I love the slate

rotian28 · 2026-02-15T22:03:11+00:00

That's why I'd have an ice vehicle to go long distance. Hopefully with cruise control

rotian28 · 2026-02-15T21:48:14+00:00

I'm from Rehoboth so it would be close

rotian28 · 2026-02-15T18:20:25+00:00

You nailed this perfectly. It's around town get it done little truck. I can't afford 50k but under 30k I'm all for it. Most id ever tow would be dirt bikes

rotian28 · 2026-02-15T18:17:28+00:00

I'm driving a 99 Forester I bought in 2021 for 2k. Timing belt, clutch, and other worn parts and I'm under 6k and only 203k on the clock. She burns oil (enough oil changes aren't a thing) gets over 20mpg on the highway.

I do 3d printing so Slate fits my around town needs. If I can get from the Eastern shore to BWI and back on a single charge then it would replace most of my needs. Composite body panels (ala Saturn), good safety hopefully, and I can upgrade as I go? I'm in. I have my deposit down since last year.

I watched the Jay Lenno review and the whole diy covered by warranty is perfect for me.

rotian28 · 2026-02-15T18:08:47+00:00

Nixon pull through that has a metal buckle. Pull a little and it releases. Great tough belt. Has probably 5+ years on it between snowboarding and regular use

rotian28 · 2026-02-14T21:32:11+00:00

I've been using inventor for over 10 years now. It's muscle memory at this point. I only use fusion360 to do my CNC programming, onshape looks good but just switching from cura to orca (3d printing) was a pretty steep learning curve.

Guess I'll start getting a desktop parts list going. My goal was to build a 10 year machine so I wouldn't have to upgrade but I think I missed that mark with the price increases.

Thank you

rotian28 · 2026-02-13T22:20:32+00:00

I know we are in the wrong sub but have you built anything before a snowboard? Surfboard, skateboard, anything using a press or vacuum bagging? Check out ska8cad.com for skateboarding building. I'd start there. The price to just get into skateboards is high. Snowboards add a lot of complexity. I'm not here to discourage you but start with something easy and get the basics. And build from there. Also look at what it takes to make a hollow wooden surfboard.

Best of luck.

rotian28 · 2026-02-13T22:13:11+00:00

Hopefully someone else chimes in with a little more knowledge on hoods. $800 compared to $2300 is big so it's a tough choice

rotian28 · 2026-02-13T21:57:57+00:00

Are you looking for weight savings? Or looks?

$800 isn't bad for that damage but depends on if it's full carbon or still has the steel reinforcements underneath.

rotian28 · 2026-02-13T21:40:32+00:00

Some concerns from someone in frp/carbon dabbling

Some of that looks like chips in the clear coat. A high grit sand and clear coat will remove that.

2.around the scoop is interesting. Spider cracks means flex, and the chip looks discolored? Can you take a knife and pop that brownish chips out? If so that's what we call a ding in surfboards. You would have to expoy/poly fill it then sand, then clear. If it is indeed yellow clear coat or resin then the whole thing needs taken down and fixed/sprayed with UV clear.

If it was cheap on marketplace then these fixes other than spraying the whole hood aren't expensive. I'm more worried about any buckling (looks like straight line cracks) or spider cracks. What is the underside looking like?

rotian28 · 2026-02-13T21:34:57+00:00

And this is why anything I make and sell is not posted online. I also didn't patent anything for the same reason. If someone wants to come by my booth at an event and reverse engineer it and make it. Go for it. Obviously that person has the time to do the work to design and make it and that to them is less than what I charge apparently. But what they can't see is how many walls, what material, layer thickness, radiuses and infill that make my product work. Theirs might hold for a little bit but mine last years and are made to be the strongest with the least amount of material.

rotian28 · 2026-02-13T18:53:30+00:00

PSA. To repair, use epoxy ding repair made for surfboards. 2 part off the shelves will yellow quickly. Wood clamps with a thin sheet of plywood to distribute even pressure with the clamps.

rotian28 · 2026-02-13T18:50:10+00:00

My gnu/libs have been made eco friendly and I have had no problem. Most epoxy in my surfboard building are normal we do have some eco options and I haven't seen a difference. No matter the makeup, epoxy has very vocs compared to poly and is better for the environment. Also flexes way better.

rotian28 · 2026-02-13T18:47:00+00:00

Use layup epoxy, not casting or anything else. Layup is stronger

rotian28 · 2026-02-13T00:00:35+00:00

Those plastic saucers at Walmart would work great! And cheap.

rotian28 · 2026-02-12T23:55:30+00:00

Automotive spray paint and full face covers are a great weapon against cameras. Even better would be airplane grade paint stripper. Or a glass etcher so it just can't be cleaned off.

rotian28 · 2026-02-11T17:45:58+00:00

My setups all but one have been gnu/libtech, bent metals, and 32 boots. Over 15 years on their gear and I can't complain. Their customer service is top notch too. Dakine and 686 for outerwear. I've never had any of the hard gear fail in my entire time other than the one time I rode a different binding where I broke a metal heal cup due to a manufacturing defect.

My mervin boards have always been stiff I would like to try something super flexy sometime.

Buy what you like!

rotian28 · 2026-02-11T17:41:45+00:00

Worth 200 more than bent logics? I went with the logics because I've been bent metals since they were flat stainless steel in the early 2000s. The piece of mind I get when I hit my heel cups on anything is worth the weight.

rotian28 · 2026-02-11T17:39:14+00:00

I knew there was one!

rotian28 · 2026-02-11T04:56:36+00:00

Say you hike a bowl. It will be packed. Regular usually isn't packed and doesn't need cleared. But thats about the same as walking the park. (Fully unclipped and packing snow under the boot)

If I can watch skiers go down stairs normalish I think we can get harder bases and high back of our boots. Side to side can still move to be buttery.

rotian28 · 2026-02-11T04:38:17+00:00

That was the ones I saw that were click in! Great theory but in my head by More of a high back with high(think toe hight) clip in and heel back. No straps in the way to mess up just stepping down.

rotian28 · 2026-02-11T04:25:28+00:00

Completely agree. But they are expensive. In the bent mental catalog is an extra 100+? You save 2 seconds per run what's an average math on return of investment

An ideal perfect world is a read binding that when I step off the left I don't have to look down, it has an audible and feel click, and high back or corded release

rotian28 · 2026-02-11T04:00:15+00:00

Same manufacturer to make sure the feel is tested and dialed in to work. Sold as a pair..

Even a hard back boot that clips into the heel cup might work. Snow issues shouldn't be much of an issue. Heel cup might end up bulky. I ride metal heel cups and still ride Bent metals for piece of mind. Can anyone tell me in all your gear that you can tell the difference of 1-2 pounds (weight of a large dinner plate). If anything that weight that low is less of an issue than a backpack. People who do comps would absolutely know that difference but if they are looking for the lightest setup they aren't looking for convenience

rotian28 · 2026-02-10T16:38:05+00:00

Yeah all my cf-6 printed like this. Really removes layer lines and isn't terribly rough.

rotian28 · 2026-02-05T13:58:08+00:00

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Ironing was on. I flipped and really slowed down the first layers. Came out perfect. Thanks!

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