The construction is 1/8" maple stringer, uni carbon fiber, 8mm of bamboo, and some various kinds of fiberglass. It'll find a new home eventually, but for now this deck is going to hang around as a loaner.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
#28 - Pumper revisited
This is my second LDP deck. I was going for a little more predictable flex then that found in deck #20 and hit the mark dead on.
The construction is 1/8" maple stringer, uni carbon fiber, 8mm of bamboo, and some various kinds of fiberglass. It'll find a new home eventually, but for now this deck is going to hang around as a loaner.
The construction is 1/8" maple stringer, uni carbon fiber, 8mm of bamboo, and some various kinds of fiberglass. It'll find a new home eventually, but for now this deck is going to hang around as a loaner.
#27 - Addressing failure
I have received a couple of requests to try and get a steeper drop transition than the one I came up with in #25. I actually had a lot of trouble getting much steeper with the equipment and materials I currently have. This is the best I could do.
It may look alright but there's actually a bit of cracking at the edges of the drops. This is the best of three test blanks and on a whim I decided to just finish it off and see if it'll stay together.
It's been skinned in so much carbon fiber and kevlar I doubt it'll ever break. You better believe that I'm going to try and find out though. The deck is very stiff, combined with the shorter wheelbase plus loose trucks and freeride wheels make for a very fun ride.
It may look alright but there's actually a bit of cracking at the edges of the drops. This is the best of three test blanks and on a whim I decided to just finish it off and see if it'll stay together.
It's been skinned in so much carbon fiber and kevlar I doubt it'll ever break. You better believe that I'm going to try and find out though. The deck is very stiff, combined with the shorter wheelbase plus loose trucks and freeride wheels make for a very fun ride.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
#26 - The build off deck
The most recent Silverfish build off required incorporating multiple elements, a minimum of two from the following list: concave, camber, flex, rocker, and kick tail.
Rather than go for as much as I could cram into a single deck, I opted instead to just go with a nice clean concave and camber deck.
The board also has flex, but not enough to claim it as a feature. The bigger thing I was going for was to use Original trucks on a long wheelbase deck without risers.
I also really wanted a drag hole, it's by far the best way to tote your board back up a hill in my opinion.
My last requirement was that the deck be freestanding, not for function so much as the fact that it just looks cool. I'm a big fan of "looks cool".
Rather than go for as much as I could cram into a single deck, I opted instead to just go with a nice clean concave and camber deck.
The board also has flex, but not enough to claim it as a feature. The bigger thing I was going for was to use Original trucks on a long wheelbase deck without risers.
I also really wanted a drag hole, it's by far the best way to tote your board back up a hill in my opinion. 
My last requirement was that the deck be freestanding, not for function so much as the fact that it just looks cool. I'm a big fan of "looks cool".
#25 - Derek's symmetrical double drop
A double drop for Derek. At his request I added the Chevelle(the band, not the car) logo on the bottom. I also borrowed from Chevelle for the grip font.
It came out looking really nice, the carbon and mahogany work really well together.
It came out looking really nice, the carbon and mahogany work really well together.
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