digitalsmokehead
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I've just completed my first longboard for my bro's little girls 5th birthday present. I'm new to woodworking but very keen to learn more to improve my board building.
As budget was a problem i decided i couldn't afford to make a press in which to sandwich thin plies so my only option was to use a piece of 11ply baltic birch and shape it. This isn't popular with skaters as it doesn't have the concave which helps hold your feet to the board so I decided to sand some concave in myself.
After cutting out the outline shape I routed out the middle at its deepest then worked my way out to the sides getting shallower each cut. Then i sanded and shaped the rest by hand. The graphics were vinyl cut and sealed in with varnish.
For my first project i'm totally stoked with it.
As budget was a problem i decided i couldn't afford to make a press in which to sandwich thin plies so my only option was to use a piece of 11ply baltic birch and shape it. This isn't popular with skaters as it doesn't have the concave which helps hold your feet to the board so I decided to sand some concave in myself.
After cutting out the outline shape I routed out the middle at its deepest then worked my way out to the sides getting shallower each cut. Then i sanded and shaped the rest by hand. The graphics were vinyl cut and sealed in with varnish.
For my first project i'm totally stoked with it.