Sidewall profile (also new)
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2022 5:11 am
Hi All,
New to forum. On my second snowboard build right now. First one went good. Obviously a trial and error but glad to see my air pneumatic press I built worked. For my second build I wanted white sidewalls.( I don’t have all the tools and knowledge to pour my own sidewalls so I’m going with uhmw.) I got a sheet of uhmw 1/4” thick x 8” x 55”. I was able to cut strips off of using my band saw and guides which came out perfect. Now the tricky part was trying to profile the side wall to match my core. I had previously traced the side of my core and transferred it to 2 pieces of mdf. Then I made the template out of the 2 pieces. The idea is that I could put the strip of uhmw between the templates and remove the material where needed. I used a router first which didn’t work very well being that it was too aggressive and took out chunks. The next piece I used a flap disk on a grinder and that actually work very well. I was happy to see it work but I didn’t get the exact profile I need. I think my template was slightly off in shape. Has anyone else ran into this issue of making sidewalls. Any help would be appreciated.
New to forum. On my second snowboard build right now. First one went good. Obviously a trial and error but glad to see my air pneumatic press I built worked. For my second build I wanted white sidewalls.( I don’t have all the tools and knowledge to pour my own sidewalls so I’m going with uhmw.) I got a sheet of uhmw 1/4” thick x 8” x 55”. I was able to cut strips off of using my band saw and guides which came out perfect. Now the tricky part was trying to profile the side wall to match my core. I had previously traced the side of my core and transferred it to 2 pieces of mdf. Then I made the template out of the 2 pieces. The idea is that I could put the strip of uhmw between the templates and remove the material where needed. I used a router first which didn’t work very well being that it was too aggressive and took out chunks. The next piece I used a flap disk on a grinder and that actually work very well. I was happy to see it work but I didn’t get the exact profile I need. I think my template was slightly off in shape. Has anyone else ran into this issue of making sidewalls. Any help would be appreciated.