JK_PA
Active member
- Joined
- Feb 27, 2023
I purchased my first pair of skis (used Rossignol 7S) during the Bozeman pre-season ski swap soon after I rolled into town in 1996 to start graduate school at Montana State University. These skis served me well until I lost one during a 1998 powder-day snowstorm. I kept the remaining ski with me as I moved six times to various locations around the country. Not sure why. Maybe I just couldn’t bear to get rid of it. Twenty-seven years later, I decided to finally take the ski out of its current storage closet and make a shot ski out of it. Four of my friends kindly volunteered to help me test it out after skiing last weekend. First time any of us ever used a shot ski. It worked great!
Construction:
I used a 0.5” Forstner bit to drill each of the five holes deep enough such that a 0.472” magnet was flush with the ski (and then glued each magnet in place). Spacing between shot glasses was ~17” on center for the middle glasses and ~15” for the outer glasses. This spacing worked fine to fit the five of us.
I then glued a washer to the bottom of each shot glass.
Cost:
Construction:
I used a 0.5” Forstner bit to drill each of the five holes deep enough such that a 0.472” magnet was flush with the ski (and then glued each magnet in place). Spacing between shot glasses was ~17” on center for the middle glasses and ~15” for the outer glasses. This spacing worked fine to fit the five of us.
I then glued a washer to the bottom of each shot glass.
Cost:
- Five “Ski the East” Shot glasses – $37.60
- Neodymium Disks Magnets (0.472” diameter, 0.118” thick, pack of 6) – $7.48
- Diablo ½” Steel Forstner Bit - $8.97
- Five flat washers ¼ - $0.80
- Silicone Waterproof Adhesive Sealant (2.7 oz, clear) – $6.28
- Finding a way to keep enjoying the first ski I ever owned – Priceless!
