Wooden base

[backyardskier]

Never seen this before.

[MontuckyMadman]

I have big doubts.
You would have to do some serious proving.
Just doesnt make sense.

[JukeSnowboarding]

[twizzstyle]

The novelty and nostalgia are certainly there. It's something I want to try at some point, just to say I did.

Didn't Steve try wood bases once?

[skidesmond]

I tried that. It wasn't that successful at first. The base refused to hold wax for more than 2 short runs. I even tried using pine tar like they used in pre-ptex days. It didn't help much and smelled awful.

For grins this season, I pulled the skis out of the corner of the basement and epoxied the base, sanded the base down baby-butt smooth and rubbed on wax and tuned the edges. I was only able to get a few runs on them but the epoxy on the base helped a lot. They slid much better and held wax better. It was a fun experiment. But they are retired now.

[deepskis]

A cool way to do this could be a clear base, then a layer of veneer on top of that. Then glass, core, glass and a veneer top..

[Richuk]

Like 'Grown' skis does it.

[leifkj]

Did you try thinning the epoxy you put on the base? I know that there are products that you can use to solidify rotten wood that are epoxy thinned down with acetone so the wood soaks it up. I think thats how they made the hard "lignostone" edges on nordic skis.

[Richuk]

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xiAD ... ak&f=false

It's been around for a while )))

[hegan]

Just posting this in here because I dont see a need to make a new thread about this.

I saw this thread and the one skidesmond had about wooden skis and gave it a go. Worked out really well using poplar veneer as a base. Not the best choice for wood for a base but it was cheap and I wasnt sure if this was going to work or not.



link just in case the embed doesnt work


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[skidesmond]

Cool! I'm surprised at how well and fast they ski. Mine didn't hold much wax on a raw wood base. After I skimmed coated epoxy over the base it was better, but still not great. Nice work!