Rose Skis Complete!

So I finally got around to building these!

Here they are:

Overall I’m pretty happy with them. A couple lessons learned though –

1. I really need to flatten the veneer better before attempting the inlays – some of my leafs and flowers didnt line up great and it shows. Doesn’t look bad from a distance though.

2. I nicked the sidewall with the router while I was doing the final bevel. outside of that though, I think I’m getting the hang of doing it by hand.

3. The poured epoxy finish for the topsheet was a nightmare. go back to either 2 part poly or oil+wax finish. the epoxy went down uneven and took hours of sanding to get relatively flat. I think one last thing I might try is – press the ski, put a layer of fiberglass veil ontop and spread the CLR epoxy over the veil – similar to how they make surfboards. dunno. anyone have experience doing that? With the direct pour method it came out extremely blotty and uneven, I think because I was trying to make the thinnest finishing layer possible. It took hours and hours of sanding to get it even close to flat, and there’s a couple spots where I sanded a hair too deep and they’re lighter in tone now.

I’ve got a couple more cores made up, just deciding what to do for graphics! will post updates as I progress.

Cheers!
-Jon