Homemade wakeskate question

jcoffey · Backside 180 Joined: 24 May 2008 Posts: 1339

what is the difference in making a multi-layer skate rather than a solid one piece with concave sanded into it? is there a difference?

...can't wait to try and make my own skate. i got my brother into wakeskating so he is gonna help. he works at a body shop and works with shaping fiberglass and stuff so it should be fun

Calskater23 · Backside 180 Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 1795 City: FRESNO

Wow widdle much?

LemonWake · Posted: Jun 10, 2008 2:28 pm Post subject:

well to just sand concave into a board would take a long long long time and would be very labor intensive basically. Other than that no, not really.

Le Jalapeno · Guest

jcoffey, you are going to need one thick piece of wood, and a good belt sander if you are going to get anywhere into that wood.

you can always try both

Guerilla.Division · Faceplant Joined: 18 Jul 2007 Posts: 5 City: Green Bay

instead of trying to sand out the insides to make concave you can build up the rails and the nose and tail and then sand em smooth. its a little more work when youre sticking it all together but a hell of alot easier than sanding that shizzle.

SamHill · Frontside 180 Joined: 17 Sep 2003 Posts: 420 City: Lacey

laminating thin layers creates a stronger board then just one piece sanded down.

bob. · Posted: Jun 20, 2008 3:08 pm Post subject:

yea, sam hill is right, the more layers you use, the stronger it'll be.