oke , now the winter is almost done here in the Netherlands, we edited some footage that we had made the last 2 months on the ice.

Ice buggying in Holland 2010

Best regards,.
Ozzy

very nice filmpje!!!

Nice vid.. more inspiration - thanks for posting.

Does anybody know what those Libre ice blades are made of? Doesn't look like stainless. Toolsteel maybe?

uuhm these are no Libre Ice skates, but from xxtreme (www.xxtreme.nl) , housing is stainless steel, blades,...well, steel...:wink2:

Nice footage and a fun time it seems.

http://www.xxtreme.nl/iceskates.html

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Originally posted by Ozzy housing is stainless steel

Interesting. Wouldn't have guessed stainess on the housings... dull finish not shiny.

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Originally posted by Ozzy blades,...well, steel...:wink2:

steel...:wink2: as in "I don't know" or as in "I could tell you the super-secret material these blades are made of.... but then I'd have to kill you"?

uuuh, I don't exactly know,.. which exact type of steel,.. and the scates in the movie are mine, and I have polished them.. just for fun

Libre ice blades are a well made product.

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Originally posted by jellis Libre ice blades are a well made product.

Thanks for posting.

Are those blades designed to be symetrical - so that both the top and bottom edges can be sharpened and then flipped over as one edge gets dull?

Yes the Libre blades can be flipped.

3 different brands offer Ice Blades.

Xxtreme, MG, and Libre

Some tubing six bearings some 1/4" steel for the shoes and gussets and some stainless for the blades and a welder. Maybe by next winter.

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Originally posted by Ozzy and I have polished them.. just for fun

Polished? Stainless then I would expect. Thanks.

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Originally posted by jellis Yes the Libre blades can be flipped.

Thanks.

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Originally posted by rocfighter Maybe by next winter.

Yep, looks like that's what I'll be shooting for too with Ice-out maybe a month or less away now.

But... got the garage all cleaned out, new 30amp circuit for the welder. Welding cart for the new mig - built with the old 1966 vintage stick welder my dad had in the shop. Cart's ugly as heck but a good project to strike up a stick on after not having done so in 20+ years. I do love and remember that 6013 smell.... should probably be wearing a resperator though from what I've been reading.

Progress

yeah those fumes are bad. At work we are now required to wear resporators and other gear when we do any welding or grinding. Even for spray paint from the can. But we have a guy in his mid seventies that has welded all his life. He is so bad now he takes a few naps a day. Between fumes and cigarets he can barely breath. But he is a ficture so he is still there.

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Originally posted by rocfighter Between fumes and cigarets he can barely breath. But he is a ficture so he is still there.

I know the type. My Great Great Grandad was a blacksmith in Volga-Russia - and in Northern Colorado after he moved the family to the New Country after the bolsheviks and czars had burned down the village...

Anyhow the Johnstown blacksmith shop naturaly evolved into a welding / metal shop. Last family member to be in the metalwork business was my dad's cousin - who was a welder by trade and was much like the fellow you describe.

So for me, that "6013" smell - and the smell of hot metal in general is hardwired into many fond memories of my childhood and family.

While I started this whole Kiting adventure as a means to learn snow-boarding, and with "buggying" (let alone metalcraft) not even on the radar - It's very pleasant for the path to have taken this turn... sort of coming full circle and tying things together as it were.

The ol' buzz-box in the garage isn't the only thing coming back to life.