question about flex - Snowboarding Forum

MistahTaki · 05-13-2010, 02:31 AM

i wonder if you get your snowboard set each tip down on a chair placed a 60 pound weight in the center of it for awhile and let it flex the curvature or the flex of the board will change.

stoepstyle · 05-13-2010, 02:39 AM

Add some heat to the mix and it might

BurtonAvenger · 05-13-2010, 02:50 AM

Ever heard of infinite ride? Same concept you're thinking of just done with a very fancy machine. All boards gain flex over time and riding them. Take a new board that doesn't have pretensioned fiber glass in it and flex it the first day in the shop you'll hear all the fiberglass cracking along with the epoxy. That right there is the start of it breaking in.

MistahTaki · 05-13-2010, 03:19 AM

yeah that was what i was thinking, i might put a hair dryer to it lol

legallyillegal · 05-13-2010, 06:41 AM

60lbs won't do much at all

Leo · 05-13-2010, 07:42 AM

Curvature is shaped when the wood in the board is wet.

Heat only comes into play during the drying process.

walove · 05-13-2010, 11:11 AM

heres a link to people putting rocker in their skis. SKIING RULZ

snowboards are all glass and wood, so heat is a must to keep any bend in the board. When epoxy is heated above the temperature it was cured at (150-180F in normal production) the epoxy will soften up. At this time it can be reshaped and then allowed to cure again. I am going to try with an older board first here when i find some time. I plan to uses boiling water as it is 212f and i would not have to worry about overheating the surface with a hair dryer or a heat gun. Just need to make my bending jig small enough to fit in the tub.

hondarider17 · 05-13-2010, 07:30 PM

So can someone post steps?
DO you heat the board up first then Put it in the Jig and get it clamped?
im gunna do this to one of my old burton boards.

legallyillegal · 05-13-2010, 07:47 PM

heat jig heat snap

hondarider17 · 05-13-2010, 07:56 PM

K guys. i got my Jig and everything, ill post pics when im done.
Heat gun or boiling water??

05-13-2010, 02:31 AM	#1 (permalink)
MistahTaki Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: New Mexico Posts: 1,362	question about flex i wonder if you get your snowboard set each tip down on a chair placed a 60 pound weight in the center of it for awhile and let it flex the curvature or the flex of the board will change.

05-13-2010, 02:50 AM	#3 (permalink)
BurtonAvenger Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Mountains Posts: 8,058	Ever heard of infinite ride? Same concept you're thinking of just done with a very fancy machine. All boards gain flex over time and riding them. Take a new board that doesn't have pretensioned fiber glass in it and flex it the first day in the shop you'll hear all the fiberglass cracking along with the epoxy. That right there is the start of it breaking in. __________________ Angry Snowboarder Because someone has to call it how they see it!

05-13-2010, 06:41 AM	#5 (permalink)
legallyillegal -LIFETIME MEMBER- Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: fuck Snowboarding Posts: 4,446	60lbs won't do much at all __________________ THERE ARE SPECIFIC REASONS AS TO WHY I AM MORE LOCAL THAN YOU GOD IS DONUT

05-13-2010, 07:42 AM	#6 (permalink)
Leo -LIFETIME MEMBER- Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Detroit Area Posts: 6,212	Curvature is shaped when the wood in the board is wet. Heat only comes into play during the drying process. __________________ www.aGNARchy.com Reviews and David Z's rants

05-13-2010, 11:11 AM	#7 (permalink)
walove Veteran Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Bozeman/Seattle Posts: 659	heres a link to people putting rocker in their skis. SKIING RULZ snowboards are all glass and wood, so heat is a must to keep any bend in the board. When epoxy is heated above the temperature it was cured at (150-180F in normal production) the epoxy will soften up. At this time it can be reshaped and then allowed to cure again. I am going to try with an older board first here when i find some time. I plan to uses boiling water as it is 212f and i would not have to worry about overheating the surface with a hair dryer or a heat gun. Just need to make my bending jig small enough to fit in the tub. __________________ SHRED HAPPENS

05-13-2010, 02:39 AM	#2 (permalink)
stoepstyle Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: in the K-town Posts: 699	Add some heat to the mix and it might

05-13-2010, 03:19 AM	#4 (permalink)
MistahTaki Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: New Mexico Posts: 1,362	yeah that was what i was thinking, i might put a hair dryer to it lol

05-13-2010, 07:30 PM	#8 (permalink)
hondarider17 Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 58	So can someone post steps? DO you heat the board up first then Put it in the Jig and get it clamped? im gunna do this to one of my old burton boards.

05-13-2010, 07:47 PM	#9 (permalink)
legallyillegal -LIFETIME MEMBER- Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: fuck Snowboarding Posts: 4,446	heat jig heat snap __________________ THERE ARE SPECIFIC REASONS AS TO WHY I AM MORE LOCAL THAN YOU GOD IS DONUT

05-13-2010, 07:56 PM	#10 (permalink)
hondarider17 Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 58	K guys. i got my Jig and everything, ill post pics when im done. Heat gun or boiling water??

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