Finishing Second Skis and First Snowboard!

So it’s been a while since my last post, but I’ve been hard at work!

The snowboard from the time lapse came out with these crazy epoxy bulges!!! Oof! I must’ve used too much epoxy between the plastic topsheet and the veneer. Never again, I think for now on no plastic over veneer, oil based polyurethane finish instead.

Here’s the pic out of the press:

So my attempt to fix it was not the most successful, but not horrible either. I considered repressing a new topsheet onto it, but I decided to just make it rideable, have my friend try it out to see how it rides, and then try again with any changes he may want. Was definitely a learning experience.

Sanding off the plastic topsheet:

Took a whole day carefully sanding and trying my hardest not to breach the veneer. Unfortunately, there are a few spots I did despite my best efforts not to. The worst one is between the feet, and a couple smaller ones around the edge. I tried to hide it by blending with ebony stain, but it’s not going away.

Here she is with a couple coats of polyurethane and mounted bindings:

It’s at the tuning shop now getting a base grind and sharpen. One day I’d like a base grinder, but geez are they expensive!

And now on a lighter note, the rosewood skis came out beautiful! Cant wait to see how my other friend likes them!!! Pics of course:

After these builds I spent some time upgrading the shop- new hepa filter mod for the dust collection, new metal blast gates, new outlets in the shop, new storage shelving. It’s really coming together! I’m addicted as heck to this hobby! Here’s a recent pic: