Appreciation post

The LowRider 4 changed my way of building skis. I have been looking for a long time for a CNC long enough to work with ski length and narrow enough to fit my basement. The LowRider 4 is definitely what I needed and I recently included a laser module.

Here a few pics of my build in action:

Cutting the core

Cutting the base with a drag knife using a vacuum bed done with a 3d printer

Here you can see the finished product if interested:

Bargagiazz Instagram

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I’m sure the forum will have many questions about your build and your skis. Looks great.

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Please post them in “things you’ve made”. :slightly_smiling_face: Would really love to see them, not on Instagram.

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As requested :slight_smile: : Freeride skis

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As requested in an another post I am providing more details regarding the Dragknife base cutting.

I use a Stepcraft Heavy Duty Drag Knife with Martor 52 blade at the topmost position (offset 3.03 mm). As it is a PITA to have to insert the knife in my Makita because I need to change adapter size and unscrew everything I created a 8 mm to 65 adapter that fits in the Makita mount of the LR4.

If needed you can find the adapter here: Dragknife Adapter

It is critical to keep the base down with a vacuum table. As I did not want to build a full fledged vacuum table I built one that I can easily add and remove from the LR4. It is 3D printed and uses 20x20 modules that can be combined in one direction. I use a 2 m long for the base. I also have a 40 cm long for cutting the cork sheet. You can find it here: Vacuum table

To cut the base I cut with 0.4 mm steps. I use the dragknife dressup available in FreeCAD CAM module.

Happy to provide more details.

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Haha, you just have to pinch your nose to shield you from the “Meta” smell, and take a dive into instagram as all the other maker kids do :wink:

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What software do you use to generate gcode for the dragknife?

I use FreeCAD CAM module to create the path and then I apply the Dragknife dressup available in the same module.

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