nice skis! ...as usual. btw, have you ever tried using white epoxy on the core or staining the core white before layup? we did that on a test piece and it really made the graphic pop. that graphic was on paper though, so i don't know if the white resin would seep through the fiberglass layers into t...

i think thats underfloor heating foil. pretty weak (usually about 100w/m²) but it works if you insulate your press well and your epoxy doesn't require really high temps.

yup, my tips look pretty much the same, maybe a little less steep though.
i've found this kind of kick to ride really well. floats nicely on pow and gives a good platform when buttering.

maybe you should try to make your kicks like capita did with their flatkick technology. that would give you only a small curve to sand right.
our snowboards have tips like that and i really like the way they ride.

your tip/tail molds look interesting. how did you make them?

btw, anyone interested in a cordura frame press should read this post: http://www.skibuilders.com/phpBB2/viewt ... loth+frame

some good info on there.

Otoh if Montucky is really hooking it up I'll pm him before I buy anything :) he is! might take him a while since he seems to be pretty busy most of the time, but he was happy to sew us up some remnants the company he works for produces. there is even a thread where he offers to make the cordura ba...

well, you'd have to place them pretty close to each other (i'd say 5" spaces) and sew them all at the exact same length to get even pressure troughout the press. for a 2 metre long press you would need seven tow straps with 2" width to cover the whole press. i looked them up at amazon and ...

I did, and have been reading the board and getting all of the information before posting, but there was no info based on a low budget production. Everything I read just talked about how to and the best ways to do things, not the cost (or in my case the lack of)... have you looked at the cordura fra...

should do the job, but don't expect it to be fast.
we've inflated our hoses with sth like this when we forgot to bring a proper compressor one day:

sounds like it should work. we're using cordura bags for our frame. you might want to do the same since i guess it would distribute the pressure more evenly. just ask montucky, he's been so kind to sew us some bags for a nominal fee. our press consists of form board and particle board, which i think...

btw - I happened to catch a clip on Burton Snowboards last night. They showed one of their new cores. They said they can use up to 20 different species of wood in a board. But what was really different is they had wood running perpendicular under the binding area to stiffen up the edge of the board...

@Chris: do you have any issues with warping? i wasn't sure about using regular wood for the molds because of possible warping, so i chose mdf instead.

carnold wrote:and the mold looks like this


Chris

Chris, that's a really nice mold! What's it made of?

yep, if you want free GIMP is the closest to Photoshop you can get.