but chrismp i have only 120v outlet so would one dimmer be enough to control the wattage in my house. \ cause those dimmers are like 60 $ couple of europe builders (including me) are using a fairly prized power controller from "kemo", this one: http://www.kemo-electronic.de/en/Light-Sound...

im interested in buiding one of those rib-moulds that could be adjusted to different lengths like neil did it. i just don t know how do i have to cover the gaps of the lower mould. do you just use a sheet of steel or aluminium (thickness??) or do you need a second cat-track on the mould saving the l...

i also struggeld a lot with this tip/tail presure problem. i tried the method with a slip layer but without any progress. pneumatics wasn t a choice because of money. as mentioned before, you should first close the gap betwenn positive and negative mould. another skibuilder (i dont know his forum na...

..and i found a method to solder resistance wire. i just pressed cable end sleeves around the wire so it was easy to solder them. it holds good without sliding or any problems so far. https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-P63GLwcf3cQ/TxwdC6yhlHI/AAAAAAAAAak/qoiGQCoXAjs/s720/IMG_0549.JPG https://lh4.goo...

Imade 2 mats the way described in here: wire kept in place with nails and glass tape, silicone etc. I did a "dry run" when the wires where ready attached to one glass mat with out any silicone rubber yet. i regulated the current with an output controller and at a certain spot the glue of t...

just measured the concave skis: the biggest arc is under the binding section, the arc gets flater towards tip and tail but remains with something like 0,2-0,4mm.

I would shoulder your edges but I doubt that caused your arc problem. Sounds like that may be asymmetry in your lAyup...different fibre orientation, use of carbon, etc? i was pretty accurate in this, as i had this problem of fibre orientation before. just two layers of 22oz triax glass on both side...

skibum wrote: I'm guessing the shop didn't want to touch a ski with 1mm variation between edges (concave from what I understand) because bases are only 1.3mm think generally and thats a pretty fine line between hitting fibreglass.
We will see how the next ones turn out

yes, concave (edges went down, base up)

just to throw in how i pressed these skis, maybe you lll find the critical point: im tempering the resin 24h - 20°C and 16h - 60°C these are specific temerature cycles given by the manufactors. im pretty accurate with this, im using a pid controller, and do not increase the temperature more than 10°...

i just took a pair of skis out of my press where i noticed the base to concave from edge to edge. the archrise was about 1mm in some spots. my core was ash with abs sidewalls, without any rabbet (space) for edges. i think while pressing,ash, as softest part of the core, got compressed and the abs no...

i tried band saw and jig saw. both blades quit their job pretty fast when hitting the glass. jig saw blades for wood didn t even last for about 40cm. band saw was done after half of the ski. i tried now small jig saw blades that have two rows of teeth, one facing downwords the other facing upwards. ...

From what I gather they shouldn't put the skis on the stone grinder before they've taken a couple of passes on a belt grinder. Go to a place with a pure belt grinder and get the skis flatter. Then you can stone grind if you really feel you need to. yep, that was my suggestion to these guys too. he ...

i just ordered from cdw..had to take minimum order:
i have 2 rolls (70m) 25mm wide, and 3 rolls (70m) 10mm wide left. im not selling cuts.
price 23 and 46 euro each.

if interested feel free to pm me, im in germany..

i d cover the topsheet before laying up to prevent any scratches or dirt. maybe with an adhesive foil..

or: use veneer, sand it, oil it!... i m going to leave plastics from topsheets and sidewalls, as it brings always trouble

Hey Sir Orange, to wich shop did you go in Davos? I'm more from the Klosters side and one very good shop is Gotschna sport in Klosters. They are very nice and maybe they can help you with the grinding. I'll be in Davos next week so if I see somebody on an awesome pair of skis I know who it is. :D h...