We got 95% of the welding done today. The only stuff left is some reinforcements and center deflection post on the back and the casters. The I just need to figure out how to get this monster home. Big progress today!!!!

I now have 16 hockey sticks to be cut up for my cat track I may need a couple more depending on how wide I cut my track. If I go 14+ inches I may need another 2-4 sticks to have enough for a 84 inch track. Each stick is 1.25x .75 inches. I'l use the 1.25 width thru most of the track and the .75 widt...

can you provide some more info on your heaters?

Stowe/Smuggs/Jay Peak area. I have my steel for the press frame. It should get welded in a week or so. I have my hose and edge bender. Working on trying to find a space to house everything. I am considering building a shed/ ski workshop. I also need to acquire some tools, build some molds and get so...

They cut my steel today. I'll be picking up four 8 foot sections of 6 x 6 tube steel this weekend plus 2 sections of 14 inch tall I beam for the sides. The guy welding for me has some 4 x 4 tube and angle iron that we'll use to create the center posts to prevent deflection with. Next up is 4 grade 8...

those are freaking giants, nice job on the graphics.

good points both of you. I do think that we'll end up ordering a second hose. and I will definitely be cutting my track a bit wider now. I still think I can get up to 3 track pieces from each stick at 14 inches wide It will be close I think. My buddy in the snowboard bizz confirms 13-14 inches for t...

9.5 inches = ~23 cm/230 mm. To get full coverage on a snowboard or 2 skis I'll likely need another hose. or would this be enough with a cat track to spread the force out? The hockey stick idea came to me as I was looking at someone else's press pics and I noticed they had rectangular aluminum tubes ...

I have a 6 inch wide PVC lay flat hose rated for 150 psi. I may need another one... I'll be making a cat track out of broken hockey sticks that I'll collect from the local arenas and high school teams. I'l likely need 30-40 hockey sticks. I should be able to get 2-3 12 inch cat track pieces out of e...

I just stopped by the steel yard today. they will be cutting my 8 foot tubes this week. now I just have to go find some side pieces. I'm still thinking 14-15 inches would work. the have C stock in 15 inch as well as some i beams in 14. If 14 is a fairly common inside dimension I think I'll go with t...

[quote="CFO"]I understand what you are saying. I know what running length is and what effective edge is. But if you look at a company quoting running length only and a company quoting effective edge only, then how do you draw a comparison? Especially, they dont give you tip/tail length, so...

To me running length is measured from contact points at the tip and tail when the. Ski is flat. Effective edge would be measured from the contact points when the ski is up on edge in a turn.

They would very likely be very similar measurments

Thanks. So 14-16 inches is reasonable. I'm not building the frame for z bit yet but I wanted to see what others had done. I am planning on a cat track. I also have to decide on welded vs bolted. I have a coworker who is a welder, skier and is willing to weld for me. I guess I need to research mold d...

I have found a 32 foot section of 6 inch square tube steel (3/8 inch) that I can buy for $170. I'll cut that in four 8 ft sections for my cavity top and bottom like ON3P's original press. Now what should I use for side pieces and how tall should the cavity be. I am thinking it should be about 14 inc...

Hot glue does not bond well to uhmwpe. Likely scraped off easily or taken off during a base grind