Upcycling old skis
Trip date: Monday Dec 19, 2022
Submitted by MaSid
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Not a trip report, slightly off topic, but an interesting project utilizing worn out skis while the temps are uninviting. More of a challenging art piece than a real bow. Untested (it’s hard to make a bow string), but perhaps it would work as a toy or for target practice. Making proper laminated bow limbs is super challenging, pretty messy and requires some serious clamping apparatus (usually a sealed fire hose with an air nozzle for inflation in a moulded housing) and a heat box for curing big enough to hold the whole clamping apparatus. Hence the skis.