Fixing Gear

In preparation for the ski season Christian has been fixing our gear. Here is his account of the reason projects:

Made a new ski-rack for the gear room. It can hold 16 pairs of skis (4 across by 4 deep; or double that for XC skis). We actually only have 12 pairs of skis in the house right now, including 2 that don't belong to us, but it holds all the poles too. It's way better than the old plastic garbage bin we used to just throw them all in.​

Fixed two core shots in Line's ski, by cutting pieces of base material out of a "donor ski", epoxying them in place, and smoothing everything out flat. It was good to have the donor ski to practice on.​

Resoling Line's Boots. I cut off the old sole and epoxied on the fore-foot section last week. This weekend I trimmed the edges, sculpted the toe area a bit so that the boot interfaced properly with the tech-toe, and set up the heel block. The the heel block is currently clamped and curing... should be ready to trim this week. Pleased with the results so far - the sole showed no signs of separating during trimming/sanding, and I fully flexed the bellows without any scary cracking sounds.