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by Upper Left Coast
Thu Nov 15, 2012 11:56 pm
Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
Topic: Fiber glass-woodcore delam.
Replies: 29
Views: 12471

if i may continue this thread for selfish reasons

i recently pressed a full bamboo core ski, had pressed snowboards but this was our first ski. vertically laminated bamboo, 22oz fiber glass top and bottom with a 9 oz uni layer for binding mount area. entropy resin. i'll try to get some pictures up but one of the skis was delaminated right out of th...
by Upper Left Coast
Wed Nov 14, 2012 11:15 am
Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
Topic: Pure carbon skis?
Replies: 48
Views: 31969

it looks like the triax fiber from hp textiles is 50k fabric (if google translated it correctly) which is way up there. I've seen 3 to 12 k fabric mostly. Does anybody have an opinion as to the importance of this spec? 3k = 3000 filaments per tow, 6k = 6000etc. If I may have a stab at my own questio...
by Upper Left Coast
Thu Oct 18, 2012 10:17 am
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: WhiteRoom 2012/13
Replies: 64
Views: 36513

beautiful inlay work! And very helpful core profile info since i'll be pressing a similar ski in the next couple of days. thanks and keep up the good work!