you could also take some pieces of the cat track out, so that it only is the length of your cassette.

I do it after with a laminate trimmer.

I made this pair last year: viewtopic.php?t=3293&highlight=feral


I dont feel they are too stiff, they ride really nice actually.

Export your ski in DXF from Cad. Open the DFX file and check these things: make sure the linework is in model space. It may not really matter, but set your CANNOSCALE to 1:1 Open the DFX in illustrator: Make sure original size is selected 1mm to 1mm is selected. center art work selected. In illustra...

You could leave some extra on each end that does not get shaped with threaded inserts in the jig that you could screw down the core with.

or use nylon screws into inserts in the jig that can be routed.

or make some shopvac vacuum jerry rig.

I saw it

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This stuff is clear, clear, not milky transparent right?

Anyone have any 6.5mm M6 thread inserts I could buy? I need 20

Search for "die cut" or "sublimation"

They make this VHB in .01" thick (0.25mm). doesn't seem too thick.

Found this stuff 3M VHB tape.

Nice Thanks DBS!

Chris, Ya if I have to, that is what I did in the past on a pair of skis.

DBS, I will probably go with a 6.5 underfoot. Crap, I just remembered I ordered 7mm inserts! So how would this be then: -Poplar core with maple stringers(at edges and at insets) profiled to 7mm underfoot and 6.5mm in center. 19oz glass -a few tows of 12k CF(full board length) -wood veneer topsheet. ...

For what it's worth, I'm not a snowboarder anymore but I've built a couple splitboards in the last years for friends.. I've made my core thickness between 7mm and 7.5mm : maximum core thickness from the first binding inserts in the front to the last in the tail... goes down to my tipspacer thicknes...