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i'll probably try again, turns out my bamboo doesn't need a stregthener, anyone have a solution to stop the bag going inbetween the wood any mould? or is my bag too thin, also what size bag do you use deeks?

I use a 70" x 20" bag (Roarockit) - as I'm pumping out the air I need to grab the edges of the bag and pull them out sideways to stop from getting in between the veneer/ply and the foam mould - it helps to get someone to give you a hand at that stage - even if it's just to operate the hand pump!

those big red elastic bands placed around the whole project before you stuff it in the bag aren't bad at keeping the bag out from between the veneer and foam...

Should be fine but go F,F, P, P, P, F,F

haha just realised I told you to go FP. FP FTW!!!

what press will you be using brandon? thats going to be an expensive board to make

@Steve - the FP rules!

Brandon - Glass only required on the outside - does little for you in the middle of the ply's.  Roarockit make nice vacuum bags (personal opinion!) - you may be able to find someone on ASRA sellling one..

no you don't need a vacuum bag for fibreglass

Its finally ready for action - This thing is Heavy Duty, it weighs over half a ton. Features two 10 ton hydraulic rams ( which is much more than enough )and reinforced mold beds for very even pressure distribution

holy crap that is amazing steve

i am interested

Love the press Steve, am also building one at the moment.  Build off sounds cool.

i shotty being the judge

i dont have any time to make one so i wont be biased ;)

?????rules for the build off???????

Good reason to trial a new deck ive been dreaming of for a certain adelaidian mini shredder.

i'm in

hoping i'll get it in by the deadline

Disco biscuit sounds like a fun ride Adam, would like to give it a crack some time mate.  Also pretty flat out but will see what I can come up with, might also be what ever I am working on at the time. Maybe we should have a skate/BBQ on the Sunny Coast somewhere at the end to meet up with other builders and compare creations.  Are there many builders from up this way?

Cool I will check it out. 

making a Apex40 look-a-like at the moment - had to go to NZ for work but back next weekend to finish it off - not sure it fits your theme Dylan but will post once done!

• top mount ive been making. 36inch, 10 inch wide soon making a carbon fibre one 
  

mines almost done, just gotta decide on some wheels cos the 68mm avalons bite...

A bit of light sanding and a little more epoxy and it'll be ready to grip and rip! (I hope)

Woah...

Sweet board!

Alright folks i've got my entry done. I give you, The Steel Framed Mini, 440mm wheelbase, Seismic 130 trucks - probs a bit wide but i think it's more a case of the deck being ridiculously narrow topped off with Seismic 82a Rippler wheels. Multifunctional Badass? well it's small and light enought to carry around and i've always secretly (and with a touch of conceit) thought metal boards had a certain baddass edge. Nontheless Took it for a spin down the G5 last night and it is indeed lots of fun.

Cheers

That is incredible Lloyd!  the look of the metal with the Seismic trucks is something to behold - nice work!  With the single "spine" do you get much tortional flex..?

OK - here it is - the end result - sorry I'm not up to Lloyd's lofty standards with the creative grip-job.  It does rides nicely though..!

Some super rad builds happening here! Well done Guys..

Dude that looks boss, a blast to ride no doubt! In answer to your question, i was a bit concerned about torsional rigidity but i did try to twist it just with my hands and it didn't budge, not sure how that compares to actual riding conditions but i expect that because it's so short it will never be much of an issue.

Thanks for the props btw, its amazing what you can do with a bunch of grip tape offcuts!

Hey making my own board for downhill, so no flex, what wood and how many plys should i use for a nice board

what sort of ply/veneer have you been able to find around your area?  obviously more ply = stiffer board, but whaddya weigh?  I've made 7, 8 and 9 ply decks, generally with 1.5mm hoop pine ply but the way to take out a lot of flex is to reinforce it with glass or some such - the board below is 7 plies with Carbon Fibre on the bottom - I'm a porky 95kg's and I can't get much flex out of it! 

I weigh about 47kg's, also how would I make a decent concave, without buying a proper press?

1. Carbon Fiber, fiber Glass top mount i made. weighs basically nothing and is so solid
   

haha thanks guys! 

my latest creation a 28 inch cruza turns like a dream

Indeed!  Well put Daniel...

Nice work Brodin.

cheers . posca pens are great for painting decks with

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Daniel if you don't mind me asking what are you cutting out your boards with? I can never get a smooth finish like that.

im cutting them out with either a jigsaw or ban saw. then i do a shit load of sanding and stuff to make it a nice smooth edge finish

i tried to make a landyachtz wolf shark

Looking good. Though I would get rid of that nose- Looks dangerous!

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