Handmade Skis

32arnau

32arnau

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Hi. For my final degree's project I designed and built my own pair of skis. They turned out pretty good. Let me know what you think. Thanks!!

**This thread was edited on Jan 26th 2018 at 3:37:31am
 
It looks like they came out pretty clean. Do you want to talk about the process a little bit? What kind of ski did you design? Did you build your own press?
 
They look pretty sick! I wanted to do the same thing this season, but money. Is it just the picture, or are the tips a little flat?
 
Roughly how much did it cost to make this? Including the press if you built that yourself. Always thought it would be a cool project. Also curious about how long it took.
 
OP came here to show off the magical skis he's made and hasn't logged back in since. 10/10 thread
 
13881755:Casey said:
It looks like they came out pretty clean. Do you want to talk about the process a little bit? What kind of ski did you design? Did you build your own press?
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Thanks for your comment!! I didn't build the press. I found two guys in my city who built it by their own. They made the press with some firefighters hoses. The ski is built in ash wood, and as a rainforcement I used one fiberglass layer avobe and under the core, and one carbon fiber tape to add some stiffness. I used these dope yellow ABS sidewalls, and for the graphics I used some black and camo fabric.
 
13883169:aideey10 said:
Roughly how much did it cost to make this? Including the press if you built that yourself. Always thought it would be a cool project. Also curious about how long it took.
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Fortunately I didn't have to build the press... The total cost of the skis was about 420€ (bindings included). It's quite the same price as buying a new ones, but making your own skis is awesome!!
 
13883143:a.scerba said:
They look pretty sick! I wanted to do the same thing this season, but money. Is it just the picture, or are the tips a little flat?
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Thanks dude!! The tips came out a little flat... when taking them out of the press, the material recovered a little of its original shape... I'ts a usefull thing to know when preparing the press
 
13884159:32arnau said:
Fortunately I didn't have to build the press... The total cost of the skis was about 420€ (bindings included). It's quite the same price as buying a new ones, but making your own skis is awesome!!
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What type of press did you use?
 
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