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*DrewT*
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A few of us have been interested in making skis for ourselves.

www.skibuilders.com

Ok so I've been pricing things out. The press will probably cost about 150-175 plus w/e the fire hose costs. We can probably get the fire hose for cheap from sombody on skibuilders.com ($1 per foot) but then the shipping could be really expensive depending on where he is from. So the whole press will probably end up costing around $200 give or take 25 either way.

As for the core profiler we should have enough MDH board left from the press molds to make that without any cost. However does anyone happen to own a router? On that topic does anyone own a hand held belt sander?

Now the materials for a pair of skis will cost around $200 from what me and eric have looked at. (I went to www.snowboardmaterials.com and priced it all out there but we can probably get it from somwhere else to)


One final thing. We need a place to do this. I thought we had somwhere but I found out we cant use that so does anyone who's interested in making skis have a place where we could do this?
Jul 22 2006 10:09AM
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garettnorthey
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i have a belt sander and whats a router i might have one
Jul 22 2006 6:43PM
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*DrewT*
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search for "router" on google image search. That should give you good idea of what to look for
Jul 22 2006 10:11PM
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buckweet
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what would we put on them, as in grafix
Jul 23 2006 12:41AM
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*DrewT*
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w/e you want
Jul 23 2006 1:55PM
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Corkster
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i have a belt sander and a router but nowhere no space to make them
Jul 23 2006 4:33PM
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garettnorthey
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i could make them i have a big shop with like everything you can think of
Jul 23 2006 7:32PM
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r.w
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^you do, or your dad does?
Jul 23 2006 7:34PM
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garettnorthey
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well my dad does but its his own,  and does some one want to post a pic of a router cause when i search router all that comes up is a wireless router for a computer
Jul 23 2006 7:44PM
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garettnorthey
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is this a router Click for larger image if so im pretty sure i have one.
Jul 23 2006 7:47PM
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Corkster
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^yes that is a router
Jul 23 2006 7:54PM
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*DrewT*
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ok we should seriously do this. It would be so sick. Who would acctually consider doing it?
Jul 23 2006 8:49PM
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garettnorthey
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man i would that would be so sweet. are we just going to make them for are selves or give it a name and sell them
Jul 24 2006 8:18PM
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garettnorthey
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according to this, this is going to cost a shiat load of money
Jul 24 2006 8:36PM
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garettnorthey
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for the last link i forgot to post it http://www.snowboardmaterials.com/pages/VM_900_kit.htm



and i have pretty much everything on this list except the planer http://www.skibuilders.com/howto/equip/tools.shtml
Jul 24 2006 8:52PM
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r.w
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ummm andrew.... if im not mistaken, but didnt you tell me you still owed your parents 1000 bucks for camp? how are you gunna pay them back and get this ski building started?
Jul 24 2006 10:19PM
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*DrewT*
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make more than 1000 dollars
Jul 25 2006 12:34AM
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*DrewT*
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well we have pretty much all the tools we need. We just need the press and then the materials to make the skis. It's not to save money though, it's to have somthing really cool that you made and make exactly what you want., I get the feeling nobody is gonna acctually want to do it though so it will die
Jul 25 2006 12:36AM
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garettnorthey
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well we could just make the ski press with scrap metal at a welding shop

http://www.skibuilders.com/howto/equip/pneumatic.shtml
Jul 25 2006 12:42AM
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Corkster
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even scrap metal costs money
Jul 27 2006 7:03PM
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garettnorthey
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well your dad^must be able to get it for free or really good deals
Jul 27 2006 7:05PM
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*DrewT*
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would your dad acctually let us use his shop Gar?
Jul 27 2006 8:01PM
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p-a
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i have a table saw if that makes a difference
Jul 29 2006 12:47PM
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*DrewT*
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ya so does stephen. That's still good though
Jul 29 2006 6:07PM
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p-a
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i hate useing table saw's, there so scary when your doing an angle cut
Jul 29 2006 6:17PM
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*DrewT*
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well there's no angle cuts in skis. Would you be interested in doing it paul?
Jul 29 2006 7:16PM
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p-a
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yeah, i'd like a pair of fattys because the ones i have now are skinny
Jul 29 2006 8:00PM
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p-a
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wait i dunno if i'm up for it, it looks really hard to make
Jul 29 2006 8:08PM
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*DrewT*
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well ya what would you expect?
Jul 30 2006 5:39PM
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p-a
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do you really think you can make them?
Jul 30 2006 5:46PM
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Corkster
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i have a router table too
Jul 30 2006 8:45PM
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*DrewT*
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ya. It just takes lots of time
Jul 30 2006 11:34PM
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Gavinator
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i would do it but would be each individualy have to pay money for materials for our skis im guessing ya and how much
Jul 31 2006 11:17AM
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p-a
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if you really think you know what your doing, count me in
Jul 31 2006 11:57AM
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*DrewT*
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no gavin I think I'll pay for yours. Materials for a pair of skis will be from 200-300 dollars. Maybee cheaper if lots of people wanna do it cause then we can get the stuff in bulk. Don't forget if you wanna do it you'll need to pitch in some for the press too
Jul 31 2006 6:53PM
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buckweet
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so we would have to pay $200-$300 upfront and that includes press costs and materials?
Jul 31 2006 8:20PM
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*DrewT*
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ya about that. Then a lot of time and effort. Does anyone have clamps? We have 2 but we're gonna need a lot more
Jul 31 2006 9:38PM
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BigJew
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I've got 10ish clamps, a table saw, bunch of drills, sanders, and all that crap. Pretty much everything but the router.
Jul 31 2006 10:27PM
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Corkster
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most materials could be bought at most hardware stores. edges and bases might be harder to find
Jul 31 2006 10:35PM
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BigJew
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Base will be the hardest thing. Because snowboardbuilders only has short lengths for boards.
Jul 31 2006 11:07PM
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garettnorthey
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My dad said that we couldnt use his shop, but we might be able to once in a blue moon

i have everything said in past posts and stuff on the list, except for the router but its all at my dads shop.

My sister works at Home Depot and she said she could get us somewhat of a deal on wood and other materials.

and yeah im in
Jul 31 2006 11:53PM
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buckweet
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yay for discounts
Aug 1 2006 12:22AM
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*DrewT*
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ya ferns have a router. So we have all the tools we'd need. We just need a place to do it. How far out of town do you live eric and would you have anywhere to do it?
Aug 1 2006 1:02PM
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*DrewT*
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http://www.snowboardmaterials.com/pages/materials4.htm
is that so?
Aug 1 2006 1:08PM
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BigJew
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Sweet, I didn't see that page on base material. I live like 30-40 minutes out of town, We have a garage but it's full of shit, I'm going to ask my dad if we could use his shop.
Aug 1 2006 1:20PM
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