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On 3/14/2004 Dave G
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Hugh R ,My thoughts exactly!!! No matter the # of fastners the slight(looks under 1" to me) shoulder the deck material is resting on, creates a press "BREAK" situation, going along with the grain of the wood! On my old speed boards made for straight lining from a to b I used to plane down mahogany to 3/8 and reinforce it w/ 2 aluminum ribs for strength, but mever joined seperate deck panels to a backbone type configuration..."Interesting, very interesting,but" Hugh's old enough to remember Artie Johnson on "Laugh In"
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On 3/14/2004 sam
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need slalom board wantr to go fast money waiting
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On 3/14/2004 hugh r
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The Robo-board is pretty cool... with stock that thick, you should be able to hog out a couple of pounds of material and still have a stiff deck... maybe skeletonize it with about a hundred holes of different diameter.
Question:
How are you going to keep the wood from snapping off where it attaches to the aluminum? That looks like a weak connection on a high stress area... I'd be worried about breakage. Maybe some sort of routed in above board bracket?? HR
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On 3/12/2004 Roboto (PDX)
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I agree it's ugly but its also not finished. The wood nose and tail sections are off in the pictures and I am re making the deck pieces so they will look better. The setup in the picture was just for testing. and after a week of riding it 60 blocks each way to work I must say it is a sweet ride. also I notice that the scale of the board is difficult to see, the board is 40" long with a 34" wheelbase. This is a work in progress so it's great to have feedback along the way.
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On 3/11/2004 henry
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Don't be so hard with robotos board. Sure, it's ugly, and i wouldn't go with an aluminium deck construction, too, but it looks like it will do for a hill bombing vehicle. I like people posting pics of their homemade boards here, may they be aluminium, stone, wood, or whatever.
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On 3/11/2004 Eric
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That aluminuim skateboard is ugly and goofy lookin. Stick to nice hard woods and aluminuim TRUCKS not decks.
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On 3/10/2004 sam
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cheap slalom board for keen kid
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On 3/9/2004 Roboto PDX
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Aluminium Skateboard!!!
I Just finished my new aluminium longboard last night! It is still a bit heavy but I plan on carving alot of material out of the bottom. It is super strong. I dont flex it at all when I stand on it. So far it rides great!
Thanks again Hugh R
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On 3/6/2004 Brett Dodson
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Hi, I'm new here but I'd like to ask. How much pressure is needed or used to laminate a typical modern wood ply park/street skateboard too shape? I mean are these usually laminated in a hydraulic press? What are the big producers doing? And what kind of adhesive is used between the ply’s?
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On 3/5/2004 Roboto PDX
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Gas Powered longboard.
I guess thats kinda cool. Just be sure you put a HUGE muffler on it. I hate those little gas scooters I can hear them 5 blocks away!
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On 3/2/2004 jason
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your better to mount another wheel on the chainsaw, sprung so that it has constant pressure on the drive wheel, more surface contact on the drivetrain, less wheel wear than metal-to-thane.
just my 2 pennies.
j
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On 2/28/2004 G Force
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I am buiding a gas powerd longbord . It will be powerd by chainsaw engine. Monting by way of the deck ,driven with a cable from a weed eater.The cable is hooked to drive weel that is rubber pressing against the left weel.Any home gas boads out there!!!
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On 2/26/2004
Annex Skates
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Does anyone have any good contacts for a company that could supply me with smaller orders of maple veneer?
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On 2/24/2004
Adam Salatkhanov
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On 2/19/2004
Big Ears teamNS
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Cheers hc!
That was half typing mistake half me being stupid :)
Since that has been posted i have retired that deck to a carving deck.
Problems were;
Alittle 2 much flex (even though im light)
Stability and oversteering (as hc noted)
2 thing and 2 short
Alwell it wasnt a complete failure, now i got myself an awesome carving board!
Next Project, Big Red X style speeedboard out of 18mm marine ply being constructed this weekend. Pics will follow.
