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Making your own skis

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AttitashSkier
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has anoyne made their own skis before. i am just wondering about how mush it costs to build the ski press and how much it costs per pair to build. i have checked out www.skibuilders.com and its a really good site that shows you how to build everything. hopefully, if the shit isnt too expensive i will have a pair for the winter. that would be something to be proud of.

http://www.freewebs.com/tricksonstickspro ductions/

GLC
Jul 10 2005 8:26PM
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Melvs
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ya, I can't wait to start experimenting once I have some $$. The main thing for me is to get the press built. that is the big hurdle.

-Pat
www.wbpfilms.com
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Jul 11 2005 9:08PM
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AttitashSkier
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yea, its gonna be really fun once you have a press. hopefully my dad will help me out with building a press because i think its gonna be pretty hard to do by myself.

http://www.freewebs.com/tricksonstickspro
ductions/

google has soo many little side programs, and u wouldn't know it but they all amass to this one super program that will take over the internet except for ns.com because we have sporks - KillerMonkey

GLC
Jul 11 2005 9:24PM
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marik
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sounds like somthing to do during the summer but im not ambishious enough to even try it


Jul 11 2005 10:12PM
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Calrin
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if you have a router a jig saw and a belt sander its not that hard. I have a really good CAD program but if you dont go to turbocad.com and download it free so you can print your design over multiple pages to make a template

J I B T H E S H I T

There's a 65 ft booter. get your coat
Jul 12 2005 7:51AM
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Melvs
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there is a program called snocad that is made for designing skis and snowobards.

I've used it some playing around, no idea how well it would work for real life applications, but I think it'd be pretty damn good. oh ya, it's free.

http://www.grafsnowboards.com/snoidx.htm

-Pat
www.wbpfilms.com
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Jul 12 2005 9:48AM
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o2bjedi
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snocad is nice but i havn't figured out how to print full scale. Turbocad is really helpful though.

Jul 12 2005 11:00AM
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o2bjedi
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Does anyone have pics of the skis they're making?

Jul 12 2005 4:30PM
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freestyle_rich
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does anyone know how to print full scale?






No Props!
Jul 12 2005 5:07PM
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AttitashSkier
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is there like a cult for this? if not i think we should start one

http://www.freewebs.com/tricksonstickspro ductions/

google has soo many little side programs, and u wouldn't know it but they all amass to this one super program that will take over the internet except for ns.com because we have sporks - KillerMonkey

GLC
Jul 12 2005 5:08PM
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USA
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i dont think i could handle making skis, i would fuck it up no matter what, ill stick with buying premade. ha that sounds funny



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Jul 12 2005 5:10PM
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Calrin
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to print full scale on turbocad go to page setup and mess around with some of the settings its pretty much self explanitory. You can also save your files from a differnt program as a commonly recognized filetype if you alrady designed them on a different program and then open it in turbocad to print over multiple pages

J I B T H E S H I T

There's a 65 ft booter. get your coat
Jul 12 2005 5:12PM
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AttitashSkier
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well, there. i just started the ski builders cult. message me if you want it.

http://www.freewebs.com/tricksonstickspro ductions/

google has soo many little side programs, and u wouldn't know it but they all amass to this one super program that will take over the internet except for ns.com because we have sporks - KillerMonkey

GLC
Jul 12 2005 5:21PM
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freestyle_rich
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so i can't print full scale on snocad?





No Props!
Jul 12 2005 6:16PM
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d-mold
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OMG they arent wearing gloves and bending their edges!

Jul 12 2005 6:29PM
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Calrin
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i dont know i dont have snowcad

J I B T H E S H I T

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Jul 12 2005 6:29PM
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o2bjedi
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I'm pretty sure you can't print full scale on snocad, but you can download Turbocad for free for 15 days and print full scale right off your printer.

Jul 12 2005 9:26PM
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peter.doubleu
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i really want to build my own skis but it seems like this mite take quite a bit of time and some things sounds easy and some parts so hard is this rite im still dont no if i should or shouldnt any ideas






does summer ever end
Jul 12 2005 9:30PM
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Melvs
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it's very tedious and time consuming. lots and lots of steps go inot it. I am just begining to build my press (or will be this weekend), and it's been months of looking through stuff and figuring things out, and I still have very little idea how I want to go about the majority of the steps.

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Jul 12 2005 9:43PM
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AttitashSkier
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Bump. to the top!

http://www.freewebs.com/tricksonstickspro ductions/

google has soo many little side programs, and u wouldn't know it but they all amass to this one super program that will take over the internet except for ns.com because we have sporks - KillerMonkey

GLC
Jul 13 2005 10:04PM
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skibuilder
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here's a step by step demo on how to print turbocad correctly for full-scale:

http://www.skibuilders.com/howto/skicon/template.shtml

hope the link works.

thanks for checking out the site guys.

Jul 13 2005 10:47PM
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Dilla
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I htink that buying skis is the way to go. bc then when you break them, you wont feel AS bad as if you had made them.



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Jul 13 2005 11:30PM
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AttitashSkier
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you make a good point about feeling bad when you break them. i think i would probably be a bit more careful with my first couple of pairs, at least until i get a bit more experienced, but you kinda have to beat on some of them to test durability and stuff like that.

http://www.freewebs.com/tricksonstickspro ductions/

google has soo many little side programs, and u wouldn't know it but they all amass to this one super program that will take over the internet except for ns.com because we have sporks - KillerMonkey

GLC
Jul 14 2005 6:23AM
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rastamasta
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my friend is making a pair of skis out of kevlar

Jul 14 2005 6:58AM
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AttitashSkier
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the pneumatic press that skibuilder built (the one on www.skibuilders.com) cost him $160 to build. i think thats pretty damn cheap

http://www.freewebs.com/tricksonstickspro ductions/

google has soo many little side programs, and u wouldn't know it but they all amass to this one super program that will take over the internet except for ns.com because we have sporks - KillerMonkey

GLC
Jul 15 2005 9:37AM
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o2bjedi
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the pneumatic press im making isn't nearly going to be that fancy. way less steel.

Jul 15 2005 11:23AM
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Jake...
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my buddy is half way threw making a pair.

so nice that its nasty,....
so bangin its bustin,....
so sweet that its sick,....
so dope its disgustin.
Jul 15 2005 3:12PM
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o2bjedi
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^ nice, are they twins?

Jul 15 2005 5:46PM
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