This page presents general instructions on how to make your own splitboard using the Voile Split Decision Kit. Not sure where to begin? Check out What you need to make your own splitboard. These steps can help you decide if splitting a snowboard is something you want / can do. They correspond to our DIY splitboard detailed instructions.
Before you split your snowboard, print the detailed instructions and use them in conjunction with the Voile Split Kit Instructions.
Not sure if you’re ready? Check out Part I: Make Your Own Splitboard – What You Need.
Instructions
- Mark Center
- Split and Seal
- Mount Pivot Hooks, Touring Bracket, and Climbing Bar
- Mount Slider Plates
- Mount Tip Clip
- Seal T-Nut Holes (optional)
Mark Center of Snowboard
- Tools
- Flexible yard stick or chalk line
- Tape measure
- Saw horses or clamps
- Steps
- Clamp down board
- Mark center with tape measure
- Draw line with yard stick or chalk line
- Required Skills: Drawing a straight line
- Time: 5 Minutes
Split Snowboard and Seal
- Tools
- Circular saw with carbide blade
- Edge file
- Spray polyurethane
- Steps
- Saw snowboard in half
- File down edges
- Seal edge with polyurethane
- Required Skills: Ability to make a consistent, straight cut
- Time: 10 minutes + 1 hour dry time for polyurethane
Mount Pivot Hooks, Touring Bracket, and Climbing Bar
- Tools
- Posi drive drill
- 3/16″ & 1/4″ drill bits
- 3/8″ countersink bit
- 3/4″ wood bit
- 3/8″ nut driver
- #3 Phillips screwdriver
- Center punch or hammer and nail
- Steps
- Place pivot hook template stickers 1-inch inside of contact points and touring bracket stickers just in front of the balance point
- Center punch holes
- Drill
- Countersink
- Tighten nuts and screws
- Required Skills: Drilling, care in countersinking (you must go slow!), patience
- Time: 1 hour
Mount Binding Slider Plates
- Tools
- Drill
- 9/16″ bit or 4.1 x 9mm ski mount bit (recommended)
- Center punch
- Wood glue or epoxy
- Steps
- Determine your stance
- Lay down template stickers
- Center punch
- Drill 16 holes 1/4″ into board (IMPORTANT: do not drill all the way through)
- Insert glue or epoxy into holes
- Tighten screws
- Required Skills: Utmost care not to drill through board, precision
- Time: 45 minutes
Mount Tip Clip
- Tools
- Drill
- 3/16″ bit
- Hammer
- Slider pin from kit
- Steps
- Lay down template stickers
- Center punch
- Drill
- Insert rivets
- Flare by hammering the tapered head of slider pin into rivet end
- Pound rivet end flush
- Required Skills: Care in flaring rivet
- Time: 15 minutes
Seal Base (optional)
- Tools
- 24 hour gel epoxy
- Packing tape
- Denatured alcohol or rubbing alcohol
- Hair dryer
- Plastic or razor scraper
- Sandpaper
- Steps
- Use alcohol to clean out 1/4″ T-nut holes on base
- Warm each hole with hair dryer
- Surround each hole with packing tape to prevent epoxy from touching wax/base
- Mix 2-part epoxy well on a piece of foil or cardboard
- Fill holes with epoxy
- Use scraper to smooth
- Let dry, sand even
- Required Skills: Care when sanding, patience
- Time: 15 minutes to apply epoxy, 24 hours to dry
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Any tips on how to inlay metal edges on the inside of the newly splitboard? I’ve seen pictures of people doing this, but haven’t seen how they do it. I thought I read somewhere that the inner edge was routed, presumably to make room for the metal edge and a ptex seal, but don’t know for sure.
Anyone know?
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You don’t need an inner metal edge. The improvement in performance is hardly worth your money and time. Unless you only ride ice…But for me personally, if it’s ever icy enough that I needed an outer metal edge on my uphill ski than I would use my ski crampons and err on the side of safety.
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I Have an old 2001 K2 Transit that if possible I would like to cut into a split board so I don’t have to use my good board. The worry is that it is too thin. has anyone ever heard of any problems with mounting the binding or brackets from a kit on a thin board?
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