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What a great use reply
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On 1/27/2008 Vintage Man
wrote in from
United States
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Herbin are you dissing me?
The deck was probably made in the 1970s in a high school wood
shop class. Was sitting in my garage, dirty, useless, broken.
Its not a vintage collectable. It is though a one of a kind item
now, unlike the vintage collectables you mentioned.
I did not suggest burning it, throwing it away or destroying.
I simply provided ADULTS or those with basic woodworking skills
an idea to RECYCLE their old useless decks.
The one pictured you dissed is a 2007 christmas present for my god daughter.
It made at least 7 of her family members semi dance with joy upon seeing.
It is her pride and joy for 2007 christmas, dispite some high tech presents
she got from others :---) It proudly displays her dancing trophies in her room now instead of sitting broken, unused and dirty in my garage.
See the attached. Its a broken deck I ripped length wise so is one shelf.
Its in my 18yr old godson's room. He is a sidewalk surfer and LOVES it!! His school books are on it! Is loved, brings smiles everyday, instead of sitting broken in my garage. Has a second life!!
RECYCLE/fun is my theme, not destroy. Why leave it broken in a pile?
cheers
Vintage Man
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what a great use
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On 1/26/2008 herbn
wrote in from
United States
(71.255.nnn.nnn)
i was wondering what to do with my shogo, and my double beamer,anybody got an old taperkick,maharajah, or maybe even a kryptonic foamy,don't bother with old turners, they're not big enough to make descent shelf. Oh yeah my old toft eightwheeler is gonna make an excellent shelf. Figure out a way to cut some vintage gullwings or bennetts in half to hold up the shelves,that'd be true genius.ggrrrrr.
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Home Made Board #3 ideas
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On 1/26/2008 Vintage Man
wrote in from
United States
(66.245.nnn.nnn)
Hopefully this is allowed to stay on the site.
Its a vintage stateboard, retired as to sidewalk surfing.
Its new life is as a homemade vintage skateboard trophy or book shelf!!
Hope gives ya ideas with your old ratty stuff.
I made about 8 different shelves from old vintage wood decks with
splits or just not a sidewalk surfer anymore due to age...
Only one picture provided. I cut this one in half and
you are looking at the bottom of the 2 halves.
Some I just "ripped", just cut off a inch or so off the
length and used the single deck... Pictures available if wish..
Vintage man
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Home Made Board #2 ideas for you!
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On 1/26/2008 Vintage Man
wrote in from
United States
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It was for christmas!!
Both top and bottom look awesome...
Only bottom showing...
Vintage Cal Slalom trucks and Hang Ten wheels....
New family heirloom or dust collector
Vintage Man
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Theme Skateboard ideas
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On 1/26/2008 Vintage Man
wrote in from
United States
(66.245.nnn.nnn)
Some ideas for you riders out there...
Will hog the site with a few sports teams,
book shelf and holiday theme homemade skateboard
ideas... If I can load pictures properly!!
cheers
Vintage Man
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HAMISH HELP
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On 1/15/2008
munchh
wrote in from
United Kingdom
(86.146.nnn.nnn)
A good starter is Birch ply (its fairly cheep and mostly stable in structure), 12mm if your making it up to 36" long any longer and you should use 15mm, it will make a flat deck, but if its your 1st thats no problem, i still make flat longboards and i've lost count.
Next the shape, go with what you like, use some card just longer than the deck will be, choose one edge to be the centre as you only need to shape one side, then you just flip it and your deck will be symetrical.
The only pointer would be make the widest part of the deck 1/3 the length of the whole deck measured back from the nose.
The rest is up to you, there are loads on the net to look at
Click here for link here are alot of mine
Click here for link this is Toothless, loads to learn on here
And if you can afford the shipping Click here for link this is the easiest way to learn how to press your own deck.
Have fun. Post pics of what you end up with dood.
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build-a-board
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On 12/28/2007
caddy
wrote in from
United States
(206.135.nnn.nnn)
www.madridskateboards.com
build-a-board
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School Project
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On 12/28/2007 Hamish
wrote in from
Australia
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Hi for a school project i have to make a longboard. I believe that canadian maple is a good material to make the board but i was wondering if there was a template or something to help me put the board together. Any help would be highly appreciated, thanks.
