Hi,all I just thought I’d share some photo’s and some info about my last board I’ve made. It’s made for a 40 year longboarder who wanted to ride something shorter. he pretty much decided the outline. It’s 185 cm long,54cm wide and 7.5 cm thick, he wanted to go thicker but told him 7.5 would be more than enough.He weigh 75 kilos . It’s made of 1.5 pound EPS core and 3mm balsa deck,2 mm balsa bottom and 4 oz s over and under balsa. I would personally go thinner, like 5 cm for more performance.I haven’t weight it but it feels light in my hands. No feedback on riding yet cause it is still waiting for it’s owner to be picked up.
A beauty. I also spied a nice looking board in the racks and some in the process of being made. I’d love to see pics of the different stages of your work.
Great job… I noticed some “background” boards in one of the photos with perimeter wood attached. After cross section profiling, are you laminating deck and bottom over the perimeter wood and then building up your rails? Maybe you can fill us in? I.E. “A”, “B”, “C”, “D” or “?” as shown in Haavard’s post awhile back… Thanks!
John, yes I’m doing "B"type rails. And what you see in the rocker photo is two hotwired blanks with the guide/templates still attached.
I’ ve had a board take in water where the tailblock was attached to the deckskin, I had obviously sanded through and it became a weak spot. So I am very careful sanding the rail/deck bondline now.
