you got the topsheet+printing+surface treatment for 20USD?!
do you think they'd do that for other customers as well (i could prepare the files to their standard no problem)?

yep,had to think of your press too when i saw this.
and i would guess yours is stronger thanks to the laminated boards and the rods.

nrgboards wrote:What if you use washers of various sizes to build those rollers?

i think someone already did that...so it should work fine.

stumbled across a german website that sells instructional dvd's on snowboard building. their press frame is built completely out of wooden bars and threaded rods as you can see in these two vids: http://www.custom-snowboard.com/ausschnitt.html http://www.custom-snowboard.com/ausschnittform.html on t...

great one dan!
the texalium looks awesome.

what exactly caused the top mold to crack?

sure, i'll do an in depth write-up as soon as its finished and working! unfortunately i'm sick atm so we won't be able to work on it this weekend. what we're going to use are thin heating foils made by Frenzelit in germany called Hicotec TP: http://www.frenzelit.com/1473_HICOTECsupsupTP.html they se...

nope, we're aiming for a max of 50psi for our press...but will be more like 40psi for the first tests.

maybe if you add another layer of light fibreglass or vds rubber to account for the small gap?
dont know it that would increase stiffness to normal.

i have a decision to make whether to run the woodcore full lenght or just cut it off at the beginning of the nose/tail bend and put some layers of vds and fibreglass in there as a spacer.
what are you guys experiences on this?

afaik the heat is supposed to open the pores of the base material to allow for better wax absorbtion.

UPDATE: of course we've been working on the press last weekend as well and it's nearing it's completion :) finished the top and bottom molds and the bladders. nothing too fancy. we're doing some rockered boards similar to the capita flatkick shape. that means the boards will be flat underfoot and ha...

cove box bits work as well...just get the biggest diameter bit you can find.

we've considered using tiedown-straps as well, but wide straps to cover a good amount of the press would be way more expensive and a lot more hustle to wrap around the press. then there's the problem of tightening all the straps at an equal level, which, if not achieved, could result in some areas n...

sounds good.
we'll see how it works out for our press.
as a safety measure we'll add some tension belts that will be wrapped around the press with a bit of slack to prevent the top mold from getting some airtime.

seems like the fabric presses are on the rise
make sure you post some pics of yours!