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On 8/1/2000 matt
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more trouble with wood- the board dried quite quickly, so i took it of the jig only to discover many small cracks in the wood's sides, it still seems pretty solid though. even worse though, the board really doesn't hold it's shape well and it steadily bent back towards being flat it went almost 60% of the way back
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On 7/31/2000 matt
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well, as my friend was making his super cruiser, i decided to try my hand at a 44" cambered deck with a kicktail. i couldn't find a pace that sold oplywiod in sizes denominated by their ply, so i got some 1/2 inch birch plywood.(couldn't find maple) yesterday i shaped it and i let it soak from 10:00 that night untill 5:00 the next day, now, when i affixed it to my bending jig a problem arose, the camber was fine, but the ange the tail was forced to bend at cracked it, so the board is a little shorter now and it doesn't have a kick. also the top layer of wood was starting to look a little....... wrinkly. i was thinking next time i could bend the tail to 1/2 the angle i want to bend it, resoak the board and bend it the rest of the way. would that work? also i was thinking it might be the wood, if so, does anyone know where i can get good wood for making a flexy skateboard in small sizes, (i only want to make 2) or just relatively cheaply, like $50 or under. i'm in the SF bay area, near walnut creek
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On 7/31/2000 Herbn
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Dregs sells cleargrip.
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On 7/30/2000
Surfin' Dude
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Hey, i found a company that sells clear grip tape. I dont know if its a rare thing or not but ive read ways of putting surfboard resin then sprinkeling sugar on top and i thought just buying clear grip tape would be easier. FlexDex sells it, its only 9 inches wide but you can buy it however long you want. If this helped anyone tell me. here's the link--->
http://www.flexdex.com/flexdex/9clearcolska.html
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On 7/30/2000 Jon e
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Matt -- I found this realy thin white sand at a craft store. It worked well for grip and came out clear. Sugar is cheaper but I havent tryed it. Wheather you use sugar or sand, my advice is to put a thick coat of resin on it, then cover the deck in grit. It's important for the whole deck to be wet when you do the grit or else you will get bald spots. Shake the deck to get the stuff off. Then put on another coat of resin to seal it off. Don't put the second coat on until the first is dry or it will get chuncky.
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On 7/28/2000 Herbn
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The template thing is working excellent,once I realized the rather mimimal capabilities of a 1/2inch trimming bit.I have plenty of router power,3.0 hp Hatachi(big,green,and mean tooooolhahahaman sounds) a 3/4 or 1 inch trimmer would make things much smoother.I was thinking about alternatives to verticle laminates,easier,buy or cut strips of hardwood,and cut grooves in a piece of birch plywood and epoxy the strips in,if they fit smoothly, no clamps will even be needed,and the uninterrupted middle plys will be crossgrains.
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On 7/28/2000 waxfoot
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Matt - some of the old skimboard manufacturers used to use sugar in their gloss coats of resin. Not sure the exact measurements for how much sugar to resin.... Think I've seen somebody mention sugar in here before. Perhaps check out the archives....? Good luck
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On 7/27/2000
matt
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Another question, if we wanted to not use grip tape, how could we texture the top layer of resin? i was thinking we could just pressome really rounh sand paper into it then pull the sand paper off leaving the texture, but i've never worked with polyester resin before and i'm not sure if it'd work.
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On 7/27/2000
matt
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my friend is going to make his own longboard and I'm trying to get some information for him. the board is going to be long, probably between 60" and 65" with a flat surfstyle shape. He's not a surfer so he doesn't need the rigidity suggested for crosstraining decks.
1)what type of wood and what ply are best for his deck?
2)once you have the board basically cut out, how do you finish it?
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On 7/26/2000 Herbn
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Made my template this a.m. Rough cut the first two "production" Herbn boards,looked for my trimming bit,can't find it,not really sure i had one,going to the tool store tonight,it's raining round here,so I'll get stuff done.14ply stiffys,they were out of 5/8 and jumped right to 1/2 inch which would need glass,mmmmm maybe.
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On 7/25/2000
rob k
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thanks hugh. i found this place in san francisco that make bamboo flooring, and they also make plyboo(bamboo plywood) i called them up, and they are sending me some free samples to work with.
later,
rob
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On 7/25/2000
hugh r
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Rob K,
There are quite a few companies that sell bamboo flooring. Check out one of the search engines. I hit a coulple of site real quick off of yahoo... most of it was decorative, but if you contact them they may have more products.
