Are you using the "Joe wood worker set up" with a vacuum reservoir? Skip it and run the pump continuously, then you don't have to bother about tiny leaks.

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skidesmond wrote:For what it's worth I'll be at Killington VT on sunday 3/8, Butternut in Mass 3/9, 3/10, and Mt Snow Vt 3/14, 3/15,

Watch out for a pair of OAC skis there!

PTTR came to visit yesterday! That was inspiring. He has ideas...
I just realized that I'm a very traditional ski builder! I think I have to rise my vision a bit!

Nice work! Router boo boo's sucks!

chrismp should have all the creds regarding the sublimation. ;) I used all my fuel on the ski pressing part. I don't think anything other than silicone would do for complex shapes. Although a ski shape isn't that complex in itself but in terms of vacuum pressing it is. If you just use silicone sheet...

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I have a couple of 1 meters.

When I contacted them in Sweden I was contacted by a guy in Norway!! After that I didn't hear anything. Possibly because my printer wasn't listed. Epson R1900. So I took the chinese road. :-) Unlike some others, I haven't had any issues with the ink...yet

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Honey badger it will be!!

Honey badger eats cobras!"

Made of honeycomb then?

Next thing is to tidy up and "rebuild" the workshop. It's a mess, as you can see on some of the pictures, and needs a facelift!

I've used it in the last 6 pair. I ran out of ABS and got the idea to test cork. As I wrote before , easy to work with and together with epoxy and fiberglass it feels like an ok distance material. Swing weight? This is skis not golf clubs..:D I know what what you mean, maybe MOI is better to use? I ...

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It's the bulletin board kind. Easy to bend and form, no flame treatment needed.
I got the idea from you and a surf board builder I met in Portugal last summer. He had/has cork in the top and tail. Only with epoxy and a thin fiberglass weave. Felt rock solid!

skidesmond wrote:Cork for tip/tail spacer? Is it end grain or from a roll?

I don't know? How can I tell? I got it like a 1m² sheet, 2mm thick. It's rolled now...

Yet another perfect pair from the OAC factory! Ha ha :D :D :D Wolverine95: 180cm 134-95-122 r=20m (19m maybe...) woodcore: poplar-ash-pawlonia. t-spacers: cork. Composite: 800g/m² triax under and above the core. Sublimated PBT top sheet. W.= 1600g https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CNrILh8-ZE8/VK2Qq...