If it goes bad, self leveling cement is applied very thin like 1/8 to 1/2 inch and has a lot of compressive strength.
you just need to make a level box and have a good straight edge
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- Fri Jan 02, 2015 5:17 pm
- Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
- Topic: Ski press - perfectly flat surface
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- Mon Dec 15, 2014 11:27 am
- Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
- Topic: Ski press - perfectly flat surface
- Replies: 17
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how about pouring a layer of self-leveling concrete over the top of the bottom I beams. I would put some metal screen of lath down first then float the cement. A good mason would do that for cheap if you have no experience. Your mold would then go on top of that layer of cement. I would probably wan...
- Tue Dec 02, 2014 9:26 am
- Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
- Topic: Bending base with edges
- Replies: 61
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- Wed Oct 29, 2014 8:04 am
- Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
- Topic: powder board for good female snowboarder
- Replies: 19
- Views: 13873
- Fri Oct 17, 2014 4:34 pm
- Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
- Topic: honeycomb
- Replies: 7
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My two cents: I'd try to round the beginning and end of the honeycomb portions so the board doesn't have easy points to break on. try to make them ovals or diamond shaped. another idea is to use paulownia and channel it like fischer skis do for the Hannibal and race ski with a biscuit joiner. https:...
- Thu Oct 16, 2014 8:43 am
- Forum: Materials and Supplies
- Topic: why Paulownia?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 15132
If you haven't used it, I'd describe it as half way between poplar/aspen and balsa. I think it's a good conservative choice if you are entertaining thoughts of lightening cores with foam stringers, honeycomb, channeling or end grain balsa as part of your cores. It's notably soft, compressing easily ...
- Tue Sep 02, 2014 8:19 am
- Forum: Materials and Supplies
- Topic: choice of wood
- Replies: 23
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I really like how poplar cores will bend a long way before breaking. Although it doesn't resist edge compression very well. Here is an interesting read on Ash vs. Maple for supporting edges from the baseball world, seems like ash is more straight grained, and maple may be more subject to having weak...
- Tue Sep 02, 2014 8:06 am
- Forum: Materials and Supplies
- Topic: Black Locust
- Replies: 15
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I made a strip of Black locust to bond along the outside edges of a core that I am building and I really didn't like how the wood would be really stiff then shatter once you bent it a bit. It is very dense and of course handles moisture well, but the particular stock I have just seems too brittle to...
- Tue Aug 05, 2014 11:07 am
- Forum: Commercial postings
- Topic: New load of Isosport nylon
- Replies: 14
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ive gotten samples of the clear gloss nylon, and it basically looks like whatever is underneath it was clear coated and polished and polished and polished and polished. If I were to veneer under it, i would also throw at least a thin layer of fiberglass between the veneer and the topsheet. Any low ...
- Fri Nov 29, 2013 8:04 am
- Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
- Topic: Bending and gluing edges
- Replies: 17
- Views: 23947
- Fri Aug 30, 2013 2:05 pm
- Forum: Materials and Supplies
- Topic: Core Question
- Replies: 9
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- Tue Jul 02, 2013 8:43 am
- Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
- Topic: Idea for a layup, involving carbon and aramid
- Replies: 22
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I have made boards with kevlar on the bottom, it is hard to get a good finish if the fibers go out to the edge of the board. Best approach is to soak fuzzy sanded kevlar ends with super glue, then cut with a razor blade using a sawing motion, not just pushing the blade. The unique thing about kevlar...
- Wed Mar 27, 2013 2:57 pm
- Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
- Topic: preventing veneer top-sheet from edge abuse
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6362
- Mon Mar 18, 2013 11:19 am
- Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
- Topic: Core to Tip fill transition for snowboards
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8788
- Sat Feb 18, 2012 3:51 am
- Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
- Topic: Wood Press
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11346
A little framer advice for wood presses, Don't start with OSB, if you were going to use wood beams use 11 7/8 wide or larger Microlam beams often called lvl's, But I would recommend welded steel holding them all together at either end and the middle. The only real benefit might be that you can unsta...