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Premium Member Comment by Adam on January 20, 2010 at 22:01

i think i'm a nut bag. is it the glue drying in the concave that holds the boards in that shape or does the press change the shape of the ply. Dumb Qu, just look at the info on silver fish i here you say....OK OK OK, i'm doin it now.

Premium Member Comment by Adam on January 20, 2010 at 21:57

i think idream to big but i'm gunna aim for a version of a rayne Kill switch i have access to heaps of MDF to make a top and bottom of a press three strips down the length of the bottom and two on top to get the middle w concave and then two coresponding curves around the truck attacjments. i plan to use only 6mm mdf on the middle sections of the w and try to put a litle extra tweak on the outer edges like another layer on the outer edges. each section i will line with a thin slice og packing poly syrene to round out the shapes. have to find as thin a layer of ply as i can, possible press the first two layers first let it go off then press on anothe layer on top. have to get water proof glue and some ply and get this imagination working as i can not get it out of my head. just rough sketches of the press on some paper at the moment. Gunna try to track down some bamboo ply. there is a guy on the coast who supplies bamboo to the pandas in all the big Zoo's in australia and he also produces bamboo flooring so he has to be lookin at som bamboo ply/laminate?????

Comment by Alex on January 20, 2010 at 21:51

all at the same time has given me good results

Premium Member Comment by Adam on January 20, 2010 at 21:44

do you put all the pieces together in a single press or do you do, like two pieces then let them go off and then do the next one etc.

Comment by Alex on January 20, 2010 at 21:43

Here is a v-lam i just made general cruiser/commuter made of maple/tas oak/celery pine

Comment by Ryan 'RY RY' Peterson on January 20, 2010 at 21:13

http://vimeo.com/5084011
check this out on the actual making of the press....
then check out http://www.silverfishlongboarding.com/forum/longboard-board-building/ for any thing else u have questions about...
as for the dimm press.. its awesome!!!! ive used it and the boards it produces are amazing!

Premium Member Comment by Steve on January 20, 2010 at 20:52

Whoa dude ease up on the coffee lol. Ok I'll give you a bit of a run down but i'm no expert.
1 you want a water resistant wood glue bunning has a water resistant pva. Otherwist titebond 3 is great but expensive.
2 fibreglass works best on the outside bottom and top
3 depends how stiff you want it experiment. Try and get 3mm ply it will work better.
4 You can use marine ply but its not really necessary and quite expensive. Try gaboon or hoop pine, structural stuff.
5 leave in the press at least 12 hrs. I leave mine in 24. Good luck

Also as phil said below google toothless longboards for info and check out silverfish board building forum. There is an absolute wealth of info over there if you have time to trawl through it. Good luck and post up your deck once your done. I wanna see this work of art cheers steve

Premium Member Comment by Adam on January 20, 2010 at 15:56

i'm super keen to have a crack at this, i already have fibeglass,
1.what sort of glue between sheets of ply?
2. is the layer of fibergless on the outside or in between layers, million questions i know.
3.how many layers of the 4mm ply,
4,is it worth looking into other types of ply?
do you put all the pieces together in a single press or do you do, like two pieces then let them go off and then do the next on.
5. how long does it stay in the press Just as long as the glue take to go off as per instructions or does it need to be longer due to the fact it is a sk8 board?

Comment by Phill C on January 17, 2010 at 21:41

good quality Marine ply 4mm max works well if bending, with atleast one layer of fibre glass. Bunnings has Fibre glass kits but it works out way cheaper from a boat shop like Bias or whitworths etc. check out toothless longboards for ideas.

Premium Member Comment by Alex Groth on January 17, 2010 at 20:47

Hey im just wondering what you guys use to make your boards? and where you get the material from?

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