Baltic Birch isn't even available locally for me right now, and hasn't been for probably 6 months. Its pretty crazy. I'm glad I bought 3 full sheets last summer. Been slowly turning them into decks. As for all the discussion on a foamcore fiberglass skimboard... I wonder if there's room for any sort of hybridization that can take advantage of the buoyancy of foam without having to deal with glass and epoxy. I never have liked dealing with that stuff if I can ever avoid it. And even worse for basic DIY is the cost for buying in is usually really high since epoxy is sold in sizes with building/repairing boats in mind, not little boards.
The epoxy is definitely the expensive part, it blows my mind how much that stuff costs every time I do a build with it. A DIY glass board would be much cheaper than a professionally made glass board, but I think it would still be more expensive than a wood one
I took a stab at that last year and used the wrong epoxy/foam combo so it failed and never made it onto the channel, but that's definitely something I want to tackle at some point
Love this content!! I’d like to give it a shot. What is the thickness of the wood?? How many sheets? I’d like to try to find something good here in Italy to try that behind a wakesurf boat
I've made skimboards using 1/2" and 3/4" plywood, and used them behind a wakeboard winch and boat before. I haven't wake surfed them but towing behind the boat worked well.
I used plywood that was already glued together by the lumber company. I'm having trouble making the rocker could I use your method even if it's already glued together? If I wet the nose and tail?
Soak it, I mean absolutely soak it, with warm water if possible, and then clamp the curves in place and leave it for days until it's dry. I made a skimboard this way when I was a kid and I was able to get some rocker into the board
Can’t wait for that router mount to be available as a physical product. Also I have been planning on a skimboard build and was thinking about just two plys of 1/8 birch. What are your thoughts on that?
It might be strong enough depending on your weight? Riding the one I built made me realize that the forces involved with a skimboard are very different than a skate deck so I can't say for sure
You will be able to get some curves with a single glue line, but they will relax some after you take it out of the mold. You can definitely still get something usable though
@@GoodRoads iv had quite alot of experience with fivreglassing but the problem is that a skimboard has to have sharp rails and a perfectly smooth bottom so it would be a challenge. love your videos by the way!
They used to sell plywood skimboards at looks local surf shops in Florida for like 60 bucks in 90 me and a friend's dad built one from free scrap wood from a house builder. I ended up making them myself later and selling them for 20 bucks but I never advertised so the customer base was small
Seriously. Under normal circumstances this would be much cheaper than buying a factory made board but with lumber the way it is right now it's roughly the same. At least using the birch plywood. I hope wood prices drop back to normal soon!
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Thanks bro. You inspired me to make these for my kids tomorrow!
did it worked well?
Thanks and more power to your channel
Thanks for the videos.
You are a great RUclips chanel
Thank you! Glad you like the content!
Baltic Birch isn't even available locally for me right now, and hasn't been for probably 6 months.
Its pretty crazy.
I'm glad I bought 3 full sheets last summer. Been slowly turning them into decks.
As for all the discussion on a foamcore fiberglass skimboard... I wonder if there's room for any sort of hybridization that can take advantage of the buoyancy of foam without having to deal with glass and epoxy. I never have liked dealing with that stuff if I can ever avoid it.
And even worse for basic DIY is the cost for buying in is usually really high since epoxy is sold in sizes with building/repairing boats in mind, not little boards.
The epoxy is definitely the expensive part, it blows my mind how much that stuff costs every time I do a build with it. A DIY glass board would be much cheaper than a professionally made glass board, but I think it would still be more expensive than a wood one
Great to see. Are you planning on making a foam skim board?
Awesome will try in a few months as we will be going into summer 😀👍🏻
like your content hoping we could see how to make foam core skimboard thx and more creative ideas to come on your channel
I took a stab at that last year and used the wrong epoxy/foam combo so it failed and never made it onto the channel, but that's definitely something I want to tackle at some point
You should do a fiberglass skimboad next It might even be cheaper because of wood prices
I agree, there aren’t any good videos for diy fiberglass skimboards!
I definitely want to tackle that at some point
Nothing is cheaper than free Pallets and wood glue!
@@mitchmana201but pallets ain’t always solid
Love this content!! I’d like to give it a shot.
What is the thickness of the wood?? How many sheets? I’d like to try to find something good here in Italy to try that behind a wakesurf boat
I've made skimboards using 1/2" and 3/4" plywood, and used them behind a wakeboard winch and boat before. I haven't wake surfed them but towing behind the boat worked well.
I did three sheets of 1/8 inch which is about the same as 3mm
Thanks guy, will have to try that, maybe adding a 3d printed fin
@@emanuelecurioni8950 If you 3d print a fin make sure you fibreglass it too, other wise it will very likely break.
From the youtube master of glassing fins himself. Take this man's advice hahahaha!
would love to see more with a legit press and maple venners
Might be heavier than standard plywood but it looks way nicer with the birch plywood.
Any options other than wood??
Would there be a downside if I’d use two layers of 5mm instead of 3 layers of 3mm? More effort needed to create the rocker?
Yep, that's all. I had the 3mm on hand so that's what I used
Que tipo de recubrimiento utilizaste para la madera es algún barniz?
I used plywood that was already glued together by the lumber company. I'm having trouble making the rocker could I use your method even if it's already glued together? If I wet the nose and tail?
Soak it, I mean absolutely soak it, with warm water if possible, and then clamp the curves in place and leave it for days until it's dry. I made a skimboard this way when I was a kid and I was able to get some rocker into the board
Can’t wait for that router mount to be available as a physical product.
Also I have been planning on a skimboard build and was thinking about just two plys of 1/8 birch. What are your thoughts on that?
It might be strong enough depending on your weight? Riding the one I built made me realize that the forces involved with a skimboard are very different than a skate deck so I can't say for sure
Seems like it may be worth a shot, the other thing I wonder is if one glue line would be enough to hold shape. Keep up the great videos!
You will be able to get some curves with a single glue line, but they will relax some after you take it out of the mold. You can definitely still get something usable though
what type of glue did you uses
Titebond II
What color do you use.
The dye I used is RIT brand fabric dye, but I've used Proricon and other fabric dyes successfully.
If you skimboard wusing Wood chat.you can color the skimboard
i would absolutely love if you could find a simple way of making a fibreglass skim
board
I definitely want to try a glass skim but I don't know if simple is an option, it's a crazy build
@@GoodRoads iv had quite alot of experience with fivreglassing but the problem is that a skimboard has to have sharp rails and a perfectly smooth bottom so it would be a challenge. love your videos by the way!
They used to sell plywood skimboards at looks local surf shops in Florida for like 60 bucks in 90 me and a friend's dad built one from free scrap wood from a house builder. I ended up making them myself later and selling them for 20 bucks but I never advertised so the customer base was small
Can you give me one skimboard ilove that
I have a skimboard. No such curve.
Nice, but that's like $3000 worth of plywood in 2021. ;)
Seriously. Under normal circumstances this would be much cheaper than buying a factory made board but with lumber the way it is right now it's roughly the same. At least using the birch plywood. I hope wood prices drop back to normal soon!
Me too