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custom boards!
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On 12/23/2007
caddy
wrote in from
United States
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e-mail me!
caddys custom skateboards
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speedboards
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On 11/26/2007
Daniel M.
wrote in from
United States
(74.252.nnn.nnn)
Hey Oli, theres a bit of info on making a dropthrough speedboard here: users.pandora.be/Toothless/Toothless/pages/instru ctions/instructions_index.html
I would press the board to give it concave isntead of having it flat though.
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Help designing a downhiller
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On 11/20/2007 Oli
wrote in from
Norway
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Could anyone direct me to info on making a board for going downhill,fast.Thankx oli
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fibreglass
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On 11/18/2007 lewis
wrote in from
Australia
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can some please post a tut on how to make a plug and mold fiberglass skateboard. i already know how to lay fiberglass and epoxy and all that but i dont know the process of joining two molds together to get one skateboard. i know how to make the mold and prepare it, just not join the two pieces. i have always thought it was as simple as when doing the last sheet of fiber glass on both molds you just join it but im not sure. im making a dog town board...zephyr style
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Boo
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On 11/14/2007 Pre-School Rider
wrote in from
United States
(75.68.nnn.nnn)
Mason, my Comet DH is a Tank, but a svelte, carbon-fiber, vert-laminate, fiberglass reinforced, concave, rockered+kicktailed TANK[er], that while Not Lite, is plenty Lightweight (um, for it's size), and extremely Rugged(not Jeep-like: think UniMog or LandCruiser!), despite it's abnormal length (44" short enuff for ya?). COMET had this all together YEARS ago, making a board that rules at Speed, yet can be taken to the local Bowl or large ramp and will just Rip! Bamboo, by itself, is a remarkable material (It's grass, dudes, not even Woodie stiff), but when slyly combined with other alternate-flexing material choices, it's Golden! Add Glass, Carbon fiber, Vert-lam Hardwood, or even just formica, and you've got outrageous potential to alter the flex (or eliminate it!) in strategic spots all thru your board! Plus, being easy (and quick) to grow, it's an obvious win-win choice for board builders! Also, it's been 'genetically altered' to a breed of Poplar, creating a Grass/Tree hybrid plant that grows super-quick, yet provides ultra-strong fiberous wood that's lightweight, ideal stuff for the Skate/Snow board makers (nevermind Furniture,or Housing!). Bamboo will be here, in the near-to-long-term Future as a key building material, especially because it's fairly re-newable, and because it blends so well with other technologies.
Just beware of the Splinters!!
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the weight of bamboo boards/
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On 11/14/2007
mason
wrote in from
Canada
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tank bamboo boards, are you guys huffing epoxy? ive been on 3 bamboo boards from different companies, and they're all extremely thin, and light, the thickest being the loaded vanguard [v-lam bamboo and tri axle fibreglass @6.7lbs complete from company ]
all the way to my super thin rayne vice, of similar construction as the vanguard, except for the fact its a little over a quarter inch thick, and can be flexed without concern of snapping it. all these examples fly in the face of what youre describing bamboo boards as, and sector 9 to me has never been something to hold as a standard for skate gear
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Stencil Graffiti Workshop
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On 11/12/2007
Ted
wrote in from
(99.225.nnn.nnn)
Any deck builder living around Toronto may be interested in this.
As part of a Listen and Learn series we are having a free slide-talk/workshop about Stencil Graffiti as a form of street art. Craig Morrison will be giving hands-on "demos" of cheap, low-tech, stencil projects that can inspire work in the studio, on the skateboard or outside on city streets.
Craig was the catalyst for and is a leader of the Arts and Social Change program at Oasis Alternative School in Downtown Toronto.
Time: Friday November 16 7-9pm.
Place: Roarockit Skateboard Company. 880 Millwood Road, Toronto.
416-938-4588
Thanks Ted
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Boardbuilding Contests
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On 11/7/2007 Daniel M.
wrote in from
United States
(74.252.nnn.nnn)
Alex, over on silverfishlongboarding.com, and lushlongboards.com, both have board building contests periodically.
