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Manufacture Skateboards - NEED HELP!!!

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jacked
Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:45 pm Reply with quote
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So a couple of weeks ago i was in my local skateshop, when the owner brought up the topic of "how skateboards are made". I was curious to find out and so I began to research the skateboard industry and it's manufacturing processes. After some researching I began to think that I can actually do this. I shared the idea with my brother and he was just as excited and enthusiastic as I was. We both share a passion for skateboarding and woodworking. My brother and I are very eager to start and we both are very serious about an actual skateboard manufacturing business.

My first objective is to build a Skateboard Press. I found a video on YouTube on a way this could be done. http://youtube.com/watch?v=TSA9mokQcng

Both the concept and construction don't seem very difficult. I would like to have 2 - 20 ton Bottle jacks ,instead of just one, in order to have better distribution of pressure. I was thinking the press would be around 4 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 4 feet high. My brother is familiar with welding and can build the press for relatively cheap. Would this press work properly in order to put-out a good quality deck?

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Skid Vicious
Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 10:14 pm Reply with quote
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If your frame is stout enough then you don't need to use two bottle jacks, which could possibly cause more problems than it solves with pressure distribution unless you plumb them in series. Good thinking, but it's not really needed.

Most of the 'garage' type presses I've seen use a frame made from I beam steel. Seen presses made from high carbon steel railroad tracks that work just fine.
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slob-air
Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 12:43 am Reply with quote
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Press time is way too long, you're risking crushing the wood at a molecular level�which leads to warps.

Too much glue and too much clear coat as well.

Build a jig for the shapes�it'll save you a lot of time and frustration.

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