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by sammer
Sat Dec 13, 2008 11:30 am
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: sammer's skis
Replies: 115
Views: 72994

As promised here's pics of the finished product. Rockered tip http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn191/sammer_album/IMG_1974.jpg Camber http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn191/sammer_album/IMG_1985.jpg front view w/ marker speedpoint bindings. http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn191/sammer_album/I...
by sammer
Fri Dec 12, 2008 6:48 pm
Forum: Materials and Supplies
Topic: VDS Rubber
Replies: 7
Views: 5390

I've tried bonding a few types of rubber. Thought rubber tip spacers would be a good idea. But.... first I tried rubber gasket material. sanded it with 80 grit, washed with acetone. Came apart the first time I flexed it. Next tried a piece of car inner tube. It bonded better but after flexing it 20 ...
by sammer
Tue Dec 09, 2008 5:12 pm
Forum: Materials and Supplies
Topic: treatment for wood sidewalls
Replies: 10
Views: 7757

treatment for wood sidewalls

Just putting this out there. I've been thinking about using linseed oil on my wood sidewalls. My thinking is that it will absorb deeper into the maple than epoxy or urethane. If anyone has any thoughts or has had a bad experience with this please let me know. How would it affect base and topsheet? Y...
by sammer
Sat Dec 06, 2008 5:15 pm
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: sammer's skis
Replies: 115
Views: 72994

Introducing the everydayfatties 182cm's 137-107-128 Has a slight rockered tip and is very stiff:D http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn191/sammer_album/IMG_1952.jpg It's taken a bit of time but I got my new cores put together. 3 birch stringers and maple sidewalls. I glued in a piece of aluminum scr...
by sammer
Wed Dec 03, 2008 4:53 pm
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: New Ski Snowboard Press
Replies: 59
Views: 39427

I just spent a bit of time looking back through old posts. It turns out it was Marks planer profile jig that gave me the bendy MDF idea! Credit were credit is due :D Gast vacuum pumps seem to be reasonably priced, but I would still think about using an old fridge pump. (if mine ever breaks down) Rec...
by sammer
Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:38 pm
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: New Ski Snowboard Press
Replies: 59
Views: 39427

drews, good thinking. I know it seems everyone here is giving you a hard time, but no one wants to see you waste you money and time making a piece of $h1t. This community is very knowledgeable, heed their advise! A vacuum mold is definitely the easiest way to go. Mine is just a 8" wide piece of...
by sammer
Tue Nov 25, 2008 7:41 pm
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: sammer's skis
Replies: 115
Views: 72994

yea! skibuilder's order arrived today. Dropped off the 186's and the 127's at Guides Hut. We dug around in the bin and found some wide brakes for some old tyrolia rental bindings I had kicking around. (taking kids binders off her last years pair.) Core blanks are trimmed to shape have maple sidewall...
by sammer
Sun Nov 23, 2008 7:42 pm
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: Snowchasers
Replies: 26
Views: 18819

That's awesome, I'm still laughing. might have to try that with my failed ski. just to see how well it bonded. I'm still not convinced that p-tex side walls are worth the effort. we'll see how the pine sidewalls on my 186's hold up. my latest core has maple sidewalls. hope to get those pressed in th...
by sammer
Sat Nov 15, 2008 10:00 am
Forum: Aprés Ski Building
Topic: Shaping the body.. not the skis
Replies: 15
Views: 12031

Here's the one I made a couple years ago.
If I was to make a new one I'd make it taller but it works.

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sam
by sammer
Thu Nov 13, 2008 8:19 pm
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: Snowchasers
Replies: 26
Views: 18819

nice work! Yes, leave your bases attached to your template until you get edges on. this should help with warping I bend my edges days before until they can just sit on the template with one clamp I also label my template sides 1+2 then bend edges and label them 1+2 these get glued to the base that g...
by sammer
Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:48 pm
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: sammer's skis
Replies: 115
Views: 72994

rockaukum, thanks for the tip I've been doing almost exactly as Idris suggested. I tape down my base with double sided carpet tape, then align my core exactly where I want it. while holding it in place I hot glue small wood locators in 4 spots (2 on either side of the core). then i set the core asid...
by sammer
Mon Nov 10, 2008 11:04 pm
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: sammer's skis
Replies: 115
Views: 72994

Yup, my bases (oops I meant core) didn't sit all the way down, prebent tips, tails and all. When i laid up the first pair (kids) I used a strips of paneling as locators. When i laid up the next pair I used some thin leftover strips of core. This time I went with the paneling. Obviously it was too th...
by sammer
Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:14 pm
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: sammer's skis
Replies: 115
Views: 72994

Well today was my first big ski building disappointment. Laid up my latest ski last night. First of the rockers. I guess my core locator's were not quite tall enough, so my core shifted... quite a bit! I have no core under one edge and 1 birch sidewall protruding beyond the other. So i guess its tim...
by sammer
Sun Nov 02, 2008 9:28 am
Forum: Materials and Supplies
Topic: wood for cores
Replies: 2
Views: 2696

wood for cores

I was at the lumber store yesterday looking for something more substantial than the SPF I've been using for cores. After digging around for a while (and making quite a mess) i stumbled upon a 1x8 rough piece of birch,about 7ft long. nice straight grain no knots. $20 seemed pretty good. (less than 1/...
by sammer
Sat Nov 01, 2008 9:03 pm
Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
Topic: The SG 5150's!
Replies: 10
Views: 11250

nice job 8) .
Interesting shape. Let us know how they ski.


sam