Most of the specialized tools and equipment you need for snowboard construction has to be built by you. This tends to involve a bit of metal working and machining.
This page will expand over time to include more metal working resources specifically applicable to things like press construction.
Working with copper tubing #
The single best guide I’ve found for how to solder copper pipe is Soldering and Brazing Copper Tube and Fittings, directly from the Copper Development Association, Inc.
To-do #
Need to add links for the following topics:
- Drilling and tapping, including mag drills
- Cutting aluminum sheet for mold skins
- deburring
- extruded aluminum beams
- basics of precision machining
- cutting edge material