Hey,

The winters setting in now and I'm thinking of having a go at building a snowboard! I realise that I'm not gonna build one as good as commercial ones but it'd like somthing to mess about on when there's snow at home, I've done a fair bit of boarding but have always borrowed mates gear. does anybody know where I should start... I can make a wood core no problems but how many layers of cloth should I use? anyone got any idea of orientation? I'm gonna order the edging and P-tex for the base. any help on this one would be ace. Or am I best leaving it well alone?!!!

Cheers M

Need to borrow someones board first to make a mold. Eh, careful with the binding mounts, if they pop out you will be doing  a split or worse..



If Brute Force Isn''''t working your not using enough...

Well you're brave! There have been one or two "how it's made" episodes showing how snowboards and skis are made, you will probably find these on YouTube.

I'd say, without advanced skills and composites knowledge, along with the required tools and press, you would be better off just buying one. There are some reasonably priced boards out there if budget is tight. Even the pricier ones will come cheaper than building your own. 

Everything you need to build the equipment and snowboard is all in here.

Beat me to it

http://www.skibuilders.com/howto/equip/profiler.shtml

loads of info

There are websites (mainly in the US) that will provide the binding inserts

Like Baja said, if you are doing it to have a "cheaper" board you don't have to do it...If you have some budget and just want to have some fun making one you can give it a go...