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Can anybody tell me what I'm building?

A gold dredge?

thickness sander

Already built a dredge.

Kinda, with a twist!

CNC thickness sander ?

combined base grinder / thickness sander?

homebuilt battleship?

The battleship idea sounds great! I might rethink the design.

This is going to be a core profiler drum sander, more pictures soon.

Use your standard router bridge crib for the guide.

Oh man I wanted to take a guess!

Awesome!

What are the amounts of power you need to throw into into a drum sander like that to use it for core profiling? I know the wide belt sanders at work just drink amps like they're going out of fashion, small ones are like 10hp.

The drum I built is 6"x16", and I picked a old 2hp motor up on Craigslist for $35 bucks. Your not taking much material off when you profile a core so it shouldn't take to much power. I built a adjustable depth stop so I can take off as little or as much as I want at a time. I can also thickness sand with it too.

Here is the drum, and no that's not the real shaft.

here's one of the motor, thinking about sand blasting it and restoring to like new condition.

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I did a search on here, found some leads, but need a little more info.

The few vids I've seen, the machine is basically the same as a ski/snowboard press. They just use a Cap mold. I get this for the most part.

I really need to think on this process more before I get into the confused parts...

Just want to put it out there... Anyone have resources?

I think kiteboards are pretty similar... here is a source in english: http://www.kiteforum.com/viewforum.php?f=107 Most people do vacuum bagging.

The process is a lot easier than building skis/snowboards.

Cheers, Christoph

Here is a tutorial for a trickski although I think they make everything too complicated. It is in german but with a lot of pics.

http://download.r-g.de/trickski.pdf

Cheers, Christoph

Goode posted this vid. Skip about 2\3 Through.

They are using a press.

The hull of the ski, is where I'm confused.

Does anyone know if there is a base material or is it just epoxy?

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=q5dv0CUA3Oc&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dq5dv0CUA3Oc

prospectsnow, where are you located.

I am building kiteboards and also longboards.

Cheers

St George Utah for the next few weeks, Madison Wi is home though. I'd like to see what you are doing if I can swing through mikic1

Ill pm you.

Hi,

I am reposting this from Yard sale, as I might have posted it in the wrong section.

I am looking for one of the edge bending tools as described in the 'how to' section. Am willing to pay good $$ for it, anybody has one for sale?

Cheers

That design is so simple I'm not sure why you wouldn't just build one yourself? Looks easier than building skis to me? And cheap, just a few bucks in scrap metal.

Where are you located? If you really didn't want to take the time to build one yourself, depending on the price I could build you one. I'm not a huge fan of that design, there are better (albeit more expensive) ways to do your edges. Do a search for my thread on my edge bender.

I'm using only my template and hands these days. Don't waste your Omer

Money on the bender in the how to section. There are better ways to bend edges.

I anneal only the areas that get bent, clamp it to my template with spring clips and gradually bend to shape, clamping more as I progress. I rarely use tools anymore except for problem areas.

thx for the feeback.

Now that you said it , I do ride longboard and I have some bearings and wheels I could try to put something simple together just quick.

If everything fail Ill get back to you reg. the tool.

thx

Cheers

M

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