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Turning skis into twintips

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freestyle_rich
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i found a pair of old carving skis in my garage and, just for fun i want to turn them into twintips. is anyone here old school enough to remember how to do it?





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Jul 30 2005 9:08AM
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LC.
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Heat the tips then bend them. The way most people did it was with a paint stripper heat gun I think. Then jam the tails uner a door and raise the tips by propping a chair under them. Rivit the tails if you can because they could delam easily.

Jul 30 2005 9:21AM
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freestyle_rich
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so i couldn't just do it over the stove?





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Jul 30 2005 9:23AM
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B-Wald
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we tried to do it back in the day with a blow torch and hot water. didn't work too well.

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Jul 30 2005 9:41AM
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GotamaBCshredder
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you can put them in boiling water too, just make sure you bend them really slowly.

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Jul 30 2005 12:20PM
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TWoods
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Yea, it always seemed to work best boiling the tails in water for like 10 minutes. Try that.

Jul 30 2005 2:01PM
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dweezileast
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yeah, blowtorch dont work, it just melts the p tex, or tophsheet


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Jul 30 2005 2:14PM
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TWoods
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go to the local thrift shop, try it on some of those skis first. some of the fatter straight skis actually make solid twins.

Jul 30 2005 2:15PM
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hucker22
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blowtorch

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Jul 30 2005 5:06PM
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skiusa
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i used a blowtorch it did melt the p tex but it dosnt realy matter because there probably shitty skis if your going to do that to them so go for it

Jul 30 2005 5:22PM
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cravenmoorehed
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Back in like 98 i took a pair of elan mbx and melted the tails with a heat gun, they worked..Sometimes its a bitch cause u got to crack the core......

Jul 30 2005 7:12PM
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SSteezle
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yeah i've heard that worked

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Jul 30 2005 7:14PM
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*karma*
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mmm, might as well go to a ski shop and ask if they have any really beat twins and buy those...

Jul 30 2005 7:16PM
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DHogg
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you can probably find some old beat twins for like $20

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Jul 30 2005 7:18PM
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skiforass
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you need soulutions remember soulutions well probully not but that is what you need

Jul 30 2005 7:59PM
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hellmut
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after heating up the tails i'd put them in a crack between porch boards or whatever. make sure to rivet the tails or something or else they will fall apart




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