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Took pics with a pocket microscope of armada and volkl sintered bases

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dolanslebensraum
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The first 2 pictures are of the base on the arv 106 ti which armada claims is sintered. The first is at 60x magnification and the second is at 120x










The next pictures are from the sintered base of the volkl yumi.










The armada base (pic 1 and 2) has been waxed and scraped a couple times while the volkl base (pic 3 and 4) is factory fresh. I think the 2 skis bases look similar, although the armadas seem to have a more checkered appearance. I dont know what the grey freckles and black freckles represent—im hoping one of you wax gurus can tell me! The white splotches on the armadas i think is wax residue- im not sure though.

anywho, i hope at least some of you find this detritis interesting
May 11 2020 9:27PM
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little1337
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If the World Health Organization put as much effort into Coronavirus as you put into sintered bases, we would have a cure by now
May 11 2020 9:33PM
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dolanslebensraum
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little1337If the World Health Organization put as much effort into Coronavirus as you put into sintered bases, we would have a cure by now

Haha. Dont make fun of my assburgers
May 11 2020 10:02PM
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Non_State_Actor
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Are the yumis your groomer ski?
May 11 2020 10:11PM
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dolanslebensraum
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mystery3Are the yumis your groomer ski?

No you clown choad they are my moms

**This post was edited on May 14th 2020 at 3:06:32am
May 11 2020 10:45PM
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Non_State_Actor
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DolanReloadedNo you clown choad they are mom moms


No need to be defensive, I've tried out my wife's groomer skis, they're really fun. I wouldn't want to be on a 153cm piste ski on anything steep or difficult because they are short and super turny but they're fun in the right conditions.
May 11 2020 11:11PM
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VT_scratch
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holy shit, this is getting real AF I kinda love it
May 11 2020 11:19PM
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TRVP_ANGEL
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can you also use that pocket microscope to find the person that asked?
May 12 2020 1:03AM
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Julius_Steezer
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Ngl even with isolation boredom hitting hard, taking multiple microscopic pictures of 2 different skis is one of the top gear nerd things I’ve ever seen on NS. Kudos OP
May 12 2020 5:48AM
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crustyboot.420
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May 12 2020 6:14AM
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CatdickBojangles
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Dolan is about to uncover every conspiracy in the ski industry and flip it upside down. Go for bindings next like the Reactor tried to do.
May 12 2020 7:36AM
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TheClap.
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Why isn’t this in gear talk?
May 12 2020 8:49AM
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Ghost_BLandzV2
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TheClap.Why isn’t this in gear talk?

Lets be real nobody gives a fuck about gear talk
May 12 2020 9:57AM
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SuspiciousFish
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I was on shrooms once and had one of those pocket microscope things. I literally looked at a wood table for 2 hours. It was crazy, like looking into a whole different world.
May 12 2020 11:12AM
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Ghost_BLandzV2
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SuspiciousFishI was on shrooms once and had one of those pocket microscope things. I literally looked at a wood table for 2 hours. It was crazy, like looking into a whole different world.

One time I ate 3 grams of pocket microscopes and I looked at shrooms for 2 hours straight. It was so beautiful it changed my life
May 12 2020 11:43AM
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Skibumsmith
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Get a stone grind on only one of the armadas and compare the two.
May 12 2020 1:40PM
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Granby_killdozer
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You should see what they look like with DPS phantom on them
May 12 2020 3:59PM
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scratchskier321
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what are the shiny crystal looking specs?
May 13 2020 12:18AM
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onenerdykid
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Everything about this thread is awesome. This is why I love NS.
May 13 2020 2:26AM
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little1337
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TheClap.Why isn’t this in gear talk?


Can't get MOTM if you make gear talk threads I guess
May 13 2020 9:00AM
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scratchskier321
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onenerdykidEverything about this thread is awesome. This is why I love NS.

tell us what we are seeing in these microscope photos
May 13 2020 3:14PM
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patagonialuke
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scratchskier321tell us what we are seeing in these microscope photos

May 13 2020 5:07PM
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dolanslebensraum
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mystery3No need to be defensive, I've tried out my wife's groomer skis, they're really fun. I wouldn't want to be on a 153cm piste ski on anything steep or difficult because they are short and super turny but they're fun in the right conditions.

No worries man i was just joking around. Clown choads are underated anyways. I would like to try head supershapes some time. I saw a vid of some gangster euro dude doing a dub 10 on supershapes. Im sure one rail hit on them would completely total the edges but they probably carve like a mofo on bath salts.

**This post was edited on May 14th 2020 at 3:12:58am
May 14 2020 3:05AM
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dolanslebensraum
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nolliebackflip

This is great haha
SuspiciousFishI was on shrooms once and had one of those pocket microscope things. I literally looked at a wood table for 2 hours. It was crazy, like looking into a whole different world.

Ive been busting it out on everything for the past few days. Pretty sweet for only 15 bucks.



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ColoradoDogfart
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Homie you gotta lay off the adderall...please for the love of god this is getting out of hand
May 14 2020 1:44PM
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dolanslebensraum
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I have another picture and a theory about what we are looking at.

After scraping the waxed armadas, looking thru the scope there are areas that are mostly grey with a few dark spots. These areas seem to not have had the scraper tool grinding them. On the other hand, in the middle of the picture you see black spots with a bright white line on one side of them.

i think the normal grey area represents base material that has wax dissolved in the polyethylene. And i think when you scrape the ski, you squeeze the wax out of some areas, (these areas turn black bc they dont have any wax in them) and you build up wax residue at the side of each black area which shows up as a bright white line on the side of the black area.

i think the polyethylene base material might actually be softer than you think seeing as you apparently can squeeze the wax out of the amorphous parts of the base when you scrape it.

the main reason i think this is whats going on is because pretty much every bright white streak of wax is right next to an area that is completely black

what do you guys think....


May 14 2020 1:56PM
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dolanslebensraum
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ColoradoDogfartHomie you gotta lay off the adderall...please for the love of god this is getting out of hand


Dude chill. Im not the only one who finds this shit interesting
May 14 2020 1:59PM
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Caveman.
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DolanReloadedDude chill. Im not the only one who finds this shit interesting


I wonder if you also can see any differences in the pigment
May 15 2020 12:17AM
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dolanslebensraum
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Caveman.I wonder if you also can see any differences in the pigment

Yeah you can see the border where the stenciled in armada letters are slid into the black background. Ill post a picture tomorrow
May 15 2020 4:20AM
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ModMommy
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Can I have an update on this
Sep 28 2020 6:15PM
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