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- Tue Jan 17, 2012 4:56 pm
- Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
- Topic: effective edge length
- Replies: 5
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effective edge
The SFB was a great ski! Your layup plan seems good, what weight FG? also I've been told by a very well-trusted composite heavyweight that you want to keep your carbon to the outside (carbon, fg, bamboo, fg, carbon) to maximize it's effect.
- Tue Jan 17, 2012 2:41 pm
- Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
- Topic: effective edge length
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2592
effective edge
I think you'll find that 21m will be a ton of fun on the groomers. I have a pair at 184CM (143-104-133) which I believe puts it around 23m radius, and they've been my ski of choice so far this year, with very little pow to speak of. The early rise does help, you're right.
- Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:15 pm
- Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
- Topic: Convert Stone grinder to Belt grinder
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6618
flat
Hey gardner. Twizz, MM, and the rest of the super faithful and helpful folks here (totally serious) have given you some pretty solid intel. While I would not consider myself an expert in the tuning department, I've been getting paid to tune skis for the past 4 seasons now, and have done a WHOLE LOT ...
- Sun Dec 25, 2011 6:50 am
- Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
- Topic: Hot Box
- Replies: 51
- Views: 28459
- Wed Dec 14, 2011 3:54 pm
- Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
- Topic: Binding reinforcement testing?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9956
binders
Anyone who has ever worked in a rental/repair shop (good idea if you can handle watching other people ski...) can tell you the standard for screw torque when mounting an alpine set-up is 4nm. Most of your electric screw guns with torque clutches use some oddball proprietary numerical system that doe...
- Mon Aug 29, 2011 6:09 am
- Forum: Materials and Supplies
- Topic: VDS group buy? north america
- Replies: 23
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group buy
I'd be happy to get in on a group buy, I'm on East coast, but am still interested.
- Sun Aug 28, 2011 6:22 am
- Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
- Topic: Official "Problems" Thread - For Those Times
- Replies: 46
- Views: 21879
pre-heating epoxy
Hey guys, great thread! LONG time lurker (years). This post will be most helpful for newbies (if anyone), and my apologies if it comes of preachy, just trying to help. Pre heating your resin is a really good practice for many reasons, but can certainly be a tricky one to execute with repeated sucess...