gas money for the ski team
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Topic: gas money for the ski team
Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Subject: gas money for the ski team
Date Posted: January-06-2008 at 2:59pm
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Well the word got around that I had made some pretty decent looking adirondack water ski chairs so I was recruited to make one for the ski team. They were throwing out some pretty well used old skies that had come to the end of their usable life. Some had 4 coats of paint on top of the original and all had several sets of bindings through the years. There was even some good old rot in a couple. The kids are going to raffle it off this coming summer at one of their shows. My guess would be one of the parents will go for it!
Reid, did you ever make your's?  ------------- /diaries/details.asp?ID=1622" rel="nofollow - 54 Atom /diaries/details.asp?ID=2179" rel="nofollow - 77 Tique 64 X55 Dunphy Keep it original, Pete < |
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Posted By: bkhallpass
Date Posted: January-06-2008 at 3:34pm
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As before, those chairs are great Pete. BKH ------------- Livin' the Dream |
Posted By: jbear
Date Posted: January-06-2008 at 4:43pm
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Pete when in heck do you find time for all you do...being on here and all the research you do for all of us?
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Posted By: Hollywood
Date Posted: January-06-2008 at 8:01pm
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8122pbrainard wrote:Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: January-06-2008 at 10:09pm
Kevin, If you notice, most of the chair was made from the forward ends of the old skies. A lot were split from so many sets of bindings being screwed on. It also probably didn't help that it looks like the kids didn't drill large enough pilot holes. Some of the tails were also split and screwed back together with steel strapping. The rot in some was around unsealed binding screw holes. See you Tuesday. ------------- /diaries/details.asp?ID=1622" rel="nofollow - 54 Atom /diaries/details.asp?ID=2179" rel="nofollow - 77 Tique 64 X55 Dunphy Keep it original, Pete < |
Posted By: Gary S
Date Posted: January-07-2008 at 12:05am
Pete,did you throw out those bindings? Do you think that they may fit these or do you know where I might get some?
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Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: January-07-2008 at 7:26am
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Gary, The skis from the ski club came to me without bindings. The kids have boxes of them that they recycle but most are in the same shape as yours. Torn or split rubber was typical with the old bindings. You may get lucky and find NOS on Ebay. Are your skis wet or did someone do a quick job on varnishing?
Edit: Gary, I just did a ebay search and found this listing. He does state that he has lots of the rubber parts for bindings available. http://cgi.ebay.com/CYPRESS-GARDENS-WOOD-WATER-SKI-BINDING-COMPLETE-SLALOM_W0QQitemZ270200852983QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item270200852983 - Ebay listing ------------- /diaries/details.asp?ID=1622" rel="nofollow - 54 Atom /diaries/details.asp?ID=2179" rel="nofollow - 77 Tique 64 X55 Dunphy Keep it original, Pete < |
Posted By: Gary S
Date Posted: January-07-2008 at 10:08am
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Thanks for the link Pete.What an eye for detail,yes I just cleaned them,they had about 35 yrs of dirt on them ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1711&sort=&pagenum=1&yrstart=1966&yrend=1970" rel="nofollow - 69 Mustang HM SS 95 Nautique Super Sport |
Posted By: Riley
Date Posted: January-07-2008 at 10:44am
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I find the old wooden skis are much better for teaching skiing. They tend to be wider and have nuetral boyancy, so they're much easier for the skier to control while in the water. I have a pair of Northland Speedsters that were given to me 41 years ago that I put modern HO bindings on that have been used to teach many kids. New bindings are pricey, but they're so much better and easier to deal with than the old ones. ------------- |