| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
TannerC Backside 180

Joined: 17 Mar 2005 Posts: 1694 City: Nanaimo
|
Posted: Oct 23, 2006 9:38 am Post subject: 4 trac fins |
|
|
| I need some 4 trac style fins for a 39 tnt integ, suggestions. noes and tail presses are getting boring, i want manuals and such, so suggestions. |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
|
|
nick Island Rat

Joined: 13 Nov 2003 Posts: 14553 City: Honokowai
|
Posted: Oct 23, 2006 11:12 am Post subject: |
|
|
Cabinet door handles. Go to home depot and look at the selection.
Or put your integrity fins to a sanding block and then use grip tape for fine tuning and shape them into nose manny fins. _________________ √ |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
NaRC-P rider Backside 180

Joined: 07 Mar 2004 Posts: 1584 City: Narcoossee
|
Posted: Oct 23, 2006 12:16 pm Post subject: |
|
|
the cabinet handles are awesome, but they break off to the side really quick, especially if you're doing manuals. they only really work for noseslides, not stuff where they're actually hitting or having pressure on em. what works the best in my opinion is the ping pong balls that josh kirby and chad thompson have on the bottom of their boards. theyre like 3/4 of a ping pong ball each where a 4 track fin would go, and then the balls are like filled with something hard, i dont know what it is, and then they're epoxied to the board in several layers. they're not removable, but if you have an extra board laying around that is the best thing mostly because 1) they DONT break...its crazy, and 2) they're good for everything: noseslides, manuals, blunts, etc. i've been usin' Kirby's board down my grandma's pool down rail and doing blunts, feebles, and noseslides, and kirby was over and nosepressed and noseblunted the big ledge. so those things are def legit, just a pain to make. _________________
| Quote: |
i think keith lant should get a pro spotlight
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
kyle13 Frontside 180


Joined: 15 Feb 2004 Posts: 498 City: Seminole Heights
|
Posted: Oct 23, 2006 12:51 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Wow ping pong balls is such a crazy idea. It's something I never would have thought of myself. I love innovation. |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
Jesse Backside 180


Joined: 08 Sep 2005 Posts: 2008 City: Groveland
|
Posted: Oct 23, 2006 1:22 pm Post subject: |
|
|
NaRC-P rider, Feebles? Thats sick, a video or photo must be posted. _________________
| TWG wrote: | | fresh out the box with doo doo stains? |
|
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
NaRC-P rider Backside 180

Joined: 07 Mar 2004 Posts: 1584 City: Narcoossee
|
Posted: Oct 23, 2006 4:29 pm Post subject: |
|
|
yeah it was def a feeble, but i want to go do a better one. from the video it looks just kinda like a gay 5050 haha. it would probably be better on like a round rail or somethin. i'm goin back this week to crooked grind it i think. _________________
| Quote: |
i think keith lant should get a pro spotlight
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
JB_CANSKATE Backside 180

Joined: 06 Jul 2004 Posts: 1622 City: Markham, Ontario
|
Posted: Oct 23, 2006 5:03 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I saw a skate with 2 golfballs drilled to it. It would work exactly the same as the pingpong balls and you could take em off after.
JB |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
TannerC Backside 180

Joined: 17 Mar 2005 Posts: 1694 City: Nanaimo
|
Posted: Oct 23, 2006 6:19 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| I'm on one board right now so removable is key. Did they cut the golf ball so it was flat on one side? |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
ZoSo Backside 180


Joined: 15 Apr 2005 Posts: 900 City: Winnipeg
|
Posted: Oct 23, 2006 6:24 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Quote: | | I'm on one board right now so removable is key. Did they cut the golf ball so it was flat on one side? |
Yeah...I'm pretty sure you could make them removable...most fin wholes are what...3/8"? You can easily buy a couple of bolts at a hardware store. Then what you could do is clean out the gold ball, put a bunch of epoxy in the ball with the bolt head down, so when it dries you can just screw the whole thing into the fin holes.
EDIT: Here, this sort of explains it better:
 |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
nick Island Rat

Joined: 13 Nov 2003 Posts: 14553 City: Honokowai
|
Posted: Oct 23, 2006 6:49 pm Post subject: |
|
|
ZoSo, Fin holes aren't threaded.
I'm gonna try the ping pong balls. _________________ √ |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
TannerC Backside 180

Joined: 17 Mar 2005 Posts: 1694 City: Nanaimo
|
Posted: Oct 23, 2006 6:55 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| I made the golf balls, but the integ holes are not drilled all the way though on the side fins correct? So i will have to drill the holes out first? |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
nick Island Rat

Joined: 13 Nov 2003 Posts: 14553 City: Honokowai
|
Posted: Oct 23, 2006 6:57 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Beaver, Drill the middle one out. _________________ √ |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
ZoSo Backside 180


Joined: 15 Apr 2005 Posts: 900 City: Winnipeg
|
Posted: Oct 23, 2006 7:03 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Quote: | | ZoSo, Fin holes aren't threaded. |
Oh yeah that's right...what was I thinking. Well...you can just sink a nut or two into the epoxy instead of the screw. |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
TannerC Backside 180

Joined: 17 Mar 2005 Posts: 1694 City: Nanaimo
|
Posted: Oct 23, 2006 7:32 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| che blanc, Thanks. There finished, they look like they will work. Ill post a picture in a bit. |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
stompin9s Backside 180


Joined: 12 Nov 2003 Posts: 2385 City: Vail - CO
|
Posted: Oct 23, 2006 8:29 pm Post subject: |
|
|
can u guys feel them when ur riding?? _________________ "it is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation." |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
JB_CANSKATE Backside 180

Joined: 06 Jul 2004 Posts: 1622 City: Markham, Ontario
|
Posted: Oct 24, 2006 3:03 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| I think the balls were cut down but not in half. Lets see some pics Beaver |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
TannerC Backside 180

Joined: 17 Mar 2005 Posts: 1694 City: Nanaimo
|
Posted: Oct 24, 2006 7:08 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| My camera seems to be dis-functional at the moment. I don't think half a gold ball vs. 3/4 of a gold ball will make a big difference. If it is ill make more. There easy to make. |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
nick Island Rat

Joined: 13 Nov 2003 Posts: 14553 City: Honokowai
|
Posted: Oct 24, 2006 7:45 pm Post subject: |
|
|
3/4 will give you blunts. _________________ √ |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
TannerC Backside 180

Joined: 17 Mar 2005 Posts: 1694 City: Nanaimo
|
Posted: Oct 24, 2006 8:04 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| che blanc, Half should cut it shouldnt it? |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
nick Island Rat

Joined: 13 Nov 2003 Posts: 14553 City: Honokowai
|
Posted: Oct 24, 2006 8:14 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I'd go more. Better looking manuals, easier noseslide lock-ins, and stood up blunts. _________________ √ |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
|
|
|