GSSucks

I was unaware, Im just next door in Essex.

Are you in Union County?

Balls https://mountwashingtonavalanchecenter.org/end-of-the-season-and-closures/?fbclid=IwAR3p9MCXEFsHBqHh8DOAAjJKRe0xQetTPHOl3iCOxjX1nq0GloVz_oTBLMc

Whats your platform of choice? Grinder, JDate, Purrrsonals, Glutenfreesingles?

I am way sicker and get way radder than him, I cant even believe hes a pro.

Everyone needs to Google Dick Pound, include IOC if youre not feeling risky.

A lot of the people that are flocking to Moab do not have an actual home besides their van, they can only go where they are allowed and the places they are allowed are shutting down. Its a real problem in UT right now. Im sure it is also an issue in CO.

No delamination yet.

Got three days on the skis, they are pretty damn fun! First day at Snow Basin they were a bit hooky in spring slush, took a gummy stone to the tips and they are much better now. A pow day at Snow Bird and at Alta and a few face shots with a ski I built was pretty magical. They are definitely stiff and like to be driven. Great benchmark for the next pair, I wanted them to be stiff but they are a bit to stiff. Now I know for the next pair. Middle bowl at Basin Rats nest at Bird Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

yup

I guess you could say that, a few years ago I built our dining room table from a slab of sycamore that was 40”x7’. Most planers are not big enough for a slab that size so it is common practice to use something similar to the above to flatten the slab. I borrowed from what I learned there and adapted it to make the core profile. Rough slab Flattening the slab finished table Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Another Long Traverse Ahead

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Sure, you give me ski dimensions but I design the top sheet.

Sure Just the color way of the bindings. The orange sheet is the base, black strip is a carbon stringer. The core is profiled to a thickness, under the bindings it is 11mm in thickness, it tapers down to 3.6mm in the tip and 2.6mm in the tail. It took some magic and a jig for my router to make the profile. Thanks for the support everyone, already planning the next pair!

Late night but got them finished and bindings mounted up. They are far from perfect, but definitely skiable. I forgot to order the beveling bit for the router so I improvised with what I could find locally, it worked. I’ll hit the sidewalls again once the bit comes in. Found out it is super important to cut right along the edge with the jig saw when deflashing them. The epoxy is way to hard to just sand away with a belt sander. top sheets profile pivot mounting template Going to drop them off for a tune tomorrow and I’ll be skiing them Thursday! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Supervisor supplies the beer.

Woke up early as hell again this morning and managed to get one ski rough cut out of the blank. Held the two skis base to base and the rocker camber rocker profile looks great! Hand flexing also felt great! Hopefully I’ll get them finished up tonight in time to stick in a ski bag for a Wednesday evening flight. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

If you’re in a 27.5 boot you’re more than welcome to a few runs on them when I’m at Blue. Popped them out of the press, took a bit of work to free them from the bottom mold but I got it. Bases look messy from all the excess epoxy but that will clean up. Put them in the smallest room in the house with a space heater again to continue setting the epoxy. I’m hoping to have them cut out and finished tomorrow night! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yesterday I completely finished and pressure tested the press. Turns out I have about 0.06 “ of deflection at 40psi, it is plenty strong enough. I knew I would be doing the layup first thing this morning so last night I cut all of the fiberglass, carbon, vds tape and top sheet. I laid everything in reverse order with the top sheet on the bottom so it was mindless and I could not mess up the layup order. This was the smartest thing i have done because I was scatter brained thinking the epoxy was going to set faster than i did the layup. I was also very paranoid about the core shifting on the base during pressing or layup so I drilled 1/4” holes thru the core then glues 3/16” dowel today to the base so I could set the core onto the locating dowels and be sure everything was where it belonged. Everything was flamed and cleaned with rubbing alcohol and ready to go in the morning. I didn’t really sleep last night i was so excited so I was up at 530 and started the layup. Next time I need a buddy to mix epoxy and hand it to me, it took me about one hour and 15 minutes to do the whole layup and most of that time was spent mixing epoxy. Everything is in the press now and I put a space heater in the room to add some heat and help the cure. I’ll fine out tonight how it all turned out. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Wednesday night I glued the sidewalls to the core and then on Thursday I profiled everything. I had a bit of a learning curve and one of the sidewalls pulled away from the core a bit but was easily fixed with more superglue. Next I attached the tip and tail spacers with some superglue and hot glue Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I will most likely stick to pressing. I initially did some cost comparisons of press supplies and the cost of a vacuum pump and all of the consumables, from a cost perspective it did not work out in my head, hence why I went with a press. Cost of entry is why most people vacuum, and it takes up a bit less space. This will not be the only pair of skis I build, so putting a bit more cash out for the press was not the end of the world. My plan is to press at 40psig, the most you can get out of a vacuum set up is typically around 15psig, so Im hoping that adds a lot of durability to the skis, time will tell if my logic is sound. The hose is 4" dia, so in theory it would fill the vertical gap, the cassette with the skis in it will also add about 3/4 of an inch of height. I want the hose to inflate to about 2" tall when pressing to distribute some of the load across the cat track. I left the gap a bit big to be honest. Its easier to shim the bottom mold up than to rebuild the press when the cassette does not fit in!

Press is starting to take shape. Hoping for a dry run tomorrow night! More vertical supports will be added, I ran out of wood again. I’m getting really excited to press! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk