Summer 2014 Ski Crafting
This summer has been an exciting one! We have brought in some new equipment, namely a dual head CNT Motion CNC mill/router that we have have custom tooled for producing ski cores with the highest precision. Another change has been bringing topsheet printing 100% in-house, we have gone about this process in a somewhat slow manner to ensure we are putting out a top-notch product, not just something we are just getting into. The challenges of keeping print heads unclogged, color management (sublimation printing/pressing really skews them), and correct heat and temperatures for different materials have kept us busy for quite a while, but the result was 100% worth it!
Getting bases and edges ready:
Getting materials prepped for layup:
Before pressing into topsheet:
After transferring graphic onto topsheet:
Flood coating backside of clear topsheet:
New CNC machine
Set of finished skis cores with sidewalls and tip spacers
Epoxy
Freshly pressed Betsy's (check them out here)
And finally our office manager/epoxy layer/seamstress doing her thing:
Getting materials prepped for layup:
Before pressing into topsheet:
After transferring graphic onto topsheet:
Flood coating backside of clear topsheet:
New CNC machine
Set of finished skis cores with sidewalls and tip spacers
Epoxy
Freshly pressed Betsy's (check them out here)
And finally our office manager/epoxy layer/seamstress doing her thing:
