How to make skateboard

Today me and will talked about possibly starting to make and sell skateboards.......like most people your thinking how hard and expensive making a skateboard would be,but really its neither! its actually much more easier and cheaper than you might expect .... (below are the steps how)

THINGS YOU WILL NEED:

1.) Hard rock maple veneer .....if you don't know what this is the picture above is what it looks like its just a thin layer of wood ....i like to buy my veneer from....(http://snowboardmaterials.com/pages/skateboard_materials.htm) its only $65 for enough veneers for 5 boards!!!!!!!

2.)secondly you will need glue i suggest the...(MBSK8 Skateboard Adhesive - 1 Gallon ) also listed on the website above for $35

3.) the third and most important is the "PRESS" the press is comprised of a mold and a jack or pinching system below i attached some vids describing how to make one of these so called "press devices"

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NOW FOR THE BUILDING!!!!!

step 1The veneers

the next step is once you get the veneers you will have three types of veneers they are called

Face- which is a veneer that is sanded on one side but not sanded on the other side that is the first veneer.

Core layer- it's the same thing as the face but both sides of the veneer are not sanded.

Cross band- which is a sheet of veneer that is not cut with the grain but is cut going against the grain

This is how the veneers are supposed to be layed

Face, Core layer, Cross band, Core layer, Cross Band, Core layer, then the last one is a Face

step 2Gluing the Veneers

Now once you have all of the veneers in the right place for the skateboard is TIME TO GLUE!!!
If you use any other type of glue beside tie bond your screwed because the other glue doesn't hold as strong as tie bond trust me I've done it before.

Any way for gluing process take a sanded side of the Face on the concrete or were ever you do this, and the unsanded side up. Put glue on the unsanded side of the face then take a core layer and put that on the face do that with the same thing as the cross band 7 times

step 3Pressing and curing

Once you have all of veneers glued together it's now time for the pressing process

Take two pieces of cardboard that are about 3 inches wider and longer then the unshaped board.
then, put the mold on it's side and stick the veneers between the mold and the cardboard, then take 2 4' channel irons and a about 20" to 16" bolts with nuts and washers. Now put the channel irons in the center of the mold so it gets a good nice press. once this is done let the deck take its shaped for about 1 to 1 1/2 days for it to cure good and strong

step 4designing the uncut

Once The uncut deck has cured take it out of the mold and remove the cardboard(pieces of the cardboard will stick to the uncut either sand it or try to chisel the cardboard off.). once you got that done it's time to make your design. what I would use a is a design cadd program it makes it more accurate for the nose & tail, you could draw your design out on graph paper. once you have drawn out our design put it on the uncut just don't tape it on yet, figure out how long you want the nose & tail of the board. Once you have everything where you want it make the markings for the trucks then you can start to tape and draw then cut the outline

step 5cutting the uncut

Once you have the design ready to got is time to cut tea deck out to is shape.

when you do this I would just suggest to use a band saw because it's more accurate of a cut, but if you don't have one you can always use the handy dandy little jigsaw. when you star to cut make for cut I'll show you in the picture, start your cutting.
After you get done cutting it out take a router of a rasp to curve the edges ( that's to make sure you don't get slivers. after that is done sand the entire deck then take steel wool of sand paper ( about 150 to 220 grit) and hand sand till it's super, super smooth. oh don't forget to drill the truck holes

step 6Finishing Touches

PAINT &GRIP..........................NOW GO SHRED!!