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27 boards built in 3 years at it and I'm wondering how we rate against the veterans that have been building for a while?

How many boards/skis have you built and how long have you been at it?

...and what kind of press are you using? We're still on the vacuum press but its working well for us.

-Cheers

I've made 15 pairs of skis. I made my first skis in December 2009. Wow, didn't think it was that long ago! I use a pneumatic press.

60-70 boards on a pneumatic

Since 07. Over 60 pair.

21 since spring 2011

I'm on 1/2 of one pair, or One full 1/2 pair of skis depending on how you look at it. I'm just building one ski for now for practice and have the materials ready to go for a full pair all except for the vacuum pump.
Full core, pre-bent tips tails on pine with bamboo sidewalls for the test.
Hopefully it'll be good enough to convince the girlfriend that I can build skiiable skis.

Since 07, 40+ pairs, vacuum

5 for me since december 2012. I will probably build 10 or so this time.
Pneumatic press

I've done something like 15-17 pairs, I'm having a hard time remembering some of the pairs I didn't ski on much. About two thirds have been for myself. I've always had a pneumatic press.

I built like 5 boards in 1989-90 and then started building again in 2010. About 10 boards and 20 pairs of skis so far. Vaccum.

18+1/2 pair since 2008.
All vacuum.

Wow, that's a fair chunk of $ when you stop to think about it.
Once I'm done hemorrhaging money on the new shop I'll build a pneumatic press. If the bleeding ever stops

sam

That's pretty f'in cool, I took an average of the 10 responses so far and we have built 298 boards and/or skis between us.

Pat yourself on the back everyone, that's impressive!

Now if we can just combine our talents, we may have a profitable future?

Thanks all, good thread.

-Don

On again off again builder, 2.5 pairs over 5 years. The second pair has 150+ days. Looking to start building again but now that I live in socal i have no room.

Since 2009 I've built 17 pr. Just ordered 10 topsheets from Miller, and have two more that pulled the trigger this w/e.
If I could just make enough skis to make this thing a break even prospect. Hahahahahahahahahahhahahahaahhaaaaaaaaaa.....

Since 2009 I've built 17 pr. Just ordered 10 topsheets from Miller, and have two more that pulled the trigger this w/e.
If I could just make enough skis to make this thing a break even prospect. Hahahahahahahahahahhahahahaahhaaaaaaaaaa.....