Sidewalls are going to be the death of me... this image is a second side wall that I ended up attaching after my first failure. I profiled it by itself and then glued it to the core and sent it trough the planner to even it up with the core and on the last pass it sucked the core up into the knives ...

After an eggnog and some craken rum...
I feel like an idiot. Thanks twiz.
I was getting way ahead of myself. Looking back, I was upside down. Onward and upward!

I have a question. if the tip and tails are 2mm thick and my edges are 2.1mm thick how the heck do you cut this rabbet? I'm I missing something? edit... sorry, Did a search and found this: http://skibuilders.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=36338&sid=ed346cdb3eef4b134b98ebf33d52daf3 So you only do the...

When you cut the rabbet, do you cut it for the edge and the teeth or just the edge?

Does anyone have a photo of their jig?

This is the onlyone I was able to find:
http://www.skibuilders.com/phpBB2/viewt ... s&start=15

Sam: great idea! Sometimes the obvious is not so obvious. Im absolutly going to do this next set. Thanks man.

where are you located at?

Update: picked up the sidewall material. My daughter was very excited http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c26/Skimann20/IMG_1369.jpg Went and picked up my templates. Marshall did a great job! http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c26/Skimann20/IMG_1370.jpg Picture of my stack. I'm not sure If I'm going to...

Thanks Guys! Sounds like I'm just going to have to get use to flame treating... I'm slightly nervous about flame BURNING. Off to the lab!

I'll get some photos up of my progress. I've been slacking on posting rad photos lately.

I have a question about bonding UHMW to the core. Do you guys flame treat the side that you are going to bond it to the core? I found this forum: http://skibuilders.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=464&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0 but it was so long ago i was wondering if anyone has had an...

skidesmond wrote:I used 3/4 mdf to cover my mold between the tip/tail blocks so it meets my tip/tail blocks evenly. I do not fasten the mdf to the mold since my tip/tail blocks are adjustable.

same here.

troublemaker wrote:What's that burnt spot on the control box by the plug?

the ouotside of the box got narled up by the holesaw, so I took a tourch and smoothed out the plastic with it. it got slightly too hot and burnt.

Sammers: thanks man. didn't see the "customize your upload options" i am blind in one eye and can't see out the other... okay so a brief update: I put building on a hold, I had the inlaws in town and they made me drink lots of beer and liquior... (not that i was complaining) but i did mana...

I've had some close calls. That's about as close as they get. I'm glad your okay.

oh well... is it better to buy the plywood natural vertical grain from calibamboo or to buy the boards? or are there any suppliers of bamboo flooring in 72" lengths on the east coast? that seems to be my biggest problem is that im in east pa and nobody seems to have bamboo lumber, plywood, or ...

Movement with ski building has slowed. Newborns take up a lot of your time... ;) So I finally got around to making the bottom mold section. Normally my work area is not this messy, i'm just swamped with work and cleanup has been on the back burner... So I built a jig to hold the ribs of the mold so ...