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On 6/6/2004 Mike
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Just yesterday my friend and I were at the hardware store looking for slide glove equipment when he got an idea. I decided to build a board out of acrylic safety glass (plexyglass). The board is almost finished and it possibly the coolest thing I have ever seen. You can see right through the board. All that is left to be added is the griptape, some concave, and some minor shapings. I will try to post pictures when it is finished.
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On 6/5/2004 psYch0Lloyd
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with the "serious" side of building then riding the paris race board behind me i was able to get familiar again with the deck i started making a month or two ago. this was the 30"x8" rocker deck with rolled edges made from blanks that were pressed about 30 years ago. i built this deck w/up trucks in mind but found the trucks to be far too wide for this type of board. switched out to tracker b2's and turner wheels scavenged off of a starter deck and now it is quite the pleasurable ride. i do plan to customize some up trucks for this deck in order bring down the weight as much as possible.
the inspiration for this deck was the work skitch hitchcock produced back in the 70's the main differnces being that i put some other contour details on the top of the deck to enhance the rolled edges of the original design. i'd post a picture on this deck but i promised hughr that he can debut it on his site.
hugh, whenever you have a chance, could you please put up a pic or two of this deck or just let me know if you need some other shots.
anyway the board is only roughed out and unfinished but as it is now rides comperable to my 6'6" stussy thruster. it slashes out the turns on loose trucks. nice carvy ride.
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On 6/3/2004
James
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YOu can see more of this board at http://oz.plymouth.edu/~jrbruce/longboard.htm
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On 6/3/2004
James
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Hey people.
I decided it would be fun to try making a board, so heres the result.
its 38" x 9" (at its widest)
5 layers of ply, bout 3/4 on an inch.
Its a little sloppy in some places but its just the beginning of bigger and better projects to come!
more pictures here...
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On 6/2/2004
Frank
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Looks like a fun slalom ride, good work!
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On 5/31/2004 silversurfer
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Why does it have a Comet sticker on it? It looks great, and I love Comet's. But it's not a Comet, is it? Or maybe you just liked the sticker?
Great board, though.
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On 5/29/2004
Mark C.
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David, that's a beautiful deck.Ride it proudly. M
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On 5/29/2004
david
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heres my next board i made. the deck is made from solid oak, the stringer in the middle is cuban mahogony and the 2 outside stringers are purple heart. the deck is one sweet old school ride its about 34" by 8.25".
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On 5/28/2004
Yan0
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Max,
I just started building a speed board, also modeled after the landyachtz DH race. I don't really know how it is going to turn out. But I went to my local cabinet maker, and got a sheet of 3 ply birch (about 1/8", I also wanted to get maple, but he didnt have any). I cut it out, soaked it, and bent it using a pretty simple press made of 2x4's. When I took it out, it retained it shape pretty well, but not perfectly. I am going to skin it with several layers of biaxal glass and a few layers of carbon. I have no idea how it is going to turn out, and I am not too optimistic, but I will let you know in any case.
As far as what makes a speedboard good? Stability (ie, low CG) and stiffness. If I can find my camera I will post pics of the whole process on my site....
Good Luck!
Yan0
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On 5/26/2004
Max
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I put up a few pictures a while ago of my first decks. I have recently found some time to build some more in the future. I want to try to exploit the time and to create a couple of totally different style boards. Ive made a pintail and a pintail with cutouts, both with camber. I want to experiment with dropping trucks through the deck, and speed boards, and some old school decks and so on and so forth. I kind of would like to do a deck like a landyachtz DH RACE. but im not sure how I would do that. I can only find wood in 1/4 inch. So i dont know if im SOL about trying it untill i can find a better source of wood that i can mold into that style. I kinda want to make myself a speed board with drop outs, but don't know what all I would need to do to build it. I basically use the toothless approach and figure that i can always get concave it i really want it. Thats the other thing I plan on trying. A full concave 4 and a half foot 3/4 inch deck. Make it nice and fat.
Speed board help.. thats what I need. WHAT MAKES A SPEED BOARD GOOD?
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On 5/26/2004 Duane
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14 oz triax - probably out there somewhere but the industry standard for triax is 20-24 oz. 14 oz without a custom run, or at least buying the whole roll, will be hard to come by.
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On 5/25/2004
Hein van Swaay
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Anyone know where I can get some ~14 oz Triax?
Thanks,
Hein
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On 5/24/2004 Duane
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I'd like to see the "suspension" compress about 1/8" to 3/16" when I step on it. I figure most suspension activity will be between 1 and 2 times normal load (the effective weight on the board when you hit a bump), so it might compress an additional 1/8 to 3/16 on a crack or bump. Doesn't sound like a lot, but it is, that 1/8" shock pad probably doesn't compress more than 25% on a bump (1/32") yet it is easy to know it is there. As for the glue, I'm going to try gluing the bushings and the washers onto the hangers, in a stack, cyanoacrylate. Why ? beacuse with no connection there is little damping, throwing a bowling ball onto a rubber sheet - it bounces, but glue it to the sheet - it damps. My car suspension ( German enginners like rubber not urethane) damps like sh!t if any of the metal / rubber bushings separate, lots of noise and you can feel it.
