we've used it on the base at about 90°C and it didn't melt...so i guess you're good to go. still had some epoxy that got squeezed between the base and the contact paper though. but it was considerably less than without the paper.

no worries...where did you buy it?

hey! what width is your base material? i need some transparent, but it seems really hard to find in small quantities.

does the drive drum have to be so big? i came across conveyor belt rolls that could fit our needs at a reasonable price, they just don't have the big diameter.

doughboyshredder wrote:If your drum isn't perfectly flat while spinning at a ridiculous rpm then your grind won't be flat. Right? I thought I read on here somewhere that the drums are center high so when they are spinning they are flat.

maybe use a lathe to get the ghetto drum flat?

couldn't you just try to modify some metal pipe? i think i could have it PU-coated pretty cheap, just need a solution to mount it and make it run smoothly.

why are these things so damn expensive?! from what i can see in your pics, they're built really simple.

great little article! i have no clue what all the numbers mean, but i get the essence
one question though: i always thought the bonding is influenced by a couple of other variables like type of flame, flame size, oxygen available in the room, etc.
are those things neglectable?

Ride snowboards does it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt_1D1Yc0Dc

But how do they do it? Everything I found on resin infusion on google was using vacuum...any better ideas?

as for the hose why not go to your local fire department and ask them if they have some used hose that fits your needs? ...thats the way i did it and i got 20m of 75mm diameter hose for free (of course i donated a couple of beers). i'm using them in a cordura frame press and they're working like a c...

Bamboo is stupid!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5Qwtv5h ... re=channel

he uses industrial shelving indeed. have a look at at his threads, i think he explains it somewhere.

don't worry, you're not an idiot. they'll stay in your outbox until he has opened them

mind you doughboyshredder builds snowboards

i think someone lined a staircase with sandpaper and rode the snowboard down the stairs.