Ride Safe!!!
Big Ears
www.asdownhill.ne1.net
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On 2/18/2004 hc
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pat, just saw your board.
you quickened/destablize the steering by mounting them on the kicks.
(this is opposite of what you said in your 'comments')
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On 2/11/2004
Big Ears teamNS
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Just finished my prototype of my new speedboard!!
Check it out at www.asdownhill.ne1.net on the equipment page!!
Take a look around while your at it!
Pat aka Big Ears
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On 2/10/2004
Steve Hopper
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Luke,
Perhaps now that you've aced your woodshop class (congratulations!), you should take a class in marketing. ;) Best board your friends have ever skated? Perfect condition?? 10 bucks???!!!
Anything that great is worth far more than 10 bucks! C'mon... give yourself some credit! But keeping in line with the rules of this site, you should post this in the Vendors' Forum. ;)
Steve
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On 2/9/2004
luke
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i just made this board in woodshop and every one whos ridden it said its the best sk8 they've ever skated. i made another one to sell and its goin for 10 bucks. its new school 7 ply with a strip if fiber glass in the middle.its also got sweet grafix. buy it !!!!!! i need money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (very bad too)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!! its in perfect condition
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On 2/4/2004
Bob_P
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I too have had very good results using Eastbilt blanks. I ride one of their large pool blanks and was able to cut a fish-shaped double kick board with a 16" wheelbase and almost 10.5" wide. It's solid as a rock, laminated very tightly. It's taken a beating and is still nice and stiff.
My $.02
Bob
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On 2/4/2004
Geezer-X
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"Aluminum will be a big loser on strength to weight ratio. Plywood has modulus about 1.2 MMpsi, aluminum 10 MMpsi, but aluminum weighs 3 times as much. So if we assume that a 16mm piece of plywood is adequate for a longboard (and it usually is), at the same weight you only get 5.3mm of aluminum. Then calculate stiffness based upon the 2.7 power of thickness, times the modulus, and we have 2139 for wood, and 902 for aluminum, the wood will be over twice as stiff !!!"
So use it for skins on a balsa core and exploit its strengths.
Oh. Wait. They make carbon fiber for that.
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On 2/4/2004
Duane
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The source is www.eastbilt.com Cut&paste the link, scroll down. This is a seriously HUGE blank. It is 7 ply but the concave is deep. Very firm for any board under 35", should be good for riders up to 220 lb. Over this length, the board flexes a bit. I was tooling around the parking lot recently on a 42x11" cut from this blank and it felt good for my 190 lb. with a bit of flex good for pumping. You can cut kicktail-only up to 42" with no kick nose at all. Width up to 13" (Yes, 13") without hitting edge voids in the lay-up. The price just went up, they are $29.95, but that is a bargain if you ask me. These are EXCELLENT blanks for old-school concave pigs from 30-42".http://www.eastbilt.com/long_old_school.htm
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On 2/4/2004
Duane
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Blanks: my brother bought a stack of six blanks recently, and they rock. They are something like 48x12" concave with kicktail and slight kick nose. A 42 inch pig 11" wide can be cut out of them with concave and a flat nose (no kick). He paid $20 each for them. I'm very impressed. I'll be posting the source shortly.
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On 2/4/2004
joseph
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i'm in my final year. my wood project is a hydraulic board press! if it's a major project make one (a press of any description). then you can just keep making and making and making and making and making...
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On 2/3/2004
Alex Maier
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I just started woodwork class in school(grade 11), one of the projects is to make a skate deck(normal newschool blank)I was wondering if anyone knows how wide these blanks usually come? I want to make more of a vert/pool board, so I want it wide, like 8.5 inches, cause i figure if im going to make the board myself, why make it like whats on the market?
Im also going to make a 44 inch speedboard with drop through trucks(using randal RII, or RI), Anyone have advice on dropthrough construction techniques and such?
Thanks.
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