Yes, I have thought about it. I was thinking of having a (or two) spring supported wheel (inline skate wheel) pushing the core to the contour of the jig when it passes the blade...? But I don't know? I might think awkward here.

No, I taper the front and the back of the core, one at the time. So two passes per core. You need to adjust the angel of the jig corresponding the length of the taper.
I will post the "sketch" and lager pictures later today.

No it's the model name. I don't know where the "8" came from. There is no 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 , 6 or 7... The OAC stand for "Onsala Alpine Club" which is a negation since Onsala is no alpine terrain!...
This is infact the second pair. The first was too soft and was more of a POC.

I did one try. The project is closed. The foam I used was to week. http://lh4.ggpht.com/_AkyZTaMWHzs/SrFOkkFg_0I/AAAAAAAABwc/sH4fJDmHDis/s144/pict3152.jpg http://lh6.ggpht.com/_AkyZTaMWHzs/SrMreaflzWI/AAAAAAAABxA/55sLZpaQnYk/s144/pict3154.jpg End of story! But there might be other stuff that hold up...

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_AkyZTaMWHzs/Sh7t_d4WxhI/AAAAAAAABqE/4mG_V3-7PFI/s800/new_core_08%20005.jpg Hi people! I'm an old fart soon turning 50! (What happened? I was 20 yesterday!...) And the goal has turned from just doing it to doing it before fifty...or so...anyway. I have finally got some speed in...

Has anyone tried cedar for sidewalls?
The upside is that it's light and supposed have good water resistance.
What's the downside? If any?

Thanks for positive comments! The construction/idea is of course in for some improvements. Right now I attach the core to the fence with clamps. Pretty rough, and a little timeconsuming, but still the result is satisfying. The actual "sawingtime" for the whole core is under 5 min. Also the...

After destroying several cores using router w. router bridge, planer with crib/jig. I felt like, should I keep doing this? Not that the cores or the wood are very expensive. It was more like there where no skis coming out of my process!! Which annoyed me big time. I probably did something wrong with...

Good subject there! Should be in the howto, if it's not already there.
I've been too eager sometimes, but realize that taken it easy saves me money!

I always save all the plastic bottles and plastic cans(?) just for the epoxi mixing. So I say save the money for the after ski beer!..;-) Sammer you are using vacuum press, right? Something I wonder about is the storage vacuum bags. http://www.spacebag.com/ I have one for blankets etc. It's really r...

Head Monkey, you're probably right. I need a much more stable or stronger machine...:-( I read a couple of articles how you make jigs for tapered profiles. But I'm not sure if it's suitable for skicores. Definitely not for snowboards But I will change the blade first before I throw this experiment o...

Some news from the bandsaw jig experiment. Today I build a testjig for proving my "theory" (not much of a theory). I also did a test run. One good observation and one bad. The good one: It might work The bad one: The blade needs to be really stiff and strong. I have a pretty thin blade for...

OAC, nice work. I think you could be onto something good. I will be curious to hear the results. Are you planning on doing the entire core length at once (like 333) or half of it like dynstar or K2? I will do more like the Dynastar trick, but not cut and join. I will do the whole core. The jig will...

I was also thinking about profiling with a band saw vertically. Does anyone think making a negative jig and running the core and the jig past the band would work. Obviously there needs to be a fence also. Really like a planer crib just in the vertical plane. Like what dynastar does as mentioned abo...

Lusekofte design?...;-)
Have you skied them yet? Where do you ski in Norway?