Post by rocketeer on Jan 9, 2010 15:05:40 GMT -6
Am in the middle of making cross-country skis to use as luggage for my Ski Taxi project, and I thought you guys might like to see how I'm doing it. After a bit of Googling to find out what skis look like (it's been a long time since I hit the slopes 
), yesterday I carved a master out of styrene strip and poured a simple one-piece open-top mold.
Today I've been casting skis. I pull the ski out of the mold while it's still a bit soft and lay it over a little jig to get the right arch shape. (The "fin" under the tip of the ski is there to help the tip hold its shape and to vent air--preventing a bubble at the very tip-- during the resin pour.) Here's a picture of the mold and my curvature jig:
...And here are a pair of cleaned-up skis:
The advantage to making a master and pouring copies is that I can afford to take a bit more time to make the master nice, since I won't have to make six of them from scratch.
), yesterday I carved a master out of styrene strip and poured a simple one-piece open-top mold.Today I've been casting skis. I pull the ski out of the mold while it's still a bit soft and lay it over a little jig to get the right arch shape. (The "fin" under the tip of the ski is there to help the tip hold its shape and to vent air--preventing a bubble at the very tip-- during the resin pour.) Here's a picture of the mold and my curvature jig:
...And here are a pair of cleaned-up skis:
The advantage to making a master and pouring copies is that I can afford to take a bit more time to make the master nice, since I won't have to make six of them from scratch.
"Paulie" 