[iggyskier]

Hopefully the right spot...

anyway, figured a few people would find this interesting. Guy making skis out of a pimped out trailer in cali.

Anyway, pretty unique approach to ski building for sure.

http://333skis.com/

[KevyWevy]

wow. this is really interesting!

his sidecut jig is a sweet simple idea as well!




and cap construction...




edges on the tail...
"Anchoring the edge at tip and tail. This method allows for a faster prep/build time. I think it is superior for edge retention on impact hits to tip. "




i guess instead of posting the rest of the pictures i find interesting i'll just post a link to "how they're built"
http://333skis.com/how-333-skis-are-built.php

i see nothing about a press and seeing how the skis are cap construction, he must be vacuum bagging.

incredibly interesting though... i really like the idea of the sidecut jig!

[Grizzly Adams]

has a real impressive resume too...

"I built the Scotty Bob factory in Silverton, the Auto Win factory in China, trained Pete Wagner from Telluride, built the Yama factory in Northridge, set up the original crew of 5150 Snowboards, Jason Kanes, did the original prototype development for Arbor Snowboards, Chris. Back in the day, many of Kemper Snowboards prototypes. Designed the Yama Deep V Tool, Yama DCB and QCB. Built the factory that Coda Boards are built in. Started the crew of Beau Woods, Paul Sethi, the largest stateside wood core manufacturer before the industry went to China. Built Famly Snowboards, Trailer Trash Snowboards, Freeload in Canada, and a host of other bitchen small companies on the West Coast."
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[chrismp]

i think his method of profiling the cores with a modified bandsaw is pretty interesting.
i wonder how accurate that method is.

[Juanbendedknee]

This makes me want to try the horizontal laminate method- It might just be the feel I am looking for in my next pair of pow skis. Anyone have an Idea about core sizing with this method?

J

[MontuckyMadman]

Seems i'm a little stupid. vacuum is whats me thinks.

I still think the plywood will loose its camber/rocker faster and pop that we want to last a long time but this guy has been building for along time.
You think more manufacturers would be building with ply if it works so well. maybe they are. Haven't cut up a new pair of gots in a while or any of the other major makers skis.
I bet you can tell the difference between ply the same with wood and metal and foam. they all feel it bit different its what you like.
Good info in here but he posts after drinking/working allot.
case you missed it...
http://tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=160115

Plywood you want to chime in? Oh wait you are building vert lam like all of us aren't you?

[iggyskier]

[MontuckyMadman]

well, i still can't get it all. There's good stuff but slightly cryptic.

[KevyWevy]

im still a little lost...

does anybody have any pictures of how bladder conformation works?

"Two build tables, one atmosphere, the sun, some good material, build on customer service, one axle one hope, I say, "bust it down.""
- he's talking about atmosphere, so is he bagging as well?

and how does his bandsaw set-up work? is it pretty much just like using a planer jig, but with the modified bandsaw instead. in the pictures i don't see any sort of crib/jig.

[doughboyshredder]

I just wanted to point out that he actually hasn't said anything about his current press other than to refer to them as press stacks, and to say that he presses the ski with 4800lbs of force.

That aint shit. Maybe 10psi or so on the laminate, so I am expecting vacuum bag.

The reference to bladder deformation, was about earlier press building.

These skis aren't perfect, but that doesn't mean they won't be a good ski, and if he is able to sell them for 333.00 and support himself as a ski bum, then that's dded rad if you ask me.

[MontuckyMadman]

ahhh.. all his cryptic linguo got me confused.
damn him. I'm going to mammoth!!

[plywood]

I hear your call, Mmadman!

plywood? i checked his site too but somehow i missed the part about plywood... so what`s the question?

you`re right, i switched to vertical lamination but did...3 pairs with horizontal lamination. but i did use veneer instead of plywood.

hard to say if plywood keeps the camber. this can`t be answered in general, it depends on how you use it.
if you use several sheets of 1 or 2mm plywood and laminate those sheets horizontally in a cambered mold i promise you the skis will NEVER EVER lose any camber - as the core will already be cambered. it`s not like on a vertically laminated core where the core is "flat" and gets forced into camber by the fibreglas, because on vertical the core always wants to go back to being straight. kchchch what an ambiguous sentence!

if the core gets laminated "flat" i can`t see any advantage of it....if he doesn`t laminate at all and just cuts massive sheets of plywood i can`t find any advantage neither...
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[Dr. Delam]

I think the advantages that he is striving for are minimal cost and simplicity. His core cost is $4 each and there is no labor on lamination since it is already done.

I think I have to try at least one pair with some of this birch laminate. They have it at the local Home Depot for $37 for a 4X 8 X 1/2 sheet.

[plywood]

but be careful with plywood. if the several plys/sheets of the plywood are too thick it won`t work. at least that`s what i`ve experience on my skateboards. there is a border at maybe 2mm thickness of a sheet.
if the single sheets of the plywood are thicker than 2mm it`s more likely the plywood will break if profiled and loaded with a big load. this is due to the sheets running crosswise to the skis. the crack will start in such a crosswise sheet. hard to explain, but hopefully you get the point
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[MontuckyMadman]