not sure if this is a good subreddit for this but I want to start my own skate deck brand, however I don't know where to get wholesale boards with good quality and will print graphics for me. Do any of you have tips/know any good websites that will do this?
Hi, before I got into longboarding and DIY longboard making I used to do DIY guitars for a few years and what strikes me when I look at either commercial or DIY longboard manufacturing is that no one seem to use a technique that’s typical in wood processing which is wood bending using steaming. Of course, steaming introduce the moisture, but this could be solved with drying the board properly before having it finished. Have You tried to use that, or heard about anyone using this technique?
Reason I am thinking about is that it could allow to use more advanced curvatures like the drops or wheel wells / flares in vertically laminated decks, ie. I am thinking about pre-bending few sections of softer wood which could be glued in between thin (6mm) layers of non-bent hardwood, and then laminated with fiberglass or carbon on top and bottom - similar construction to something like comet cruiser but with more crazy geometry. Obviously that create weaker spots in the hardwood as You won’t have the hardwood fibers going parallely through all of the length of the board but I am having a feeling that top and bottom composite laminate would be enough to keep the board strength. Or the vertical layers of the composite could be added in between the softwood and hardwood.
Another benefit I see is the lack of Horizontal lamination which is typical case of the board fatigue failures.
I know this sounds crazy, as it’s not a process that is typically used in commercial builds but commercial processes are often cost driven, so maybe this is something that would be beneficial in DIY building where You don’t necessarly watch for every penny? And every innovation sounds crazy before it is succesfully implemented, right? 😀
Hi I've been building my first LDP setup, all i wanted is to pump like Carving with flow and fluid but when i try to do it my longboard feels stiff and takes a lot of effort to pump like the videos.
My weight 180lbs
My setup is :
Drop down deck
Karma pantheon 74a
Pantheon bearings
Front trucks paris v3 150mm 50°(80a double barrel riptide aps with flat washer) i also tried 80a barrel and cone combo
Wedge 8°
Rear trucks bear 30° (90a double barrel width cup washers)
Pantheon supersonic, don't trip trucks, some cheapo Amazon 97(?)mm wheels, ceramic bearings and anti sink hardware. I had to shave the front edge of the board and cut the front wheels down to avoid wheel rub but I am very happy with this setup now. I rode it for 7 hours yesterday and covered a ton of ground. It's very comfortable to push and pump with. Coasts forever.