The next upcoming contest on silverfish is going to be a slalom board buildoff, hope to see you entering.
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hey you know what we need!?!?
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On 11/4/2007
Alex M Young
wrote in from
United States
(67.185.nnn.nnn)
we need to have a longboard deck building contest!im just throwing that idea out there. if any1wants do rally do this or try and get it started! help! we should really do this!!
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de gripping
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On 10/24/2007 hc
wrote in from
United States
(71.198.nnn.nnn)
I got a arbor deck with a clear grit top (not sandpaper)
well, it looks pretty but lost its grip quickly over time...
what's the best way to get rid of the grit, so I can apply regular sandpaper?
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Herbn's new board
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On 10/20/2007 cam
wrote in from
Australia
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herbn, your new board sounds pretty good, any chance we might see some pictures of it?
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polyurithane
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On 10/14/2007 herbn
wrote in from
United States
(71.251.nnn.nnn)
the hardest most durable finnish i get from polyurithane is always on the brush,regardless of how well i try to clean it.
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Bongo Board from skate deck
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final touches
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On 10/9/2007 herbn
wrote in from
United States
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well i lowerd my latest board,,about a quarter of an inch this created a few problems. I made a couple of plastic ("non stick")blocks kind of like solid riserpads, traced them onto the board and carved out the pockets with my router,then i could press in some triax carbon, the whole area where the board is at its narrowest has me a bit concerned, i did a slight reinforcement on top, a thin strip of 1/8 mutiply with some triax under it,sanded into a nicely blended bump. On the bottom i made the sections of triax cover the pocket and extend a few inches towards the middle. I think this board while fairly nicely flexy has tremendous resistance to twist,it's not all theat flexy really,but i had a deeply sidecut pocketed board break while riding, so i'm a bit paranoid. Lowering pretty much removed the last little bit of wheel rub,the side of inner lip of the wheel rubbed about 2/3's of the way up the sidewall of the board now the lowering puts the lip of the wheel above the board, this board was truely amazing,it will be even a bit more dialed now.
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Not a compliment,; Truth
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On 10/5/2007 PSR
wrote in from
United States
(75.68.nnn.nnn)
Foil Shaper, I just grabbed the three most Earnest multi-laminate boardmakers I could think of.... Passion plays in, no doubt, but also artistic and aesthetic blending of materials and shapes.
There are others (Subsonic, Comet, even Landyatchz) that have merits in innovation, artistic appeal, and function. But your company was near the Top of My list because of where you sourced your wood, and how it's shaped as the final product.
It falls under the "I wish I could" catagory with me.:-D
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labor of love
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On 10/5/2007
foil shaper
wrote in from
United States
(24.117.nnn.nnn)
First time to check this tread and blam my foiled concepts is mentioned! thanks for the compliment PSR!!! Moving to the UK next month and going up to Scotland Inverness around Christmas aswell. Grumski check out www.foiledconcepts.com for some inspiration. Since your a woodworker you might have some scraps around to do some really cool vertical laminate and if you want to get a little more ambitious fiberglass it. If you need more info email me.
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Woodworking Project
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On 10/5/2007 PSR
wrote in from
United States
(75.68.nnn.nnn)
Grumski, this is a link to some pics (from the 'links' section of this site) of what I feel was the best decks ever, from a waterski company in the 70's, Taperflex.
http://www.lowpoly.com/skateboard/index-spoiler.htm
This isn't the 'guide' you asked for, I know, but it might give you some inspiration? ;-)
Other companies I can think of off the top of my head: Chicago Longboards, Barfoot longboards, and Foiled Concepts boards.
Hugh R had a site up on How-to homemade boards, but it's not active through these links. You might dig it up by way of expired url search?
With multi-wood laminates, be aware of not just flex/rebound characteristics of your wood, but also twist. Boards made with crossed-grain plys (a great idea for overall strength) can twist after being pressed if one ply is stronger and inclined to return to a 'memory' shape along it's grain. I'd also mention that good ol' Maple is a great 'core' wood material, as is Birch. Unexciting in looks overall, but useful nonetheless.
I hope you get better hints/help than this out of this site, but also look over on silverfishlongboarding's forum. There may be a few board makers that would help out.
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