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SleepingAwake
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by SleepingAwake Sun Nov 24, 2013 1:42 pm
So, cores are milled
In the making:
Tip spacer:
Hardpoint for the binding:
There will be an additional layer of fiberglass in the pocket between hard wood and balsa.
Weight of the core with hardpoints is 530g for 150/124/132 x 1890mm. 580 with tip and tail spacers. How much does one of your cores weight?
Cheers, Reto
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by SleepingAwake Mon Dec 16, 2013 12:35 am
Epic fail: printed the wrong version of the design which wasn't mirrored and realized it just now when it is too late to redo the whole story...
... Shit happens... Cheers, Reto
skidesmond
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by skidesmond Mon Dec 16, 2013 3:30 am
SleepingAwake wrote: So, cores are milled
My current set of cores weigh in at 3330g total with ash stringers and ipe wood sidewalls un-shaped. This set of cores are way heavier than normal.
I like your idea of cutting out a piece for the hardwood insert. Nice touch.
SleepingAwake
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by SleepingAwake Mon Dec 16, 2013 4:37 am
That's how it's recommended by Bcomp. Either mill a pocket and put hard wood or a cotton/phenolic resin plate in there, or just use an additional sheet of titanal.
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by SleepingAwake Mon Jan 13, 2014 12:52 pm
Ok, finished them this weekend. Need to get the base sanded and mount a binding. I'm pretty happy how they turned out for the second pair.
1800g a ski, just 10g weight difference between the two. flex seems to be pretty good. maybe a little too stiff in torsion for such a powdergun.
Cheers, Reto
vinman
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by vinman Mon Jan 13, 2014 2:37 pm
Looks good, nice work.
Drew
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by Drew Tue Jan 14, 2014 2:50 pm
so dope
Sotto
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by Sotto Tue Jan 14, 2014 7:07 pm
looks great!
MontuckyMadman
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by MontuckyMadman Tue Jan 14, 2014 7:19 pm
Whats the "hardwood" looks like mdf?
sammer wrote:
I'm still a tang on top guy.
MontuckyMadman
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by MontuckyMadman Mon Feb 10, 2014 12:25 pm
No the binding insert areas you call hardwood it looks like composite wood.
sammer wrote:
I'm still a tang on top guy.
SleepingAwake
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by SleepingAwake Mon Feb 10, 2014 12:38 pm
nope that's 4mm birch plywood. the good quality with the .5mm veneers...
falls
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by falls Mon Feb 10, 2014 1:51 pm
They look great
Don't wait up, I'm off to kill Summer....
SleepingAwake
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by SleepingAwake Tue Feb 11, 2014 3:00 am
Yes, painted the sidewall. I used acrylic paint where I added quite a bit of water. Then I painted everything and whipped it of after a few minutes with a paper towel. So it's blue but the wood grain is still visible.
