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birch
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On 11/24/2006
dude
wrote in from
United States
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nothing wrong with birch
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glues
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On 11/24/2006 cameron
wrote in from
Australia
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does anybody know what type of glues are used to laminate commercial boards? Also does anybody know what the type of glue that is used in the roarockit kits? i think its just regular pva kind of glue? is this type of glue appropriate for laminating decks, because in australia it says on the bottle that the glue is not intended for construction purposes. thankyou any help is much appreciated.
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tisk tisk
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On 11/23/2006 herbn
wrote in from
United States
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man, there's got to be a hundred posts on this here page on this exact topic. Baltic Biach Multiply,got to have lots of plys, all birch,your wood makes nice shelves to hold your skateboards.
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Birch from Home Depot
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On 11/23/2006
JW
wrote in from
United States
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I bought baltic birch plywood from home depot and after I cut my board out I shaped a curve in it by standing on it and moving up and down and it was fine. Then after it was all done and complete including the wheels and grip tape my friend who is bigger then me by a fair bit stands on it and it immediatly snaps. The thing is I still have enough wood for about 6 boards so I was thinking about cutting two baords and gluing them together which wood make it thicker but maybe stronger too. Or are there places that sell better grade wood in smaller cuts so I don't have to spend another $40.00. Any help would be appreciated.
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re:home made wheels
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On 11/23/2006
yoyo schulz
wrote in from
Germany
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My friend pours them from a standard urethane compound.
I guess the biggest problem is to make the mold and to get no air bubbles while pouring.
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stop the presses...
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On 11/21/2006 shapeshifter
wrote in from
United States
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...it's just too bad that there's little opportunity for customization.
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"proper" presses
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On 11/21/2006
julien
wrote in from
United States
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Check out this link:
http://snowboardmaterials.com/pages/skateboard_kits.htm
they supply maple in longboard and shortboard sizes too.
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home made wheels
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On 11/20/2006 gahbenshtein
wrote in from
United States
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what kind of mixture do you use for the wheels? a guide for home pouring would be awesome!
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cool wheels
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On 11/19/2006 nameles
wrote in from
United States
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home made wheels
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On 11/18/2006
yoyo schulz
wrote in from
Germany
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A friend of mine pours his own wheels. Check out what he made for me.
Image is too large to post here...
http://home.arcor.de/skateyoyo/Fotos/yoyo-pro-wheel2.jpg
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presses
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On 11/17/2006 yeags
wrote in from
United States
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Hey, just out of curiosity was anyone acually bought a press to build a board....like one that's machined out of some type of metal or something............or even better, does anyone know the name brands that make these sweet presses............i've made presses before, but I want to start making boards with some sweet curves and camber and that come out the same everytime I press it.
thanks, jeff
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birch again
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On 11/10/2006 Derik
wrote in from
Germany
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I remember that there was a stamp on the wood: "BB", whatever that means? Birch, Birch?
The Board I made was only 40 inch long, the wheelbase was around 30, it had a kick like the gravity carve boards.
The advantage of that board was, that you could pump for hours, without hurting your toes. (Don't know why, but if I pump my concave board for more than an hour my toes hurt)
The main disadvantage for me was less hold in carves. I use to ride a steep, narrow road with hard carves. In these carves I fear my feed slipping of the deck. The concave locks my feed - feels much better.
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bloody birch
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On 11/9/2006
munchh
wrote in from
United Kingdom
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Hmmmmmmm, never heard of 'multiplex birch' but i've found that baltic birch is also 'all' birch, but normaly 1-1.5mm per ply and still hard to find, just ask if its birch 'face', if they say yes, be very weary, i've had decks snap made of this stuff, the outer layers are birch, but very thin and the inner layers can be real rubbish!
Flat decks just work, dont confuse things with bending and jigs and the like, my 1st 15 decks were all flat.
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re: multiplex
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On 11/6/2006
fitz
wrote in from
Australia
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If its the same stuff I'm thinking, here in Oz we call it aircraft ply.
Finnish Birch. Each ply can be as small as 0.4mm thick! Very expensive over here but like Derik said it's way superior.
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BB
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On 11/3/2006 Derik
wrote in from
Germany
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Do not buy veneer. Here the right stuff is called "multiplex birch". It has verry thin layers and is fully made of birch. Because a shaped my first board a few weeks ago and it was not a success, I would suggest to start with a flat board first, to check out the shape, deck with and wheelbase. I made my first prototype out of a 13mm piece, 40 inch long, 10 inch wide. It cost just 3 Dollars and a rough cut is done fast.
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BB
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On 11/2/2006 Yan0
wrote in from
United States
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a sheet of 1/4" costs about $20, 1/8 is abou $18. The forum has a search tool that can reveal a great deal of useful information about materials, design, processes, etc. If your just starting out I highly reccomend using it.
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baltic birch
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On 11/2/2006
Daniel M.
wrote in from
United States
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how much does a 5x5 sheet of 1/4 usually cost? thanks again for the help
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BB
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On 11/1/2006 Yan0
wrote in from
United States
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Dan,
Stay as far away from the Home Depot/Lowes stuff as you can. Its trash. Look up your local hardwood dealer. Ask them for BALTIC BIRCH plywood, it comes in 5x5 sheets. Thats the good stuff.. Good luck
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baltic birch
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On 11/1/2006
Daniel M.
wrote in from
United States
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i have read about using baltic birch 1/4 and 1/8 inch plywood for longboard design. Where can this be found? Is it reasonably priced with shipping off of the internet or can it be found locally. Home depot carries a 1/4 birch plywood but that is 3 ply instead of the 5 which i have heard is preferable as the 3 ply is not fulling hardwood but only a birch veneer have read about this on this website-http://users.pandora.be/Toothless/Toothless/pages/instructions/wood/wood.html
any help would be greatly appreciatted. thanks
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Hey herb
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On 10/24/2006 sam hornberger
wrote in from
United States
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Hey Herb its sam... The guy who wanted to get some draft training going at Gate Hill. sorry i coulden't be there i had a timing issue with family... but anyway got to Bainbridge and unfortunatly for me my first practice was one immediatly after a guy who "believed" he had balls of steel and mastery of highspeed drifts. So my cranium got to meet a stray haybale a bit faster than desired. So i got a concusion, dizzy and almost vomiting I tried another guys braking technique on my second attempt and was granted with a golden oppertunity to test my leathers out. After two nice crashes i got to make it down the hill without letting my spinning head tempt me to do something really stupid.
So the Gods of NCDSA don't kill me i will describe my first attempt at dropping a sawed off pintail.
FUN! :)
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lexan boaRD
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On 10/24/2006 NIC
wrote in from
United States
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ITS 1/2 inche thick and ive never measured the wheel base yes it flexes to that kid that thinks plastics class iis only for bongs no its a mxpx logo and yes it is srewed to the board
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And I thought all 8th graders only made bongs in plastics class
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On 10/24/2006 John at Swim big
wrote in from
United States
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Nic, I love that graphic! Is that one of your own?
I'm hoping there's a couple bolts under that kick wedge...?
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my bad
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On 10/24/2006
fitz
wrote in from
Australia
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nice, I see it now, you can see the line where the wedges start.
How thick was the lexan and what wheelbase did you use (inner holes)?
Good flex?
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thats not wood its lexan~!!!
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On 10/23/2006 nic
wrote in from
United States
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yess that little WEDGE you see is wood but the board itself is lexan i put the wedge on as a kick tail so i could slalom and go off curbs and stuff
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why does it look........
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On 10/23/2006
fitz
wrote in from
Australia
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......like wood?
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