I found laying up one at a time worked best for my first few skis I didn't want the stress of trying to rush through. I did machine my cores at the same time. Both pairs of skis have so far turned out to be pairs. :) Perhaps one day I'll build a wider mold and start vacuuming 2 at a time but until t...

The car vacuum pump is usually used in diesel powered vehicles as diesel engines dont produce any vacuum. Cars use vacuum for brake boost, or for controls in heating systems etc. the vacuum pump you are looking at is this type. I'm not sure how much vacuum they will produce and you would still need ...

Mine oil smokes like crazy. Not sure if this is normal but the pump just keeps on purring for 12-14 hours stretches. No problems so far.I do keep mine outside with a long hose into the shop. Keeps the smoke outside and the pump and motor cooler. (plus the noise doesn't keep me awake at night)

sam

Thanks Ben. Just got home from The Guides Hut,thanks to Alain(sp?) we got the bases ground, they look awesome. Unfortunately we were unable to do a stone grind as it seems most stones are only about 135mm wide. I'll try Ski Base to see if they're machine is wider. Still... the edge to base lines tur...

Yea long weekend!! Got to work Friday night putting my mold together. Used the same technique as with the 127's, only used an old, too thin core for my camber. Made a new tip mold out of MDF. Reused the old tip mold for the tail. It wasn't quite wide enough so glued some MDF to both sides then ran i...

just a teaser, pressed 1 last night. The other is in the press as I type.



I'll have some pics tomorrow once they get flashed.

sam

Turns all year!!
I was thinking about this yesterday looking at the piles in the arena parking lot from the Zamboni.

yours look way better

sam

good luck. Let us know how it goes as I've been thinking about something similar.
Even if it just offsets the cost of materials.
I'm guessing you found some edges

sam

Just a thought but.., what about silk screening on some plain cotton fabric and using that either as top sheet or under top sheet?

sam

I clamped my tip and tails at the end of the running length in my vacuum mold (slowly)
with a wet rag on top and left it until the rag was dry. Gotta go slow.

sam

My basement shop is always cold, so i found a cheap electric blanket ($3 at the salvation army store.) With a couple bats of insulation on top gets to about 130f on high. Seemed to work fine. (we'll see how the skis hold up this winter) Let your epoxy cure for a few + hours before turning it on so y...

Ben. Fernie has a job fair every year near the end of October to fill all the winter positions around town.
The ski resort has a web site
http://www.skircr.com/employment/curren ... nities.asp
looks like there are quite a few postings right now
hope this helps
good luck

sam

Plywood, the top sheet is natural topsheet from skibuilders with a really nice cotton fabric underneath unfortunately once it was wetted out it turned really dark. got to find something brighter or just use some light fiberglass fabric over top. http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn191/sammer_album/...

thanks ra. it's definitely been a worthwhile project.
I cant wait to see her shredding the heck out of them.

sam

Wow looks great nice work ben.

sam