mike b
Michael "Mayhem" Bevacqua aka MikeyChan
- Location
- California
Yeah they look kick butt. Ive thought of putting a larger exhaust pipe in mine or buy a SF for that reason haha. Cool build, Can't wait to see it finished
Freestyle Building a Circus ski
- Thread starter BrightE's
- Start date
- Location
- Houston, TX
You do very clean work. Looking great!
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- Location
- amarillo ,tx
Everything looks sweet making me more and more wanting order one and bond the decks myself
BrightE's
Paul
- Location
- Seattle, WA
samsmith87
Site Supporter
- Location
- Chicago
What happened to your last freak?
BrightE's
Paul
- Location
- Seattle, WA
It got crated off to a buyer and new home in California.
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- Location
- Midwest
Looks good! Hoping to get it done by the dells?
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BrightE's
Paul
- Location
- Seattle, WA
That's the plan. I hope I can maybe ride it a weekend or two before just to get the kinks out in time for the dells. But otherwise yeah! The dells very well might be my first ride on it
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BrightE's
Paul
- Location
- Seattle, WA
Few updates. The ski is bonded! So that feels nice. As always, that is a terrifying, nerve racking process. Big thanks to Nick @DrGonzo for getting the ski together.
Ran into a bit of a snare with how much stress was going to be locked into this thing if I didn't do some modification. I cut and fixed the tray, and cut out a hole through which the top of the pump tunnel somewhat sticks through in the tray. This will be the lowest tray a Circus ski has seen, and probably only a handful of locked in stress between the halves instead of 10s or 100s. Not a needed step, but I wanted to do it right.
Clamped it down to force the tray up, then locked it in with g/flex to seal, and carbon tape for strength.
5200 at the interface of the exhaust and firewall
This ski is going to be out on Lake Michigan more than anywhere else, so I want the thing to float in the event of some crap going down where I'm taking on a lot of water.
Aluminum pre-drilled for riveting to 6 months from now when the new HIN assignment comes in and I get some HIN plates.
On to the bond. I completely forgot to pick-up some cinder blocks to press the tray down during the bond, so I had to find a few other paper-weights laying around. Again, big toss out to Nick for helping me here - the dude's awesome. My fiancee I don't think could handle another one of these 'bonding-sessions', and she was pissed enough that I didn't come to be till 3AM after this was all done.
Next morning the epoxy for fully set. I turned up the heat in my garage to about 90-95 to speed up the cure after we got it clamped.
Laid some carbon tape between the halves both inside the tray and in the engine compartment for strength.
Leak test was successful in finding a few leaks. Patched everything with either epoxy or 5200.
Resin of course oozes out between the halves, so it goes from this
To this, after some grinding.
Next steps are foot holds, expanding urethane foam behind the holds, pump ring and intake install, then prep for paint.
Ran into a bit of a snare with how much stress was going to be locked into this thing if I didn't do some modification. I cut and fixed the tray, and cut out a hole through which the top of the pump tunnel somewhat sticks through in the tray. This will be the lowest tray a Circus ski has seen, and probably only a handful of locked in stress between the halves instead of 10s or 100s. Not a needed step, but I wanted to do it right.
Clamped it down to force the tray up, then locked it in with g/flex to seal, and carbon tape for strength.
5200 at the interface of the exhaust and firewall
This ski is going to be out on Lake Michigan more than anywhere else, so I want the thing to float in the event of some crap going down where I'm taking on a lot of water.
Aluminum pre-drilled for riveting to 6 months from now when the new HIN assignment comes in and I get some HIN plates.
On to the bond. I completely forgot to pick-up some cinder blocks to press the tray down during the bond, so I had to find a few other paper-weights laying around. Again, big toss out to Nick for helping me here - the dude's awesome. My fiancee I don't think could handle another one of these 'bonding-sessions', and she was pissed enough that I didn't come to be till 3AM after this was all done.
Next morning the epoxy for fully set. I turned up the heat in my garage to about 90-95 to speed up the cure after we got it clamped.
Laid some carbon tape between the halves both inside the tray and in the engine compartment for strength.
Leak test was successful in finding a few leaks. Patched everything with either epoxy or 5200.
Resin of course oozes out between the halves, so it goes from this
To this, after some grinding.
Next steps are foot holds, expanding urethane foam behind the holds, pump ring and intake install, then prep for paint.
MegaManAU
Budgets are made to be broken!
- Location
- Auburn, AL
Beautiful work!
- Location
- South Florida
Good job!
Quinc
Buy a Superjet
- Location
- California
Reddit thread this time?
BrightE's
Paul
- Location
- Seattle, WA
That went pretty well last time didn't it! 370k views or something crazy? I'll give it another go for sure, and this time around link to x-h2o and maybe some favorite ski videos to rep the sport
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Quinc
Buy a Superjet
- Location
- California
I thought so! Great way to let people know stand ups aren't dead. =) Then again no one is going to want to build there own like you do!
BrightE's
Paul
- Location
- Seattle, WA
T-minus 9 days to build for the Dells ride!! Better hurry!!
Busted an insert in my pump ring, had to get a little creative.
Prep for paint
Paint! Black with blue pearl:
Little port and polish, 51mm:
Next Steps, TL setup, Pump intalll and align, motor in, turf, etc. Going to be a crazy 9 days.
Busted an insert in my pump ring, had to get a little creative.
Prep for paint
Paint! Black with blue pearl:
Little port and polish, 51mm:
Next Steps, TL setup, Pump intalll and align, motor in, turf, etc. Going to be a crazy 9 days.
- Location
- Houston, TX
I like that paint. What brand is it?
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Ducky
Back in the game!
- Location
- Charlotte, NC
Wow, great job. So much work to build a ski!
Quinc
Buy a Superjet
- Location
- California
Breeze the second time around!
Yea right