Also, I have had a lot of luck finding hard to find bamboo at "Franks cane and rush suppply" in Huntington Park, CA... I am not sure they have the products your looking for, but it may be worth a call. If you need their number shoot me an e-mail and I will dig it up... HR
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On 7/24/2000
rob k
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does any company make bambu sheets? i know of the longboard company, but i was looking for blank wood. i want to build a prototype board.
thanks,
rob
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On 7/24/2000
hugh r
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sorry for the typo, the aol one is
www.members.aol.com/oldschoolsk8/homemadepress/
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On 7/24/2000
hugh r
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Gomer,
I have some instructions on one technique to make a deck on my pages (off the ncdsa links page)
also try, www.members.aol.com/oldschoolsk8/homemaderess/
or a yahoo.club "the homemade skateboard clinic"
also, check out the archives in this post section for more ideas... HR
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On 7/23/2000
Gomer
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i was wondering if anyone had detailed insturctions on to make a board. I have modified my envy gs with an couple layers of fiberglass but it is pretty shitty. i was thinking something thick, long, wide, a KTU (keg transportation unit). Something to just coast on.
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On 7/21/2000 nev
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have just got some old wheels and need some info on them if available;they are green with TO printed on the front 65mm dia. and 55mm wide.thanks
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On 7/21/2000 nev
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am interested in trying the gorilla glue,has any one tryed this on either their ply or vericle laminated boards?
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On 7/21/2000 Herbn
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The fourteen ply board is real stiff and very stable,i just realize it has the same wheelbase as my sector,and it feels like a truck by comparison, i hit tweed blvd last night and it is so fast,the street and the board, wasn't really going for max speed, but that definitely needs to be looked into,this is my board to go fifty.+?
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On 7/21/2000 Herbn
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Just gave my 14 ply birch the maiden voyage on the flats out front,and it's cool! solid,at 3/4 inch thick with no railgrabs wheelwells or dug in concave, its stiff. I just beveled the edges about 4 or 5 plys worth and rounded over,oh yeah it has a cool tow hole in the tail,rounded over with my trusty router. It runs nice and straight the bases line up fine with a straight metal tape measurer.The board rides a little high, it's twice as thick as a maple sector and has no sag,I have Roadriders on it now,with Cherrys this thing is gonna tower,maybe i should route in to drop the trucks,then wheel clearence will become an issue,thats one thing about maple, you can bevel it real thin with out worrying about it getting frail,you know if a birch board falls it crumbles real easy especially if its beveled thin.oh well not a big deal really i'm gonna produce these with templates,I gotta find finnishing epoxy,make the template and use a couple of allignment tricks i thought up ,to final set the trucks just perfect.
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On 7/18/2000
namon
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Brain,
hhe sorry about that. A little short to jump the gun I am.
well, good luck, and if you need some help email me
namon@lovemania.com
bomb hills
not people
namon
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On 7/18/2000 brian
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namon, sorry to mislead you as to my internet savvy. i meant that i couldn't upload anything to my site using WSftp, and i was wondering(if hugh had made his site offline) how he did it. my apologies, brian (hugh i'm emailing you as we speak)
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On 7/18/2000
namon
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Brian, FTP is not a format for making web pages. FTP stands for File Transfer Protical. Its used for exchanging information with other computers using the world wide web. If you have an offline web page, you find a place that will host it for you and then you FTP it UP to the web space that they created for you. Then your page if everything goes right will work.
IF you do not want to use one of those free web page hosting, then I might be able to host a page for you if you would like. Free with out banners and all that.
hope that helps
bomb bad web pages
not people
namon
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On 7/17/2000
hugh r
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Brian e-mail me and I can give you the details if you like. It actually uses a java applet. Also, it's 100% free... HR
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On 7/17/2000 brian
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hugh, i'm looking at your site right now (it's really great by the way, and those are some rad boards you make) i was wondering, did you use homesteads web page creator program to make it, or did you use ftp? i made a site offline, but now i gotta problem about getting it online...thanks for you help, brian
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