Comments on: Discernibly Awesome Aluminum Casting http://www.tcmaker.org/blog/2009/10/discernibly-awesome-aluminum-casting/ Hacking, Making, Community and having fun! Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:22:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bobble http://www.tcmaker.org/blog/2009/10/discernibly-awesome-aluminum-casting/comment-page-1/#comment-475 bobble Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:25:18 +0000 http://www.tcmaker.org/blog/?p=593#comment-475 its a casting of a snowboard stomp pad. they're glued onto a snowboard between the bindings. on a chairlift your required to take the rear boot out its binding. when you leave get off the chairlift you need to ride down the ramp. you put rear boot on top of the board between the bindings and ride down the ramp. the pad provides traction between the bottom of the boot and the board. it also helps to clean the snow off the bottom of the boot. i thought it would be an interesting shape to cast. i might cut it up and place spikes on the tail to protect it against people riding over it in the lift line. its a casting of a snowboard stomp pad. they’re glued onto a snowboard between the bindings. on a chairlift your required to take the rear boot out its binding. when you leave get off the chairlift you need to ride down the ramp. you put rear boot on top of the board between the bindings and ride down the ramp.

the pad provides traction between the bottom of the boot and the board. it also helps to clean the snow off the bottom of the boot.

i thought it would be an interesting shape to cast. i might cut it up and place spikes on the tail to protect it against people riding over it in the lift line.

]]> By: noise http://www.tcmaker.org/blog/2009/10/discernibly-awesome-aluminum-casting/comment-page-1/#comment-473 noise Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:04:33 +0000 http://www.tcmaker.org/blog/?p=593#comment-473 You have to read back through the thread, he says it's a "dakine snowboard stomp pad". You have to read back through the thread, he says it’s a “dakine snowboard stomp pad”.

]]> By: paulsobczak http://www.tcmaker.org/blog/2009/10/discernibly-awesome-aluminum-casting/comment-page-1/#comment-472 paulsobczak Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:08:58 +0000 http://www.tcmaker.org/blog/?p=593#comment-472 That looks pretty nice, but I have to ask, what is it? That looks pretty nice, but I have to ask, what is it?

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