I have a Fontaine 680 ski tuner. It appears the free wheel is now frozen. Before I start messing with it, does anyone know how the wheel comes off? It looks like I may need a wheel pulley. Anyone experience this before?

Thanks.

I use flax with Uni CF exclusively now. I ordered my flax from Bcomp. I just made a pair of skis and I used Entropy Resin that has about a 2:1 ratio. I used 28oz of epoxy with the appropriate amount of hardener. The ski is 174cm with 72mm at the mid point. The trick to spreading the resin on the fla...

^^^ I agree. you can forgo a separate sidewall glue up altogether as long as the core glue up is super clean with out gaps. All depends on what you want the finished product to look like. It may be a bit softer but I bet it won't be noticeable.

The sidewall should be a denser harder wood than the core. But if you're using a hardwood in the core like maple/birch/ash, etc. then just make the outside stringers wide enough to be sidewall from tip to tail. It's called variable width sidewall. It's done all in 1 glue up. No separate core making ...

I think most builders use a butt joint. I've also seen some builders integrate the core and tip spacer with a V. I use the butt joint and never had a failure. Since the butt joint is sandwiched between fiberglass and/or other laminates, it ends up very durable.

There's a company in Vermont called Powderjet that makes snowboards with wood bases. We exchanged some info awhile back. I think he was using thin coat of epoxy on the wood base. http://powderjets.com/

I made a pair of all wood skis. I had a problem keeping wax on the base. After a couple runs the wax was just about gone and they would not glide very well. It required a steep slope to get them to move.

Keep up the good work.

Sounding more and more like magic dust. I'm sure it has its applications where it's very effective.

I have another method of applying metal edges that won't require tons of spring clamps. I built a prototype and did a quick demo of it and it seems to work well. I got the idea from a wood working technique of how to glue up 2 boards with only a few clamps. Basically you shave the middle of the edge...

Thanks. I wondered if its was over kill to sell skis.

I tried putting veneer through my printer, HP Officejet 5610, and other veneer did not want to go through the rollers with out breaking.

Great video! Thanks Chris. Now, I need to get my hands on some 😉

I've switched to using flax/cf instead of FG. Flax is lighter but stronger per ounce. And yes it is more damp per weight when compared to FG. Can you tell the difference in practice? That I think is subjective. I know that my skis are lighter but I haven't sacrificed performance and they feel just a...

Graphene looks like it's going to be the next big thing used in skis. I started researching the stuff. This is what I've found: 1. For one it's stupid expensive so I'm wondering how much ski manufacturers are actually using. 1 gram iof powder is about $100. 2. It's 200 times stronger than steel. 3. ...

Thanks for all the good tips.