Crisp Customs 2011/12
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 12:56 am
Just got a pair of skis in the press
A new shape - skinny!
124-74-114
178cm
Traditional camber and tail. Slight rocker tip (K2 piste ski type rocker)
Tip height 5cm
Tail height 1cm
10mm camber (but single blanket from top, so likely lose a bit)
Sicomin epoxy
Heated cure (30 minutes up to 80C, then 1hr15min at 80C)
55psi press (although skinny skis so probably quite a bit at the actual ski)
Materials cobbled together a bit.
Diecut two short pieces of base together for one ski
Scrap piece for the other
3/4 edge wrap
Core bamboo - 2 - 13 - 2 - felt pretty stiff even being narrow so no carbon
Bamboo horizontal veneer topsheet
Layup OK
Pressing looks ok after rejigging the press for new molds.
One stuffup routing cores and managed to gouge the template - so these my be a one off! Will be a small 2cm section where about 0.5mm-1mm of gap between edge and base material. Pretty annoyed.
Didn't have vacuum templates for this model
I routed a copy of the template with a slight inset and used this to clamp the base material to the base template (like doughboy does, and OAC - just I used a handheld router not OAC's mega-table router). Used a spiral down cutting bit - nice clean cut - except where I gouged the template! (stupid mistake, really pissed, but moved on and finished the skis).
Anyway cooking now
Pictures soon, then i'm going on holidays for a while.
A new shape - skinny!
124-74-114
178cm
Traditional camber and tail. Slight rocker tip (K2 piste ski type rocker)
Tip height 5cm
Tail height 1cm
10mm camber (but single blanket from top, so likely lose a bit)
Sicomin epoxy
Heated cure (30 minutes up to 80C, then 1hr15min at 80C)
55psi press (although skinny skis so probably quite a bit at the actual ski)
Materials cobbled together a bit.
Diecut two short pieces of base together for one ski
Scrap piece for the other
3/4 edge wrap
Core bamboo - 2 - 13 - 2 - felt pretty stiff even being narrow so no carbon
Bamboo horizontal veneer topsheet
Layup OK
Pressing looks ok after rejigging the press for new molds.
One stuffup routing cores and managed to gouge the template - so these my be a one off! Will be a small 2cm section where about 0.5mm-1mm of gap between edge and base material. Pretty annoyed.
Didn't have vacuum templates for this model
I routed a copy of the template with a slight inset and used this to clamp the base material to the base template (like doughboy does, and OAC - just I used a handheld router not OAC's mega-table router). Used a spiral down cutting bit - nice clean cut - except where I gouged the template! (stupid mistake, really pissed, but moved on and finished the skis).
Anyway cooking now
Pictures soon, then i'm going on holidays for a while.