Yeah, these are usually called 3/4 wrap edges, as opposed to the alternative 'full wrap.' They're less work to make, and easier to press. I also 'feel' like they're more durable and less susceptible to delamination as well, because unlike the core which usually has a rabbet, no rabbet takes place in the tip to compensate for edge tooth thickenss. And if the edge gets beat in the tip a bunch and starts to pull out, that will usually propagate a delamination, whereas a 3/4 wrap edge eliminates that issue by not having any edge in the tip to begin with.
But on the flipside, a metal edge in the tip will be more impact/gash resistant than a pure plastic tip.
The 3/4 wrap edges though,I do them. Lot's of people do them. ON3P does them to:
You can see how the edges are glued on, and they don't carry around the tip. For a first build at least, I would recommend them.
And for your poplar cores if you buy them from the ski lab. You won't need to attach a maple sidewall; coating the poplar in epoxy should suffice. And for the first pair, I definitely wouldn't recommend putting on any sidewalls to the core. For a first pair where your learning quite a bit, and there's a lot that can go wrong it's just not worth the expense IMO.
I'm also making decent progress. A few pics:
All I really have to do is tape the topsheets, peg the cores, and cut the VDS to length. Edges are attached and a few other things have been done, no pictures of that though. Neither of the to do's should take long at all. Not sure when I'll do the layup though. Since I do them at my workplace, I try to aim for Friday nights, late at night, so I don't get bothered by anyone. Even after hours people show up...
