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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?

Comment by Ryan 'RY RY' Peterson on January 17, 2010 at 20:14

2 defs!!!

Comment by Myles Borchardt on January 17, 2010 at 19:24

3 looks sweet, but can't beat small DH boards! so i go for 7!

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

I like 2 or 4 myself

Comment by Myles Borchardt on January 6, 2010 at 14:17

good, i got the wood, this is the first board i have ever pressed, so im doing some research, it has already cost more then 20 bucks, sooooo, lol ^___^

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