cariboo skis
Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2021 9:52 pm
Hi all,
Ive been lurking a long time on this board! I started a ski building project 5 or 6 years ago, and never got it finished due to house and work things. fast forward to now, over christmas i unpacked the crate it was all boxed up in, and decided to setup and finally try to finish.
Im using the shape i had cutout and made templates for at the beginning, everyday ski, 105mm waist aprox 18m radius, 184cm long, rocker tip and tail. the cores are douglas fir (harvested off our local ski hill!) and maple. The plan is to vacuum bag for a press as i already had a suitable unit from doing A/C repair. Basic sandwich construction, 22oz fiberglass top and bottom of the core, no spacers or sidewalls, and a clear topsheet. The plan is to vacuum to teh sheet of 14ga steel, pressing the sandwich of the ski together, and then use spacers clamped underneath to form camber and the tip and tail rise. the steel seems sturdy enough to form a nice smooth radius when clamped against a block.
Ive been lurking a long time on this board! I started a ski building project 5 or 6 years ago, and never got it finished due to house and work things. fast forward to now, over christmas i unpacked the crate it was all boxed up in, and decided to setup and finally try to finish.
Im using the shape i had cutout and made templates for at the beginning, everyday ski, 105mm waist aprox 18m radius, 184cm long, rocker tip and tail. the cores are douglas fir (harvested off our local ski hill!) and maple. The plan is to vacuum bag for a press as i already had a suitable unit from doing A/C repair. Basic sandwich construction, 22oz fiberglass top and bottom of the core, no spacers or sidewalls, and a clear topsheet. The plan is to vacuum to teh sheet of 14ga steel, pressing the sandwich of the ski together, and then use spacers clamped underneath to form camber and the tip and tail rise. the steel seems sturdy enough to form a nice smooth radius when clamped against a block.