Board Builders

I made this board from 2 x 5ply wood i call her the "Shade", its stiff, has a concave and i use it for free ride and tech downhill, its design is an exact copy off the fullbag elise, same size to every detail except for the concave that i tailored to myself, im thinking of starting another project after this one worked out so well style

mad board bro

Nice one! I'm starting my first build soon will post up results. Im not expecting anything too flash to start with as I'm sure there will be f'ups. Its going to be fun though

thats mad dylan!!

very sick bro, does it have an anti concave on it? :O

Love the shape, a combination of form and function. Good work!

YES MAN, sounds awesome, so 20 bucks, on material? shuld make the deck for a purpose, slalom or mini cruiser? or something, sounds awesome man!

does dads offcuts count?

mini DH wuld be nice, u culd get a bit techy with it... drop thru kinda thing, be hella fun

oh and ive already started.... its a super mini cruiser... highly experimental

im stuck on idea's!!!! my original plan chucked once i was told what it really looked like :(

dad still hasnt brought home the jig saw :(

I just can't build board that is even half decent for $20

yeah somewhere around that figure. A sheet of 3mm ply costs $73. I would use half a sheet with some glue and fibreglass.So for me a bare minimum timber ply deck would cost half of 73 plus say $5 for glue. So say around $40. But $60 would let me use fibreglass as well.

I don't know where do you guys get your materials from?

Me and my son are doing our first build soon. Its going to be a dropthrough freeride. I will post up the results hopefully by the new year

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 ^___^

I like 2 or 4 myself

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

2 defs!!!

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

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.

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?

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

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!

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

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.