Home-made board finished-pics

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

me and my brother (poopskater) are working on a wakeskate. we're getting our measurements from the board you see laying on the ground in the 2nd pic. we'll hopefully be done soon, but our sandpaper keeps ripping because the edges are so sharp on the concave right now.

it weighs 9 pounds right now, so i'm thinking we're not doin too bad weight-wise.

WHAT DO Y'ALL THINK?

dscsk8er55 · Backside 180 Joined: 26 Jun 2006 Posts: 1030 City: Orlando

I don't make skates myself but that looks awesome. Gives me some cool ideas to try some stuff. Thanks for sharing and keep us updated.

Kay-Kay · Posted: Jul 23, 2008 9:39 pm Post subject:

is that a demolished integrity in the background of that one shot?

PoopSkater · Posted: Jul 23, 2008 9:46 pm Post subject:

Kay-Kay, its a gator

Le Jalapeno · Guest

looking tons better than my first couple homemade boards Smash

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

Le Jalapeno, haha ya thats actually the second board we've worked on.

the first one didnt work at all because i used wood glue which isnt waterproof, and the wood i used was crap. i tried to ride it and it snapped when i tried to ollie Smash

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Jul 23, 2008 10:15 pm Post subject:

Gnarly Dancer 42, looks great man keep us updated! when i get some money ima try to make one.

walkthroughwalls · Ollie Joined: 29 May 2008 Posts: 64 City: Carlsbad

I like your pajama pants.

LemonWake · Posted: Jul 23, 2008 11:36 pm Post subject:

looks great man. Ima post pics of the one i made in the off season to be my first skate, just a flat deck that looks really similiar to a kampus k series. Anyone want to PM me on how to upload pics from my computer? specifically iphoto?

LFArmada · Backside 180 Joined: 05 May 2008 Posts: 631 City: tucson

thats so sick! bet your stoked to ride that beauty

mc.willz · Posted: Jul 24, 2008 12:11 am Post subject:

Gnarly Dancer 42, looks good man...how wide is it?

Le Jalapeno · Guest

Gnarly Dancer 42, looks like you used gorilla glue this time, am i right?

bob. · Posted: Jul 24, 2008 8:40 am Post subject:

did you get the measurements from an integ? is that a wooden integrity...?
Laughing

thats sick your making your own board man, did you just use a sheet of plywood for the deck, or did you ply the wood yourself?

fletch · Frontside 180 Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 290 City: Raleigh

Gnarly Dancer 42, that looks sick. I've been wanting to do this for a while. Did you actually use nine full plys for the deck and then add the concave? Or is it like 5-6 plys and then 3-4 layers for concave? I've seen some pics from other homemade boards that look like they are only like 5-6 plys thick all together. Anyway, congrats on a great looking board and I hope she rides well. Cool

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

mc.willz, im pretty sure its 15 maybe 15.5

Le Jalapeno, yep, hopefully it wont fall apart Laughing

bob., yes i used that wooden integ u see in the background Wink

my brother made the flat deck, he just cut out 3 plys and pressed them to an old wood concave

fletch, we found the thinnest wood we could find at home depot, which ended up being 3 plys, so we just used 3 sheets to make it 9. thanks man, right now i'm more concerned about if it "looks like a good wakeskate" than if it actually rides good, but if it rides good thats a bonus. Smash

bmr712 · Posted: Jul 24, 2008 10:06 am Post subject:

-=AlexXx=-, it dosent cost that much to make a wakeskate

Gnarly Dancer 42, it might help you but idk but you can buy wood filler and put it were the concave pieces meet the board to make it nice and smooth and not waist time having to sand that perfect

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

bmr712, nah i used this drill bit that works really good, i got all the major sanding done in like an hour

-=AlexXx=-, ya this probably only costs us 25 bucks max. it might cost more if you dont already have a the right tools though.

i'll post pics of the newly sanded concave in a sec

LFArmada · Backside 180 Joined: 05 May 2008 Posts: 631 City: tucson

what specific tools does it take?

bmr712 · Posted: Jul 24, 2008 2:27 pm Post subject:

LFArmada, clamps, sander, jig saw, sealer...there is a diy thing somewere on here that explains in detail everything
theres the link
http://www.wakeskating.com/showarticle.php?a=586

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

more pics, sanded the concave more