Why yes, i do.
I just yesterday received 100 meters of a nylon topsheet material. It's thinner and softer than pbt, but much more durable, and much more resistant to chipping.
My templates went in to CDW. My 1.7 edges are shipping to me on the 8th of december.
I finally got the majority of my heat blanket set up. My grandfather is an electrical engineer, so he showed me the ropes. The circuit box is mostly wired (i couldn't finish because the SSR i got was faulty, but all i have to do is connect 2 lead wires to the unit when my replacement comes) and I'm in the process of wiring my ski shop shed for the 240 volt outlet for the heat blanket. Also in the shop will be 8 120 volt outlets and ceiling lighting.
I'm in contact with crown plastics. Right now a sample of clear base material is coming to me for me to decide how i like it. If it's up to par, i will be ordering a clear 4001 grade base material that is 1.7 mm thick that matches the edges, that i can either screen print or sublimate on. the minimum amount i can get for a run like that is 300 meters, which is my plan.
Along with the base will come sidewall and tipspacing material for 25 pairs, to start on.
My woodshop teacher in school brought back some wood that i requested, and it's worth it's weight in gold. If you've ever taken woodshop or know anything about woodworking, you'll know that boards are cut on a horizontal axis (flatsawn,) all the way down the trunk. As a result, when you look at your grain of a board, the grain appears to be horizontal (the rings you see.) However, I acquired and have supply to vertical grained fir AND ash. The ash was hard to come by, but it is immaculate. The wood is cut in a radial axis, so that the grain of each board runs vertically, not horizontally. Essentially, it provides the same characteristics as the horizontal grain board of the same wood, but the wood is stronger because of it's alignment. I did my reasearch. Refer to this picture, it explains it well.
I built a new planer jig. It is immaculate, and works flawlessly.
Not only did i have my templates CNC'd out for my park ski, but i have a powder ski built, too. Both are symettrical, and used in the same mold. I have both the base and core of each ski CNC'd. i also have CNC'd tipspacer templates that are SUPER easy to trace with a router. The templates between the core and the tipspacer fit literally seamlessly.
Pictures of the new skis in a few weeks when all my electrical is done in my press.
Oh, i have 9 pairs of pivots here on my desk, too. Gotta have peeps be able to demo these bad boys!
First two skis: one pair is all glass. One pair is a layer of glass, and one layer of carbon/basalt. We'll see which works better.
Don't ask me where to get this stuff, because for the majority of it, i can't tell you.
