Skis: Pair 001 Build

So I was at it again this weekend! pressed my first actual pair to bring to the mountain! The skis are 165cm with a slalom shape. The composition was base, veil, uniaxial carbon fiber stringer between the edge tangs, full triax fiberglass layer, maple/poplar core, triax fiber binding mount pad, full triax fiber layer, uniaxial carbon stringer, grey dyed oak veneer, matte/clear topsheet. I left out the titanol because i was worried about how stiff it would become. turned out to be a good decision, these skis came out about right, actually a bit stiffer than the Fischer rc4’s, but hard to compare because the ones I have are over 10 years old and probably lost some of their strength.

To address base warp, I glued both edges on at the same time and didnt remove the base clamps until it was time to move to the cassette:

here’s the composites and cassette laid out ready to go! I decided to do layup on my saw horses instead of on the mold, laying up on a flat surface then moving it onto the mold was definitely easier than doing layup on top of the mold:

here’s the new & improved mold 2.0 in action. the oil mist eliminator is from solberg. worked like a charm:

and moment of truth – here’s the plank fresh outta the oven:

rough cut on the bandsaw:

time to clean them up with a belt sander and get to figuring out an edge beveling setup!

The camber came out a bit more than I was expecting this time, 15 mm at the peak, probably because I included carbon fiber, but I’m gonna ride them anyway, hopefully its not a big deal. the bases are flat and didnt warp too much. core alignment was ok, the tails were off by a mm or two but not a huge deal, I poured the sidewalls a bit wider than needed in case that happened.

all in all its shaping up to be a pretty good build I think! looking forward to getting them cleaned up and bindings mounted for a day on the mountain! It’s actually snowing out as I type this!

Cleaned them up on a spindle sander! I think I’m just gonna use the spindle sander to bevel the edges too, you can adjust the surface angle from flat to like 45 degrees, its this: https://www.homedepot.com/p/RIDGID-Osci … /202459151

anyway, here’s some pics!

Looking forward to making the next pair and trying these out in a couple weeks! next pair is going to be a more relaxed all mountain shape with rocker camber rocker profile for my friend. another buddy wants a snowboard. gonna be a busy winter!