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On 5/24/2004
Duane
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Been thinking recently about suspension. I know for a fact that a suspension is important for speed on a skatecar with 8" wheels, so I also think it is even more important for a skateboard with 3" wheels. Bumps and cracks in the pavement take a real toll on your speed. Running large, soft wheels with lots of urethane depth helps a lot. But adding a suspension component to a truck would help even more. I can definitely feel a difference that a 1/8" rubber riser makes, and certainly the "give" of a conventional truck, versus the hard feeling of a Seismic (no vertical hanger movement versus the baseplate, no suspension). I'd like to double or triple the amout of vertical suspension of the average truck, say a Randal with regular bushings. The key is doing this without allowing double or triple the lateral play. Lateral play is wobble-inducing for sure. I think I've figured out a way to allow the hanger to move up and down while allowing close to zero slop. And also building in a 5 degree plus or minus to the steering geometry. I should be able to measure the difference in height when the "suspension" is pre-loaded (me standing on it), and hear and feel the difference when riding. And I might even be able to measure a difference, in speed. Glue, spherical bearings, and neoprene.
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On 5/24/2004
yoyo schulz
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Regarding skidplates for decks:
I cut my own and sell them to Freestyle skaters around the world.
The material I use is UHMW PE; ultra high molecular weight polyethylene.
It is really abrasive resistant and black looks cool.
Cutting boards are made of 'inferior' low molecular weight PE, but they are ok for the purpose if you don't use it as a 'break' all the time.
Back in the 80's you could buy them everwhere, but now.....
Take a look:
http://www.yoyoskates.com/products.html
later,
YOYO
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On 5/20/2004
Collin
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Hey I have just started my own company for making homade longboards. Check out my site www.curbspeedsk8.cjb.net
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On 5/20/2004
frank
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Doug: I live on your site thank you. I ordered one and they shipped it yesterday, I cant wait. Those guys are all very nice and helpfull. I have a little print shop and used to have access to a vacuum table to mount my prints with. The table has been taken but has now left me with a vacuum pump so it was really meant to be.
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On 5/19/2004
Doug K
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Frank / Roarockit
I have built 2. They come out great. It is not complex at all. One of the best things about it is that it is very simple. I built the kit with the manual pump which worked very well. Depending on your ability level, you can also use 2 part epoxies with the Roarockit vac bag set up as well which allow for longer working times. If you go to their web site and click on the Ragged Edge link, they have a link to my site (http://www.geocities.com/dpkumph/Skateboarding.htm) which details using the kit. You will have to scroll down to find the Roarockit pages.
Just buy one.
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On 5/18/2004 Q
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I made a tailbone for my son's popsicle stick out of an old mostly clear cutting board...
It turned out pretty cool, I'll see if I have a photo tonight.
Q
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On 5/18/2004 Dave G
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Actually, I was 1/2 asleep(thinking Lexan) varient degreed wedges would be "spiffy"! An aquarium in da' desert would be nice but as far as decks go, ('specially a guy your size) I wouldn't rely on it for linear strength! I suspect the stress cracks would appear immediately, followed by a sudden SNAP!!
I'm sticken w/ the "muted" windchime premise.
OOH OOH,I know! A cool tool bin for your shop or skate goodies!! You could identify the contents at a glance!
Whatever you do, have fun!
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On 5/18/2004 Roboto PDX
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Next time you see some kids in a lowered honda tell them that you have some phat plexi for their speaker boxes. They wont know the diference.
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On 5/18/2004 george g.
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No Dave, this isn't like Proline of yesteryear. This is like crystal clear lucite- think Georgia Satellite guitar. I got another piece almost an inch thick. I was gonna make some rad pads! The 1/2 stuff would easily make a board, but I wonder if it was worth the bother. Nice wind chime idea though...
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On 5/17/2004 Dave G
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George you can laminate your past issues of Concrete Wave between 2 sheets for safe keeping, or face the windows of your house to hurricane proof them(for the next Arizona hurricane),or heat it to over 275 degrees and form new drawers for your refrigerator!!! I think the boards you speak of were the colored ones and were form molded with ribs on the bottom for rigidity?? Once it has been laid into sheets, it's only a few steps better than plexiglas. I bet you could cut it into ornate shapes and make a "muted" wind chime that won't wake you up at night during the next "Gale" ;-)
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On 5/17/2004
george g.
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I just got a bunch of lucite in 1/2 sheets 11"x36". I remember a board in the 70's being lucite. I think it was more a novelty. Is this stuff good for anything?
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On 5/15/2004 vaitus
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for those of you guys looking to make an indo board: last night I saw $20 skimboards (maple laminate with a little glass) at the local tj maxx that would work perfect, just glue the stoppers at both ends, get a roller and save 70 bucks or so.
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