Making of skis without ski press

In this video I am making pair of skis as a 60th birthday gift. This method doesn't require any ski press.
Graphics are designed by me and made out of wood veneer using laser cutter.

[@huwcunningham7812]

Love this, I'd love to learn and one day make my own skis!

[@Qian1980]

It looks like doable for me. Great learning video.

[@tropicjam7343]

Congratulations!very accurate work and very nice asymetrical label design.nice music choice also for this topic.

[@TheOldarra]

what a gift, i would like the same!! I'm born to ski

[@yamabiru4553]

Nice

[@alexm594]

great video. beautiful workmanship. ive made a pair myself with vacuum but had a mold. how did you create the camber/ rocker profile? this is something i would try to do for next pair.

[@Winha277]

Hi Alex! Glad you like it. The ski was built on top of 1 mm thick steel plate. The layup is put under vacuum and after that I place wooden blocks under the tip, center and tail to lift the steel plate to create the ski profile. At 6:52 you can see the clamps I made to keep the ski down from front and rear to allow for bending. If you want to know more, I could post some other pictures of this method.

[@alexm594]

that would be great. i noticed clamping system...looks good. how do the skis work ?

[@Winha277]

@@alexm594 The skis work great, I made another similar pair for myself. I've used them in the Italian alps and Lyngsalpen in Norway and they perform great. I will try to make separate video of my manufacturing system.

[@LB-oe1wk]

@@Winha277 Please do ! I'm also interested. Beautiful work !

[@majorgaming9020]

Hey love this do you dry the core wood like you would a bow stave?

[@Winha277]

Thank you! The wood had been stored indoor for long time, no other drying.

[@jchrizzy6995]

Maybe a little late but what glue is that? Would love to do this but hard to find reliable resources on the glues people use

[@taneliheikkila8276]

It is epoxy resin, this particular resin is from Easycomposites but you could use basically any laminating epoxy resin that is available for you locally.

[@jchrizzy6995]

@@taneliheikkila8276 Always wonder about that bc id think straight epoxy might delaminate but ig makes sense, thanks homie

[@ianvanderlip5256]

How did you get the pattern on the CNC?

[@Winha277]

I am an mechanical engineer by trade and 3D modeled the ski and made the G code myself. I used HSM works CAM software.