I am an oberon fan but my favorite Bells is the best brown which has just become avail. for the winter. I've been drinking PBR for a loooooong time, its my drink for the sake of drinking beer.
If you can find the Bells consecrator dopplebock,that is a really good beer.

Ya mon, do tell!!

Thanks man I do like the press, I can pump it up to 90 lbs and 0.0 deflection in the middle. 8) Here is a pic of the lay up and you can see that I had the two cores attached to each other in two places, and I had a piece of dowel under each of those spots to lock the cores in. I don't think the core...

cool I'll try that. I'm not that concerned with looks on this ski, I just wanted a starting point for flex. My next one will have graphics and maybe some rocker. I think I have a solution for the base shift too. I'll post my findings after.

Well, I laid up some skis sunday morning and then went skiing. Pulled them out of the press this morning and cleaned them up tonight. They have some probs but all in all I'm happy and I think they are skiable. the layup; 4001 w/edges 22oz tri all ash core 2-11.5-2 lineer taper. 22oz clear topsheet t...

Well I put some more 2 by material on top of the top mold and now the hose presses into the tip nice and tight. Thanks alot twizz for your thoughts on that. I'd show some pics but for some reason my computer will not recognize my camera tonight. javascript:emoticon(':evil:') Some day I swear this co...

That is one awesome press, I like the PBR cans on top, just like mine

Thanks vinman, its coming along nicely but more to do for sure. Thanks twizz for the suggestion, I'll add some more depth and hopefully that will take care of it. As for the press, a skier buddy of mine owns a machine/blackiron shop and he had those I-beems in his yard. Sold them to me for 200 bucks...

Hello skibuilders; I'm finally getting close to laying up a pair of skis!! I've been studying this awesome site for a while now and feel like I've gained enough knowledge to give it a go. The amount of info here is incredible and I hope that I can contribute in some way by sharing my experiences. He...

skibum,
Are you looking for someone to take the whole thing, or will you sell it by the roll?
If by the roll then I'm down for two of the 34mm.

wow, the store does have it. when I go to the store all that comes up is base mat. and fiberglass. But when I did a search for vds it came up. cool!
thanks guys, and I don't mind the store making a profit.

Anyone know where I can get some? Action sports is out of stock.
I'm just getting started on making skis after studying this awesome site for some time. I'll be starting a journal soon, but right now I'm just trying to source the materials.
thanks, art

I forgot to include that I will be using 2 five inch fire hoses, and a cat track made of .75" tube steel.

I just got a hold of enough W12x26 to build a 2 ski or one snowboard press. I ran the numbers and came up with .015" deflection @ 50 psi and 8 ft. of span. I'm no engineer and its been a while since college so I'm not sure if I did it right. I'd like to build one similar to the one on the happy...