the way to go if you dont have woodworking skills like me

how big of a machine do you use?

i started instructing when i was 13 and plenty of the instructors had pretty bad form...you become experienced and good at skiing quick when you are an instructor. a good thing to do is attend as many of the early morning "clinics" for instructors that you can. i dont think you would have...

i have worked many jobs at local ski mountains and here is what i learned: *ski instructing sucked if you wanted to make money...the way all the instructing jobs worked was that you got paid for the lessons you taught, thats it. whenever you went freeskiing, you were not paid. but we were able to s...