Hi Alex, I will do a veneer topsheet maybe with a layer of real thin 4oz glass on top to beef it up, I'm not too worried about looks at this stage anyhow I just want to see it hold together. Seems that ash is a good timber for sidewalls ??? so I am thinking a mix of ash sidewalls and paulonia core. ...

Hey good to hear you're riding your 1st board. Well done, bet you've learn't heaps. I'm still a wee way off , my press is basically finished except for the heater now and "elevating" my cat track. As its warming up I'm tempted to do a press at room temp in the next 8-12 weeks if I'm ready ...

Hi Alex, I am hoping to get a bit of a consignment bundled up with others down this side of the world if possible???? As you guys are prob too, resin glass/carbon and core materials I'll source locally, edge/stopsheets/base/inserts I'll get offshore. How did you manage to get materials without the n...

Hi guys. My press I'm building is made out of 360UB50.7 which is 360mm deep, 171mm wide with flange thickness 12mm and web (centre) 7mm roughly. I have cut mine to 2500mm length and I reacon I should be able to press a 2100mm ski if I wanted to, can't see the need for it but 2500mm was a nice round ...