How do you make rocker?

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kickasskid

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i know you just bend them the other way and leave them like that but is there any more then that, that i should know before i break something
 
lol, yes there is more you should know. someone who knows the details give him the 4-1-1
 
for professional rockering they get a press, but you probably arent going to be doing this alot, so you wont need a press
 
take your bindings off, get 2 1/4 inch plates of steel and bend them to the desired amount of "rocker". mount them to you skis 3 screws in the tip and tail, 2 underfoot. assuming you own an oxy acetylene torch, heat em up reeaal good 3 times a day. should only take 2 or 3 weeks. after that, take the metal off (SAVE IT, DONT THROW IT AWAY !!). its important to apply a really thick layer of glue to the topsheets and base, your household glue stick should do the job. then youve got yourself a pair of rockers!!
 
Where to start…. First you need to figure

out what you want to do to the skis, full rocker, just tip and tail, tip only

ect… What I did with my steezes was a tip and tail rocker,

where I rockered the tip 50cm back from the tip, and 40 cm forward from the

tail. The 95 or so cm under the foot stayed “cambered” so

that the ski would still arc on harder snow. A full rocker will be better

in pow, but this will work better for all around conditions.



Rip the bindings off… its way easier

to deal with the ski, if you cant, don’t worry about it, you can still

manage to get the job done with the clamps on there.



I next built a jig. As you can see

from the first pic, the jig holds the ski down under the foot, its bolted down

to the table, and the ski is clamped to the first 2x4. I then

marked on the ski where I wanted the rocker to start, and placed the other 2

2x4’s under the rocker points. Now the ski is set up to be torqued

into position. Throw a couple of tie-downs around the tip and tail, and

wrench the shit out of the ski. Remember that the ski is not going to

stay as bent as you have it in the jib, so wrench is more then you want the

rocker to be.



Now, hit it with heat, a couple of cycles

heating it up, not to hot, warm-to-hot to touch, but not to the point of

melting the ski. Keep your hand on it and you will feel if its getting to

hot. Cycle that a couple of times over a couple of days and bingo,

rockered skis.

Here are some pics, hope they work

rocker1.jpg


rocker2.jpg


rocker3.jpg


 
They aren't mine, and neither is the description. That is from a Rossi guy that e-mailed me. He is on NS, but i forget his name
 
Pretty sick. I just wonder if they're as durable, having been heated and cooled so many times..
 
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