Do you /DIY/ your own skateboard, bros?
From what I understand they're actually pretty tough to fully DIY, you need a big press and tooling to get the shape in a way that's actually strong enough to hold up. You can buy pressed blanks though.
>>2981161nah. when I grew up I got a car.
When I was a kid, skateboards had a front and a rear. Outside of the kicktail, they were flat. Easy to DIY. Getting high quality thin-ply plywood for your own deck is gonna be a pain though. Making it would be even worse.
expensive
>>29811617-ply crossgrain
>>2981192I don't think premade ply would cut it, even for an 80's style deck (I remember them having a subtle bowl to the top). I don't think laminating your own would be particularly hard if you had a press & forms ready to go though.
from stuff ive seen, the mold doesnt need to be very precise. people are making serviceable boards out of insultating foam. pressing the first one tonight out of some veneers found on ebay. been trying to get in touch with a place that sells veneers locally but theyve been elusive. trying the basic symmetrical pattern for the proof of concept before getting into old-school deck shapes and experiments. will update when boards are pressed and paint is passed through screens
how much can i charge zoomers for rebraned skf bearings if i get the faggiest gaynigger mumble rapper to shill it?
>>2981161how old are you?
>>2981161Back in 1996 I have an extremely fond memory of my Dad painting an amazing Eagle on the bottom of my skateboard.
I made a longboard back in highschool, it sucked but was functional. I’ve kept it for so long because I made it and have good memories of making it to impress a cute girl who longboarded
>>2987782sick plank woodride/10
yeah I have back in the day, was pretty fun. my mold was just a sheet of plywood with two 2x4 nailed along the sides. I glued veneers, laid them over it and then put another plank down the middle, then put another board on top with cinder blocks
>>2987788I went through an art phase too
>>2987782Is that from an old webcomic?
