Board Builders

finally got back in the shed a bit this holidays have five pressed blanks on the go right now and one more on order. so i will be cutting shaping and glassing 6 decks over the next few days and weeks so keep you all posted.

Its funny as i get better at building them it costs me more for materials.

It must be the carbon tax...... lol

damn that carbon tax!  Good to hear you're back at it - how's the knee..?

only so much rehab can do need surgery on the cartilage

i made a board and it's shaped as the tan tien 

Hey Marcus, hos did you get your graphic on?

When you add up the time needed to build and the cost of materials it usually adds up to less than $0 profit if trying to sell custom boards.

Hi I was asking about fibreglass a little while back; still haven't got round to purchasing any haha.

I found this woven cloth, and it seems like a good price: http://shop.classic-boat-supplies.com.au/west-system-epoxy-resin-ac...

Will this work okay? And what density would you suggest I use?

I am still learning about glassing but 4 oz or 6 oz cloth should be ok.

What Mudjimba said...  All the West Systems stuff is pretty good.  personally I would steer clear of getting small quantities from a boat shop as you'll pay a lot more for it.  You're in Sydney, right?  maybe these guys?

http://www.dionchemicals.com/products/4_oz_fibreglass_cloth/4_oz_cl...

Ok thanks. I've not heard of this Dion or JPS cloth before. What are their properties?

I'm guessing they're all pretty much the same... woven glass fibres?

Dan my sister painted it on!

haha, that's pretty cool

Hey Guys just a heads up. Extruded polystyrene is available via bunnings. You will need to special order it in though. Bunnings have an account with Austech who sell Foamular ( their name for XPS ).

Cost is about $55 for a 2400 x 600 x 50 sheet. You will also have to pay a bit for freight too depending where you are

awesome - thanks for the heads up Steve.

How did you get the glossy black on your board?

i swear a wrote a description when i posted those photos, but anywho thats the board i made for my yr 12 major for design tech and was my third build. 

after i fibreglassed, sanded, primer then some spray paint. picked up some dulux at bunnings then clear coated it

It looks really good. The graphic is like the fatpigeon boards and I'm probably doing that sort of graphic on my next board.

Hey Adam - I think I saw something a little while ago that sais 18.5 (similar to FP's  R18+ i guess) - I'll see if i can find the link again...

what kind of wood should i use to make a stiff board

If you're prepared to spend the money, get canadian maple. the downside is it is extremely hard to find

Did anyone end up winning the build off? Here is my latest build, it the Alaia Skate inspired by those ancient finless surfboards. Sweet little ride.

FP Slidethrough Carbon Freeride 3.0

specs and more pics on the FP thread in the homegrown section

Sick looking board Steve!

These are my latest boards, the top one (cruiser) i made a while back and only just painted it, that was just bunnings ply. The second one is my newest board: 7ply canadian maple, 37in 27in wheelbase. its prety sweet but my advice to anyone using canadian maple would be use enough glue on every surface.. this one i had to put some extra glue on later, because the laminates didnt press together completely

HOLEY CRAP!!!.... steve that board looks sooooooo sooo good!!!

nice work you've done steve looks great!!!

Sam where did you get the canadian maple???

he meant the other sam

thats ok

any inventor users on here?

i've put together a fairly dodgy double kick model and id love for someone that also builds boards to look at and tell me how to do it better / just use it.