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  2. I take it all back, in regard to softboots working well to carve on.

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    53 minutes ago, Jack M said:

    Love it.  You should really try my Kessler 168.  For my taste/style/location, it is the holy grail.  My quest for the perfect short board is at an end.

    I’m in! 

    37 minutes ago, st_lupo said:

    Gotta love that board!  This year my 162 became my best friend and is my goto for icey and steeps.  I’m a bit worried about mine delaminating too so post your solution when you find one!  Right now I’m hoping to hook up with another 2nd hand 162.

     

    Do you have the build specs on yours?  I know my board is a bit unusual (more taper than standard) and I’m wondering how the side cut radius variation compares with the standard.

    I don’t remember who it came from Reiter maybe, IDK so I have no specs other than it’s slightly softer than another one I scored on eBay. 

  3. I take it all back, in regard to softboots working well to carve on.

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    Posted

    35 minutes ago, daveo said:

    I got an idea for a board...

    I did the same thing with softboots last year. Bought an SG Soul 164, Apex Gecko Free, Burton Driver X, Flow NX2-GT even bought after market liners for my Drivers and then I realised I preferred hardboots for literally everything. What an effin' waste =\

    They still slay powder really well and carve ALRIGHT. That Kessler though, magic. 

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  4. I take it all back, in regard to softboots working well to carve on.

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    so, took out my Kessler SL today. 

    Ohh

    my

    god

    I’m seriously questioning spending so much time in softboots now....

    I have not felt good, or even comfortable on an alpine board in years. Today it just worked. 

    I wasn’t carving aggressively, I wasn’t going fast, I was just having a ball on the thing. Actually was seeing how slow I could still make it work. Turns out, pretty effing slow. 

    Stoked!

    That thing is amazing, even with the stupid heavy hangls.

    its starting to delam, this upsets me. 

    So, what’s the closest thing now that doesn’t say Kessler on it? That’s as much as what this thread is about, what’s a comparable replacement? 

    As of now the closest thing I’ve been on are coiler NSRs. There’s some special sauce in the Kessler though, more predictable or something. Are the newer ones closer? 

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  6. A Terrain Park For Us!

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    Posted

    On 3/24/2019 at 12:45 PM, scottishsurfer said:

    I reckon it could be done but would need a very different gate layout to keep speeds down to keep it safe

    This. Even when I was a decent snowboarder that sort of thing was not something that was pretty. 

    You do a lot of scrubbing off speed. 

  9. Zardoz NOTWax

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    17 hours ago, st_lupo said:

    I’m pretty much a lifetume user of Hot Sauce.  How does Dominator compare?

    Baaah, never liked that stuff. 

    Holmenkol, vola, dominator, swix and briko maplus all are waxes I’d choose before hertell 

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  10. Adventures in plates (3D Printed)

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    1 minute ago, JRAZZ said:

    🙂

    I know. That's how I felt discovering OpenSCAD!

     

    Is this what you mean?  (I'll post the code below - apparently we can't post files here)

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bottom_length = 245;  //total length
bottom_width = 100;  //base width (twist will result in wider overall dimensions)
top_length = 245;
top_width = 130;
edge_rad = 4;    //edge radius of top and bottom surfaces
height = 30;        //minimum height (cant and/or lift will result in taller overall height) - NOTE: ht must be >= 2*edge_rad
twist = 9;     //degrees of twist
cant = 6;       //degrees of cant - this simple demo only supports positive (leftward) cant
lift = 0;       //degrees of lift - this simple demo only supports positive (heel) lift
screw_size = 6.25; //screw hole size
lightening_hole_spacing = 5;  // spacing between lightening holes
steps = 20;     //smoothness factor - more steps = smoother sides
screw_hole_spacing = 20; //spacing for screw holes - should not be changed
screw_hole_twist = 15;


//this adjusts the total height, to take into account height added due to the edge radius - shouldn't be changed by user
adj_ht = height - 2*edge_rad;
min_width = min(bottom_width, top_width);
min_length = min(bottom_length, top_length);

//difference to punch holes
difference() {
    //call the plate module to initiate the render
    translate([0,0,edge_rad]) //move to z=0
        plate();
    
	$fa = 1;
    //center lightening hole
	center_lhr = screw_hole_spacing*1.414 - (screw_size / 2) - lightening_hole_spacing;
    cylinder(h=100,r=center_lhr);
    
    //screw holes
    for (i=[0,90,180,270]) rotate(i+screw_hole_twist) screw_holes();
        
    //lightening holes        
    for (i=[0,180]) rotate(i) lightening_holes();
    //lightening_holes();
}

module screw_holes() {
    $fn = 20;
    translate([screw_hole_spacing,screw_hole_spacing,0]) 
        cylinder(h=100,r=screw_size / 2);
}

module lightening_holes() {
	
	s = screw_hole_spacing;
	w = (min_width / 2) - edge_rad;
	q = screw_size /2;
    lhs = lightening_hole_spacing / 2;

	side_lhy = (s + w) / 2;
	side_lhr = (w - s - lightening_hole_spacing) / 2;	
	
