Just my homemade skate

TheBlackToe · Faceplant Joined: 13 Apr 2011 Posts: 12

Im new to this forum so just thought id show yas my homemade skate and see what you thought?

TheBlackToe · Faceplant Joined: 13 Apr 2011 Posts: 12

sorry ppl it didnt work.

Lollar · 360 flip Joined: 19 Jun 2007 Posts: 8253

You just painted one of those wood Byerlys right?

Paint job looks Cool

texasT · Posted: Apr 17, 2011 12:50 pm Post subject:

Ya that's a sickass paint jobby

TheBlackToe · Faceplant Joined: 13 Apr 2011 Posts: 12

Nah it's completly hand made in my backyard I'll post some more pics of all the progress when I figure out how to transfer the things

TheBlackToe · Faceplant Joined: 13 Apr 2011 Posts: 12

Sorry there is none from right at the start but i only decided to take pictures after i had already started

TheBlackToe · Faceplant Joined: 13 Apr 2011 Posts: 12

and more

TheBlackToe · Faceplant Joined: 13 Apr 2011 Posts: 12

and just one more

TheBlackToe · Faceplant Joined: 13 Apr 2011 Posts: 12

and all the pics are in the wrong order my bad

G.K.D. · Frontside 180 Joined: 31 Dec 2009 Posts: 404 City: Sydney

nice job!!

TheBlackToe · Faceplant Joined: 13 Apr 2011 Posts: 12

Gld I just saw some of your work and it blew me away. Heaps better than mine

POPTART · 360 flip Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 7621

so awesome, nice job

supermanotorious · Backside 180 Joined: 05 Apr 2010 Posts: 518 City: Phoenix

would you mind posting the technique you used to create the top and bottom pieces to get the right contour and blend it with the core board?

TheBlackToe · Faceplant Joined: 13 Apr 2011 Posts: 12

Yeah it's just 1/8 pieces of birch (I think? Can't remember) I drew my shape on what was to be the bottom with the center lines all marked ( it's heaps easier to get the center before it's cut to shape). Then I epoxyed all the sheets of laminate together. I used some pieces of scrap board from work (im a cabinetmaker) and screwed them together around the middle of the board to get the big flat spot that I like. Now I just used another piece of scrap board and stood it up vertically directly in the center of the skate. I used ratchet straps (like used the hold a motorbike on a trailer) and took them around the whole setup and tightened to get the rocker ( I'll see if I cand draw a rough pic of this). Once it was dry I cut to the shape I had drawn to get the basic deck. For the channels on the bottom I measured like 70m (don't know what it is in inches, sorry I'm an Aussie) from the all important center line and epoxyed small pieces of ply on. Then just belt sanded it to blend.
I went a bit of a shortcut with th concave. It's just pieces or 15mm ply that I cut on angles and epoxyed them on and sanded them (so much quicker and easier).
Then I just painted it all white before I did my design then clear coated the shizzle out of it all.

texasT · Posted: Apr 18, 2011 7:27 pm Post subject:

Have you skated this yet?

brassmonkey · Posted: Apr 18, 2011 7:59 pm Post subject:

Damn dog. That's good work. I like seeing people still making their own decks.

TheBlackToe · Faceplant Joined: 13 Apr 2011 Posts: 12

Nah i havent i live in queensland australia. We been havin cyclones and floods and stuff for the last 5 months so i still havent been able to but im goin in the next few days ill let yas know how it rides

Gregeo · Guest

TheBlackToe, WOW, I'm impressed, I wish I had that skill............and patience

Raven · Posted: Apr 18, 2011 9:05 pm Post subject:

i used to rock the santa cruz slasher way back and i love how scotty B gots that toe jam graphic......

that is some underground wakeskate private contract work right there Cool

TheBlackToe · Faceplant Joined: 13 Apr 2011 Posts: 12

So I took it for a ride and it rides pretty sweet, just that I made it too small for me, it's a 39 but I wanted a 42. Due to materials I made it smaller, guess I'll be doin another shortly