:: View topic - Materials in Europe, help me please!

Hi, I,m trying to get the materials to start building my first pair of homebuilt skis, but im having problems with the base, the abs for the sidewall and the tipspacers, and the topsheet (ive been looking for an opaque topsheet, p-tex or whatever, but a clear one would be o.k.).

I live in Spain and it would be nice if someone in Europe could help me telling me where can I buy small quantitys (I would like to buy materials for 3 or 4 pairs).

If somebody in Europe who has bought big quantitys would sell me something it would be even better...

Thanks a lot guys.

i've planed to order 200m of white topsheet (sublimationable)

price is 7,5€/m (first i said 6,5€ but the its expensiver then i expected)

interested?

yes

I have:

PTEX2000 black, green and gray at 9 euro/m

PTEX900 and PTEX2000 trasparent at 5 euro/m (they made a mistake and they sold me the 2000 at the same price than the 900)

edges at 1.5 euro/m, they come in pieces 2m long.

Shipping is about 20/30 euros.

Ok guys Im interested in anything you can offer me, Ill tell you when I decide what Im going to do.

Im thinking about using abs sidewalls, fixing the to the core before profiling, but actually I havent been able to get the abs yet... could you help me about this?

Davide,

were you in MArtinske hole this weekend?

I am intersted in base materials and edges too

robi

Hey, that sounds nice...I am trying to get my hands on the topsheet material as well

When you are saying white topsheet, you mean just white or transparent?

mmh at the moment theres only a interest of about 90m

at the bginnig there were enought people for ordering one 200m roll, but lots of people cancelled there order at the end

if we can get enough people together a second time i'll order...

hi guys,

i'm going to built a snowboard..

I woul like to know if these kind of topsheet will work well for snowboard..

thx a lot

yes it does

i'm also a snowboard-builder;)

I'm yust doing industrial spying here

Hi... can anyone of you, european guys, tell me where do you get the rubber for the edges?, what epoxy do you use?.

Good ridin. Thanks a lot.

first wow on the site great job it will be handy.any way i whant to start making skis as a hob through the summer and just whant to get the materials togetther before i go nuts making a press and tools ect. so any in info into were i can get materials will be a big help.

and i donot have a credit card just to make things a bit difficult i can do internaional money tressfers. if any one has materials thay don't whon't or need anymore. thanks

I'm planning on laying up my first pair of skis later this month, and I need to know what would be the best epoxy/resin that I should use. I'm planning on using a heated vaccum press. Just picking your brains on some ideas.

It depends greatly on the temperature you can reach. If you heating system is powerfull enough you can use a system that requires hot hardening. You gain a stronger composite and longer pot life.

If you can't reach the required temperature you can take a resin that's made for hardening at room temperature. But please make shure to take a slow hardener (at least 40min pot life).

There are some special resins made for boat construction that are specially made for wood/glass fiber composites (from Sicomin e.g.). If you can get this it might be the best solution.

We've been using epoxy from QCM, but have also used west systems with success. I would say use the west systems first, since it is easy to use and works well.

-kelvin

Thanks for the help. I'll let ya know how things go with my first press. Thanks again.