Retro boards and parts

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Permalink Reply by matty leadfoot on May 11, 2010 at 8:41

Here is Colins board from above. Thought Id embed it.


My board from this era had loose bearings. You lubed them with graphite. :D
Sometimes you rode without the full number of bearings in the wheels.

Permalink Reply by Col on May 19, 2010 at 20:37

Yer this runs loose bearings...I also have a Hang Ten from the same era that has never been used, still brand new! Ill post a pic soon!

matty leadfoot said:

Here is Colins board from above. Thought Id embed it.


My board from this era had loose bearings. You lubed them with graphite. :D
Sometimes you rode without the full number of bearings in the wheels.

Premium MemberPermalink Reply by bernie on August 7, 2010 at 22:35

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Permalink Reply by Nick Drummond on March 10, 2011 at 20:11

just wondering if anyone knows whether its possible to get a roller skate plate, cut off just the trucks and mount them on a board?

http://cgi.ebay.com/PLAYMAKER-Quad-Roller-Skate-Plates-10-1-2-Compl...

something like this

Permalink Reply by matty leadfoot on March 11, 2011 at 6:49

Sure,.... thats how kids first came up with skateboards.

As you can see, the hanger is super narrow, it will be pretty turny I reckon.

Permalink Reply by Nick Drummond on March 12, 2011 at 10:03

yeah i was just wondering how i'd do it, since the two trucks are attached to a plate and it doesnt look like the trucks itself can easily come off the plate, so i'd have to cut the plate wouldnt I?

Permalink Reply by matty leadfoot on March 12, 2011 at 11:57

Those plates have some kind of block up one end, dunno what it is,... would hope its removeable, you want it to sit flat.

All I would do is cut them in the middle and make some holes for the hardware . Retro skate plates were sometimes flat plates (would be easier than those raised composite plates) and they normally used a triangle bolt pattern (Id think about somehow doing it with four bolts even if they are in-line rather than side by side)

Solid wood deck would be cool, and forget about proper bolt patterns, just make sure the trucks are mounted straight and custom drill the deck.

well, thats how Id do it

Permalink Reply by Nick Drummond on March 12, 2011 at 13:57

alright i'll see if i can find a plate thats flat instead

thanks for your help

Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Bruiser on June 21, 2011 at 19:26

This probably won't help but in the mid 60's we had roller skates with a bolt and wing nut in the middle to adjust the skate for most foot sizes. There were laces at the toe end and a leather strap for the ankle. The rich kids had skates which needed a special skate key, but that doesn't matter now. We would remove the wing nut and bolt, use dad's hammer to even out anything that stuck out and then we used nails to attach them to pieces of wood that loosely resembled skateboards. On these boards we had totally buggered dad's saw's, chisels and files. These were our first skateboards. I've actually still got a set of the roller skates you describe. They were the reason that dad's hacksaws were always blunt. I'll take them up to the HopShop to put in the relic corner.....

Nick Drummond said:

alright i'll see if i can find a plate thats flat instead

thanks for your help

Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Bruiser on June 27, 2011 at 11:14

Yesterday, I delivered a set of museum piece Roller Skates to the HopShop for Robbo to put up. They are the earliest I have found. The skateboard truck we know and love is based on the design of the truck on these skates. They are precision pieces made by "SEIKO". I'll get some pics. 

Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Bruiser on June 27, 2011 at 14:58

Once upon a time (mid 60's) a hacksaw, hammer, drill, nails and a plank of timber would have seen this become a skateboard. This relica and it's left footed twin sister are now in Robbo's care. I guess this is what Seiko did when they weren't making watches. The torsion bar on the bottom is quite splendly sprung and the trucks are like those we see today.

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