    $fa = 0.5;
    translate([0,side_lhy,0])
        cylinder(h=100,r=side_lhr);
    translate([side_lhy,side_lhy,0])
        cylinder(h=100,r=side_lhr);    
    translate([-side_lhy,side_lhy,0])
        cylinder(h=100,r=side_lhr);
    translate([side_lhy,0,0])
        cylinder(h=100,r=side_lhr); 
	
	tan_twist_2 = tan(twist/2);
    ta = s+q;
	incenter_hole(ta, ta*tan_twist_2, w/tan_twist_2, w, ta, w);
    incenter_hole(ta, ta*tan_twist_2, w/tan_twist_2, w, ta, ta*tan(twist/2) - w);

    rotate([0,0,twist/2-5])
        translate([min_length/2 - w*.7,0,0])
            cylinder(h=100,r=w/2 - lhs);
}

module incenter_hole(Ax, Ay, Bx, By, Cx, Cy) {
   	aL = sqrt(pow(Cx-Bx,2) + pow(Cy-By,2)); // length of BC
	bL = sqrt(pow(Cx-Ax,2) + pow(Cy-Ay,2)); // length of AC
	cL = sqrt(pow(Bx-Ax,2) + pow(By-Ay,2)); // length of AB
	pL = aL + bL + cL;
	
	//calculate incenter of triangle
	Ox = (aL*Ax + bL*Bx + cL*Cx) / pL;
	Oy = (aL*Ay + bL*By + cL*Cy) / pL;

    //calculate distance from center to AB to ger hole radius
    t_area = abs((Ax-Cx)*(By-Ay) - (Ax-Bx)*(Cy-Ay));
    rad = t_area / pL;	

    $fn = 50;
	translate([Ox,Oy,0])
		cylinder(h=100,r=rad - lightening_hole_spacing/2);
}

module plate() {
	$fa = 1;
	for (s = [0:1:steps-1]) {
	    translate([0, 0,  adj_ht/steps * s]) //move up according to step
        rotate([cant/steps * s, -lift/steps * s, 0]) //cant and lift
	    rotate([0, 0, twist/steps * s])  //twist along Z
        component_plate(bottom_width+(top_width-bottom_width)*s/steps, bottom_length+(top_length-bottom_length)*s/steps);
	}
}

module component_plate(width, length) {
	$fa = 1;
    minkowski() {	
        hull() {
            translate([-length/2 + width/2, 0, 0])
                cylinder(r=width/2 - edge_rad, h=.001);
            translate([length/2 - width/2, 0, 0])
                cylinder(r=width/2 - edge_rad, h=.001);
        }
        sphere(r=edge_rad, $fn=20);
    }
}

     

    Yup, that’s what I mean! 

  11. Zardoz NOTWax

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    Posted

    3 hours ago, daveo said:

    I seem to get the same effect with race base med as I did with the full dom kit. 

    Just using soft base for base prep, med base for daily and arctic base for close to the edges. 

    In saying that I'm not good enough to notice the diff.

    Ahh, yeah, that’s the only sane way with maplus, where it misses is on the cold end. Guessing that’s not an issue in japan. Maine is cold. 

  12. Coiler Update

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    1 hour ago, Jcar said:

    Got a spot in June.  This will be my first time working with Bruce, and my first custom board EVER!!  Gonna do 2 this summer.  A Thirst Superconductor from Mark and a Coiler.  

    The Coiler I’m thinking something around 170 that will crank tight turns on a steeper narrow blue runs (SoCal, Big Bear) but with the capability of opening up and balls to the wall on more open wider runs (Mammoth, Montucky).  Other than that I’m gonna let Bruce work his magic and worry about my top sheet graphics!

    Geez, big bear, Carving there must be...... terrifying. West coast equivalent to whatever is closest to NYC....

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  13. Adventures in plates (3D Printed)

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    ohhh! open scad runs WAY better on mac OS! I can actually see whats going on now without buggy rotation. 

    okay, so here we go, just need to fix the screw holes and maybe some other small tweak. 

    this is amazing!

     

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    would your life be made easier to add slots (like the ones daveo posted) as opposed to trying to calculate the offset?

    I'm trying to learn open scad but I'm green to this...... 

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  16. Adventures in plates (3D Printed)

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    It looks like if there’s no twist then the holes for the screws then they will be straight across the riser. Was trying to compensate for that. 

    The software for customizing on Thingiverse would not even draw your specs nevermind when I tried to change it. So I couldn’t really mess with it. 

    What I’m trying to do is build one that’s pure cant with as little lift as possible. 

    Sorry to ask for the hand holding! 

    I’m guessing the browser doesn’t like their website or something.

  18. Zardoz NOTWax

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    Posted

    Their base prep waxes and the broad range ones are killer.

    Four waxes cover just about everything.

    base prep

    bullet

    zoom

    butter

    zoom covers most of my waxing need sometimes use bullet mid winter ordome butter in the spring.

    dont like swix all temp! Will tell you that! It does have the advantage of running the same in all conditions though, slow. 

    if I were racing it would be different, might then go to swix for some stuff. Still have big bricks of ch and LF.

     

  19. Zardoz NOTWax

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    1 hour ago, daveo said:

    Wish I had that this season... btw dominator is huge in Japan

    Any reason why it's better than notwax? I'm looking to get a slush wax for next season.

    Yeah, it goes over your wax instead thinning it out. Convinced Zardoz dries out your base, I don’t have definitive proof or anything.

    also butter stays on longer, can be mixed in with hot wax if you want. 

     

    Im glad it’s big in Japan! It should be bigger here! Their product line is easier to use than most competitors and tends to be faster if you miss a little bit........ 

  21. Zardoz NOTWax

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    Yeah, never liked it THAT much as compared to the old swix with silicone that they don’t make anymore, then the holmenkol that was almost the same. 

    Current product that gets the job done better is dominator butter. 

    Again, rub on, cork go

    13 hours ago, Shred Gruumer said:

    I used to swear by it!!  It's a dupont product.. You can buy a big tube for 50 bucks... 

    Thin they’re gonna want a link! 

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