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Premium Member Comment by Steve on March 21, 2010 at 19:53

foot pockets are so last week dude!

I'm thinking that your approach will take many hours of work to get right and then what happens when you want to change your foot position, say a heelside turn, your rear foots gonna have a big hollow under it?

Premium Member Comment by Matthys on March 18, 2010 at 7:41

kk, sweet, sorry about that..

Premium Member Comment by Steve on March 17, 2010 at 19:08

You won't find birch, you will be struggling to find maple and if you do it will be expensive. hoop pine or marine ply is fine. Glue - use water resisant pva, titebond or epoxy. What coat do you give it? Probably a warm one especially if its winter! There are heaps of options for graphics. Seriously dude do some proper research. We are not going to build your deck for you. You are and you should enjoy the learning experience

I was where you are less than six months ago and I found all the answers to your questions by simply reading. So get to it

Comment by jason treloar on March 17, 2010 at 7:27

dylan you gonnna hate year 12 then;):P

Premium Member Comment by Matthys on March 17, 2010 at 6:48

hey, me n two friends wanna make 3 identical dh boards, were in the brisbane mt gravatt region, i have looked at the whole builders forum and some on silverfish but im still a little in the dark as to how to. where can you get maple or birch, and if not, does structural ac appearance grade hoop pine work in , what glue do u use, what coat do you give it, and how do you get graphics onto it??????

Premium Member Comment by Adam on March 14, 2010 at 22:06

Work, trying to renovate a house and studying uni externally, all at the same time. i know how it feels. Concentrate on school.

Premium Member Comment by Adam on March 12, 2010 at 8:47

dylan last you post you made a while back you promised a 30 by 10 top mount piece of gnar, what happened???
Not real happy with the glue, hard to work with board might be a little stiffer but a couple of sections have delamed on the edge, so i arildited and clamped, a few other possible reasons due to changed in the press and shape i cut the ply to befor pressin but it will be ok. i still looking forward to glassing and riding but i got heaps of other stuff on the go, other than sk8board building. i will just have to bite the bullet and get tite bond and be done with it. ended up about the same wheel base.
Any secretes on cutting out drop throughs, ends up being a bit dodgy?

Premium Member Comment by Steve on March 10, 2010 at 10:48

No probs Ben

Adam I see the experimentation has begun! Nice work, Keep us posted on the results.

I will have two new decks up for sale shortly.

Comment by Ben Shane on March 10, 2010 at 10:15

thanks steve!

Premium Member Comment by Adam on March 10, 2010 at 9:45

Put another board in the press last night no. 3, extended the w concave in to the back foot for sliding grip/arch support. Tried a different glue this one is polyurethane based and foams up as it dries, suposed to dry stiffer???? Using a bracing ply not the lighter pine, it seemed more substantial in the last board????? so i used it again. Its going to be a little shorter and i have made the front foot single concave smaller to hopefully lock in the foot better. It may not be as good a board for pushing and cruising but it should be great for doing longer hills and sliding. My second board has been out of the press a while see pics on my page, and is all shaped and ready to glass but i'm gunna wait and do both at the same time.

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