Summer Projects – Press or Cut your own boards?

Summer Projects – Press or Cut your own boards?

Are you looking for that fix? Something to get your hands dirty with, but something that you can still go and shred. Well, Boardstore has some amazing Summer Project Ideas you can sink your time into.

Making your own skateboard whether it’s cutting a blank or going through the paces of pressing your own board is a pretty arduous but rewarding process and it ends with something truly yours that you can go shred.

SO HOW DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A BOARD?

I want to cut a blank

Cutting your own shape is an awesome way to get creative with your, Boardstore stocks a range of uncut deck blanks perfect for getting creative. You can find them here, in any of Boardstore’s Sunshine Coast locations or in the link at bottom of this section.

Once you have your board the following tutorial will guide you through the process.

“to drill truck holes, look at your uncut bottom-side up. find the highest point of the concave at each end. connect the points with a straight-edge to create the deck’s center line. place your trucks 14-15 inches apart on the center line, then use a ruler and a 90° edge to make sure they’re perfectly centered and perpendicular to the center line. using your trucks as a guide, drill through the holes carefully. this step isn’t easy – so it’s no extra cost to order your uncuts pre-drilled with truck holes.

to create your deck shape, you can do it several ways. 1) place another deck on top of your uncut and trace it’s shape. 2) fold in half a sheet of paper as big as the uncut. draw a half-skateboard shape on the paper, with the fold marking the deck’s center. unfold and cut out this template to trace on the uncut deck. 3) freehand your deck shape on the uncut.

cut out your shape using a bandsaw, a jigsaw, or a good handsaw. with rough grip sandpaper, sand the edge to a curve, then switch to a finer grit to smooth the entire surface. use a waterproofing wood sealant, then you can paint or lacquer your deck.”

– skatepaige.com

 

I want PRESS my OWN BOARDS

Pressing your own boards is mammoth task, or atleast it used to be before companies like Roarrockit started up to make board building more accessible to the everyday punter. Roarrockit offers an easy vacuum bag and mold system to press a single board at a time. They even have an Australian entity set up so you don’t have to pay for your board making kit to be shipped from the states.

Whilst you can go the long route of setting up a major mold system this process is pretty lengthy and requires a substantial financial investment. 

We look forward to seeing what you can create.

 

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