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- Sun Dec 20, 2009 1:48 am
- Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
- Topic: Getting started!
- Replies: 323
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finished up the planing crib and gave it a test run today. http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2519/4199027485_faac1a053d_o.jpg trimmed up deck of crib and applied grip tape over a 180cm long area I screwed it down with countersunk screws - 2 on the middle piece and 1 countersunk screw on the tip end to ...
- Thu Dec 17, 2009 3:59 pm
- Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
- Topic: Getting started!
- Replies: 323
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that sounds pretty cool too! I'm a vet and part time cessna rebuilder who does what he's told by the boss who knows much more than me about rivets, aluminium and air tools! The bamboo boards I have are 150mm wide when the tongue and groove are gone. At 90mm wide you'd have to glue two together for a...
- Thu Dec 17, 2009 3:47 pm
- Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
- Topic: Side Wall "Insert" Router Bit
- Replies: 26
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- Thu Dec 17, 2009 3:43 pm
- Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
- Topic: simmer down now
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6490
If the trouble with bonding aluminium is related to its smoothness there is a chemical treatment called alladyne that is used in the aircraft industry to help with paint bonding. It chemically etches the aluminium surface which I assume makes many many microscopic roughened areas that the paint can ...
- Thu Dec 17, 2009 5:54 am
- Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
- Topic: Getting started!
- Replies: 323
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Wood sidewalls on the bamboo core would definitely work. Good idea, thanks. Kingswood are across the ditch in new Zealand. He sources bamboo direct from china as he had early troubles with it being too dry or too wet. Now it's custom done for him. I've talked to a few wholesalers here who can get me...
- Wed Dec 16, 2009 3:57 pm
- Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
- Topic: Getting started!
- Replies: 323
- Views: 190171
- Wed Dec 16, 2009 3:24 am
- Forum: Journals: Log Your Ski Building Progress
- Topic: Getting started!
- Replies: 323
- Views: 190171
Getting started!
Hi Everyone. Thought I would start a log of my progress to look back on, especially when I feel like I'm not getting very far! Like most journals I firstly want to say thanks to everyone for their input and answers to often pretty elementary questions. The "I wouldn't be where I am without this...
- Tue Dec 15, 2009 12:22 am
- Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
- Topic: Thermocouple question
- Replies: 42
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Those thermocouples come in a bag of 5. I think 35 dollars for all 5. The female connectors are 3 or 4 dollars I think. If you have that k type one with a bulky end you could use it just need to find a way to mount it in a meaningful place to read temp (maybe harder in a snowboard, in skis I think m...
- Mon Dec 14, 2009 3:37 pm
- Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
- Topic: Thermocouple question
- Replies: 42
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Hi Nick I think with the help of these guys I have worked it out. The following picture is a bit confusing http://www.omega.com/Temperature/images/5LSC_5SRTC_l.jpg The 5SRTC type highlights the large yellow adaptor, which originally I thought was the thermocouple. However, this is actually just a me...
- Sun Dec 13, 2009 8:25 pm
- Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
- Topic: Thermocouple question
- Replies: 42
- Views: 22052
Aluminium isn't hard to get. Any commerical metal yard should be able to get it in many different thicknesses. Usually 4'x8' sheets. To get it easily you have to pay the going rate though and aluminium is relatively expensive. They should be able to cut it on their guillotine for you too in the shap...
- Sun Dec 13, 2009 6:44 pm
- Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
- Topic: Aluminium Cat track thickness
- Replies: 0
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Aluminium Cat track thickness
Hi Everyone I am getting ready to order some aluminium (that's Australian for aluminum!) for my cat track and wondering what thickness people use. I am looking at 3/4 inch (which for me ends up being 19mm). It is available in 1.6mm and 3.2 mm wall thickness. The man at the shop said to go with the t...
- Sun Dec 13, 2009 6:25 pm
- Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
- Topic: Thermocouple question
- Replies: 42
- Views: 22052
- Sun Dec 13, 2009 3:28 am
- Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
- Topic: Thermocouple question
- Replies: 42
- Views: 22052
- Sat Dec 12, 2009 3:10 am
- Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
- Topic: To make a durable park ski
- Replies: 3
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- Sat Dec 12, 2009 2:47 am
- Forum: Yard Sale (non commercial)
- Topic: Triaxial Fibreglass, Australia
- Replies: 3
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Triaxial Fibreglass, Australia
Hi I bought a bulk lot of triaxial 22 oz fibreglass recently. I have enough for about 50 pairs of skis which is a bit ambitious The roll is 49.2m long and has been sliced into thinner widths of 160mm. If anyone is building skis in Australia and is interested let me know and we can work out a price. ...