settos Snow-/Skibuilding
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settos Snow-/Skibuilding
Hi everybody. I started building my first Snowboard (don't kill me )for about 1 year with a vacuum press. That wasn't good enough for me. So I decided to build my Boards and Skis for my father in a pneumatic press.
My Idea: a press out of wood, no steel oder something else (exept the threaded bars)
The idea
Well, I didn't get enough wood, so I build my press a little bit other than the CAD picture. Look and see the other pictures.
The press
The sideview of the press. When I got time I paint everything in a nice color. May be.
here you can see the fire hose inside. It has a presure of 3 Bar/43.5 Psi. The wood didn't creak or something else, so I think I can go higher presures next time.
My two fire hoses. Each has a diameter of 6 inch / 15,5 cm. 9 inch / 23 cm when its flat.
I got wood and hoses for less, so the costs are:
threaded rod and fasteners: 24€ (Ebay)
wood: 0€
bladder: 0€
metall valve: 0€ (got it from my job)
12 mm drill: 2,55€ (local hardware store)
bolts, steel etc for the bladder: 9€ (local hardware store)
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35,55€ for the pressframe
Next week the top and bottom mould. I hope.
until then.... happy building!
My Idea: a press out of wood, no steel oder something else (exept the threaded bars)
The idea
Well, I didn't get enough wood, so I build my press a little bit other than the CAD picture. Look and see the other pictures.
The press
The sideview of the press. When I got time I paint everything in a nice color. May be.
here you can see the fire hose inside. It has a presure of 3 Bar/43.5 Psi. The wood didn't creak or something else, so I think I can go higher presures next time.
My two fire hoses. Each has a diameter of 6 inch / 15,5 cm. 9 inch / 23 cm when its flat.
I got wood and hoses for less, so the costs are:
threaded rod and fasteners: 24€ (Ebay)
wood: 0€
bladder: 0€
metall valve: 0€ (got it from my job)
12 mm drill: 2,55€ (local hardware store)
bolts, steel etc for the bladder: 9€ (local hardware store)
------------------------------------------------------------------
35,55€ for the pressframe
Next week the top and bottom mould. I hope.
until then.... happy building!
Last edited by setto on Sun Jun 24, 2007 7:24 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Sorry, but the mould overrun its time!
I have a lot to do at work and finaly went on holidays.
Here are some pics of the bottom mould. A Camber of 0,83 inch / 2,1 cm
I have screwed a 0,866 inch / 2,2 cm thick mdf board on it, so I get a smooth surface at all.
tomorrow some pics of the topmould and the cattrack
I have a lot to do at work and finaly went on holidays.
Here are some pics of the bottom mould. A Camber of 0,83 inch / 2,1 cm
I have screwed a 0,866 inch / 2,2 cm thick mdf board on it, so I get a smooth surface at all.
tomorrow some pics of the topmould and the cattrack
My Cat-track is ready to press some stuff!
It takes a lot of wood, but it was really cheap! about 11€ for everything!
Everything in action. 36,25 psi / 2,5 bar at this time!
58 psi / 4 bar! My press jumped in the air (about 1 foot). I forgot completely to stabilize the 5 mdf boards... hmm I think I will have to buy a couple new ones!
It takes a lot of wood, but it was really cheap! about 11€ for everything!
Everything in action. 36,25 psi / 2,5 bar at this time!
58 psi / 4 bar! My press jumped in the air (about 1 foot). I forgot completely to stabilize the 5 mdf boards... hmm I think I will have to buy a couple new ones!
Small update:
I built an adjustable rail for the routerbridge. So I can easily adjust the high of the final core.
five drive-in-nuts, some washers an five screws, and thats it. Easy as ingenious!
Heres a detail-pic
I will use 8 layers of 1mm thick plywood. That was the easiest way for me, for the first board. I will use woodsidewalls, too. I guess thats ok.
happy building!
I built an adjustable rail for the routerbridge. So I can easily adjust the high of the final core.
five drive-in-nuts, some washers an five screws, and thats it. Easy as ingenious!
Heres a detail-pic
I will use 8 layers of 1mm thick plywood. That was the easiest way for me, for the first board. I will use woodsidewalls, too. I guess thats ok.
happy building!
ok i can't wait to press the Board. Yesterday I cut out the Base. Today I glue the Edges with Epoxi.
Tomorrow I drill the holes for the inserts in the Core an check if everything is perfect.
On tuesday im going to press my Board.
Small question about the finishing. What kind of saw blade do you use? For Plastics or for wood?
Tomorrow I drill the holes for the inserts in the Core an check if everything is perfect.
On tuesday im going to press my Board.
Small question about the finishing. What kind of saw blade do you use? For Plastics or for wood?