And one day is sort of hit me that this would be a fun project to do. Talked with some friends and started developing it.
And it has taken along time to get really underway. Mostly financial reasons. I am in the middle of college (graduating in may) and every single tool I have, every single piece of material, all of it I paid for out of pocket. So it took along time to get everything I needed together.
Plus, it has been hard to balance out my major (Pre-med) with finding time to do this right. Other delays have included moving, breaking my hand, etc. etc.
So I will just go through it from the start.
Started off first trying to get the funds together for a press. I wanted something pretty substantial, lifted off the ground so I could store stuff under it, and able to taken apart for transport. What unfolded could be described only as a huge pain in the ass. I think today, knowing what I know, I could build a double wide, double bay press in a few weeks.
The drilling for my press was substantial. It is held together by 148 1/2" grade 8 bolts, between 2" and 7" in size. Some of the bolts go through 3 layers of steel, so drilling everything so it fit together was quite the task and took a long time.
I also suspect I went though at least 20 cobalt drill bits. We figures it out once and I drilled through about 12 feet of steel (all 1/2" holes).
Steel for the beams is 5"x5"x 3/8".
Painting beams
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Legs
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Charlie Murphy is here for moral support
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Bolts and steel
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More
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Drying
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Drilling
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Legs coming together
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Cutting cat track
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Cat Track
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Drilling base
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Coming together
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Everything has lock tight and 2-3 nuts
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Coming together
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Best. Tool. Ever.
![Image](http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a382/iggyskier/ON3P%20Skis/ON3PSkis032.jpg)
Drilling last few holes with this beast
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Mostly done with the frame
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Cutting fiberglass is awful. double up mechanics gloves ruined
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Two cores
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Well then I moved to a new shop, pretty small. Was originally going to get a large double garage, and that fell through, so now I am in a shop that is about 250 sf.
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Had to build up the shop
![Image](http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a382/iggyskier/ON3P%20Skis/ON3PEarlyFall08005.jpg)
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Base of mold in press
![Image](http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a382/iggyskier/ON3P%20Skis/tanker024.jpg)
Ski templates
![Image](http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a382/iggyskier/ON3P%20Skis/ON3PDecember041.jpg)
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Great for router bits
![Image](http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a382/iggyskier/ON3P%20Skis/ON3PDecember019.jpg)
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First hose. There was a leak in the middle of it
![Image](http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a382/iggyskier/ON3P%20Skis/ON3PDecember005.jpg)
First ski. First two skis were just singles to get flex and process down.
![Image](http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a382/iggyskier/ON3P%20Skis/ON3PJan001.jpg)
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In the press
![Image](http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a382/iggyskier/ON3P%20Skis/ON3PJan011.jpg)
WAY WAY too much epoxy
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2 hours later...
![Image](http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a382/iggyskier/ON3P%20Skis/ON3PJan022.jpg)
Next to 190cm iggy FFF
![Image](http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a382/iggyskier/ON3P%20Skis/ON3PJan041.jpg)
Mini tip rocker (FFF on the right)
![Image](http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a382/iggyskier/ON3P%20Skis/ON3PJan042.jpg)
Second ski
![Image](http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a382/iggyskier/ON3P%20Skis/ON3Pfeb022.jpg)
Again, mini tip rocker
![Image](http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a382/iggyskier/ON3P%20Skis/ON3Pfeb029.jpg)
Originally used a router bridge, but really didn't like it, so just built this new planer crib. I need to modify it in the center and remove a few of the sections I think, but seems to be great so far.
![Image](http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a382/iggyskier/ON3P%20Skis/ON3PPlanerCrib021.jpg)
![Image](http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a382/iggyskier/ON3P%20Skis/ON3PPlanerCrib026.jpg)
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So yeah. That is it for now. Hoping to have a bunch more pictures of a bunch of pairs soon, but figured I may as well get this started.