Longboards

[Musatoved]

Build a few longboards with boys. We used Baltic birch plywood  sapele, walnut, maple, rouse wood, bubinga veneer, with some minwax oil-based poly on them

 

[RC]

Cool looking boards!

Do you know if anyone makes trucks that would cope with a boarder weighing 120kg (~270lbs)?  All skateboards incl. longboards sold here put a max. weight of rider at either 80kg or 100kg.

I've been thinking of building myself a longboard with a thick enough deck for my weight to go along my son to the skateboard park, but I'm assuming that the weight limit is more related to the trucks or more specifically the rubber bushings in them? At least it was always the rubber blocks that split when I was young and skated alot.

 

[NL-mikkla]

They look really cool, as a long time skater (+20 years) I can really enjoy this.
It's on my wishlist to make a new longboard.
Almost a shame to put griptape on them nice veneers, maybe transparant is an option?

@Reiska
Buy Independent trucks, they come in a wide range of widths to suit your board
http://www.nhsfunfactory.com/brands/independent
Back in the days they were considered the rolls royce of skateboarding trucks.
They may be more expensive, but it's all value for money, same as the green  [smile]

 

[Tinker]

Cool looking boards!

Do you know if anyone makes trucks that would cope with a boarder weighing 120kg (~270lbs)?  All skateboards incl. longboards sold here put a max. weight of rider at either 80kg or 100kg.

I've been thinking of building myself a longboard with a thick enough deck for my weight to go along my son to the skateboard park, but I'm assuming that the weight limit is more related to the trucks or more specifically the rubber bushings in them? At least it was always the rubber blocks that split when I was young and skated alot.

Reiska, What a let down!  I have always thought you are a "Hacker."  Now, I find you are really a "Cracker."  [poke]
Tinker 

 

[Kev]

Cool looking boards!

Do you know if anyone makes trucks that would cope with a boarder weighing 120kg (~270lbs)?  All skateboards incl. longboards sold here put a max. weight of rider at either 80kg or 100kg.

I've been thinking of building myself a longboard with a thick enough deck for my weight to go along my son to the skateboard park, but I'm assuming that the weight limit is more related to the trucks or more specifically the rubber bushings in them? At least it was always the rubber blocks that split when I was young and skated alot.

Reiska, What a let down!  I have always thought you are a "Hacker."  Now, I find you are really a "Cracker."   [poke]
Tinker 

I think the real issue is that he's been a snacker ..  [big grin]

 

[NL-mikkla]

Hackers build things,

Crackers break them,

Snackers eat them

[big grin] [big grin] [big grin] [big grin]

 

[RC]

Guilty as charged (of the snacking part) [crying]

 

[rmwarren]

Guilty as charged (of the snacking part) [crying]

So your profile picture is how many years old...?? [poke]

RMW

(Coming form a similarly sized guy.)

 

[RC]

Many  [wink]

 

[NAS]

The look great, how did you bend the ply?  Or is it made of several sheets of thinner ply?

 

[Musatoved]

Thanks
I am not sure about heavy duty trucks,  I am not a rider never even  rode any skate board or long boards. I have two boys 12 and 14 they alway wanted to build there own longboards, so we kinda took the building proses to the next level.  

Regarding thickness of a board if you have right camber in a board you don't have to have your board any thinker than 19.0500 mil.

Cool looking boards!

Do you know if anyone makes trucks that would cope with a boarder weighing 120kg (~270lbs)?  All skateboards incl. longboards sold here put a max. weight of rider at either 80kg or 100kg.

I've been thinking of building myself a longboard with a thick enough deck for my weight to go along my son to the skateboard park, but I'm assuming that the weight limit is more related to the trucks or more specifically the rubber bushings in them? At least it was always the rubber blocks that split when I was young and skated alot.

 

[Musatoved]

Thanks for the link I've been looking for someone who has different sizes trucks.

They look really cool, as a long time skater (+20 years) I can really enjoy this.
It's on my wishlist to make a new longboard.
Almost a shame to put griptape on them nice veneers, maybe transparant is an option?

@Reiska
Buy Independent trucks, they come in a wide range of widths to suit your board
http://www.nhsfunfactory.com/brands/independent
Back in the days they were considered the rolls royce of skateboarding trucks.
They may be more expensive, but it's all value for money, same as the green  [smile]

 

[Musatoved]

Thanks
Yes I use 4 ply 3 mill plywood on a form with vacuum bag it worked really well

The look great, how did you bend the ply?  Or is it made of several sheets of thinner ply?