Make your own skis with sliding inserts for bindings

yeah but think of advantages

no drilling

one ski for park and powder

binding moveable with an allen key from balance point to middle and back again

swap bindings with an allen key

not having to pay a tech to install

the kudos of making your own skis

somehting to do in the summer

your own choice of graphics

truly custom skis
 
time, energy, requirement of needing a press...I don't think I could pull it off right now, although, I would love to.
 
check the forums - the first couple are pretty much throw away as you get the problems worked out but after that you've got cheap skis that you won't mind trashing on rocks because you can just make some more and probably better each time too
 
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wow what in the fuckin fuck?

crazy shit.
 
it's a great site, super helpful, and if you're ambitious and have some money and time to kill, it's a great project.
 
I saw that you were on it. Did you make a pair? If so, how'd they turn out, I was thinking of doing this, it looks fairly inexpensive.
 
I'm working on finishing the molds. I stated this summer and got the press frame and everything done, but then school started and I've had no time to make the molds... but I'm hoping to have a few pairs made during winter break.
 
instead of using the sliding inserts why not just use a pack of inserts like snowboards? it's much easier to fabricate, you don't have to deal with patents, and there's no rail to screw with the flex.
 
That actually wouldn't be too bad, the most difficult part would probably be all that press work...building the press, etc.

Hopefully someone will just start selling the press in a put-together kit or something. It's only a matter of time.
 
I have been trying to figure out why the different side wall on the outside and inside, and same with the 4mm sidecut reverse on the outside, and not on the inside, i can't wrap my thc enriched brain around it.

Can someone explain to me why this was done?
 
i dunno the deal with the different sidewall materials, but the guy said that the banana skis were a mistake due to a bad batch of ptex that warped or some shit. they'd be so freakin weird to ski.
 
^If you have a look at the freedom groove patent the ski's flex pattern remains the same which isn't something that happens on the Forum snowboard version. The other problem with multiple inserts is that they're always going to be in fixed positions so you won't have incremental adjustment(I think) on slope. With the sliding inserts you could easily vary binding positioning and length. Selling the skis wouldn't be a problem as there's no drilling.
 
you could do it that way and save time but waste money or do the ebay thing where you can pick up the ingredients for a super duper press for a couple of dollars.

As a random example - 10m RSJ steel I beam 14day listing still on 0.99 with three days to go
 
yup BUT most of them are buyer collect - so just look for one in your area - guaranteed someone will be selling some part of the press near you if not now then soon
 
The steal is easy to come by.. just look in the D.O.T. scrap piles... I got all mine there. But there is still a considerable cost to do it. I've dropped around $200 into it, and I've lucked out and gotten most of hte press frame stuff free.

However, you CAN do vaccuum bagging for fairly cheap.
 
you put the part you want cured, skis in this instance, in a sealed bag then suck all the air which ends up depending on your elevation and weather, putting about 14.7 psi across the part, super cheap super easy
 
And the wood laminates, base, and edge will bond just as well as using a big hydraulic press, or heavy ass object of some kind?
 
If youre gonna do it might as well do it right with a press so youre not wasting your time making skis that will just delam quickly
 
once you get things going and start cranking skis out it might be worth it. I used to do the same thing with skate decks but it took to long to press the molds
 
as opposed to the rest of us who can't afford new skis each season so we make our own skis at half the cost of new ones - doh!
 
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