Making a Skateboard from California Wood
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- Опубликовано: 16 дек 2021
- Thank you so much to Lumbercycle! www.lumbercycle.org/
In this video, I turn a Red Gum Eucalyptus log into a skateboard with the help of Lumbercycle. Eucalyptus is prevalent in San Diego (though not a native species), and this log would have otherwise been turned to waste if not for Lumbercycle.
Skateboards are normally made from Hard Maple, which typically comes from northeast North America in the Great Lakes region.
Open Source Skateboards:
opensourceboards.com
SK8CAD (software used to create the molds and board vector shape):
sk8cad.com
/ sk8cad
The specs of this board are the same as in this video: • How to Make Skateboard... 
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This is fucking sick.
Not only a good wood worker, also a very good skater 💪🏼🎉
I agree, that was some narlie skating.
If I didn't see it, I wouldn't have believed you did those tricks, your a beast!
Great Work! It’s amazing to watch how much goes into your endeavor. Beautiful!
Cool video and info
Lumbercycle guys are great! Let me know if you’d like to try recycled plastic skateboards. Been thinking about trying to pull this one off.
They are! I've heard of a few people making recycled plastic skateboards and it sounds great, and I have considered it a number of times already, I just don't know that I have the capacity and tools right now to try it out myself. I do like the idea of reducing plastic pollution!
@@openSourceskateboards since I watched your live on how to use open source skateboards, I think you already contributed all you need to which is the design. I just need to pick out a design, modify it a bit, fabricate molds, shred plastic, melt plastic, and form it. Easy! Thanks for doing all you did. Any design that you envisioned that would work better for plastic vs wood?
@@wafflebeaver I think cruisers would probably be better suited to be made from plastic, but I don't know enough about the specific plastics you are using. Since it seems like you're not doing bent lamination, you probably have way more creative freedom because you're not limited to bending limitations (the plastic can just be melted and formed). Share your work when you're done! It would be great to see plastic waste repurposed into a board!
Based purely on stats it looks like rose gum is closer to maple, ever so slightly lighter and softer, but more flexible, noticeably more flexible than red gum. Considering that you seem to go with plies that are all the same thickness, whereas many woodshops use a mix of thinner and thicker plies, it could be a good one.
Isn't it perfect like that?! I don't know. Namastè.
Love your content and boards bro. Wanted to ask if you do any custom board shapes?
Thank you! I do: opensourceboards.com
Fantastic video! This is very inspiring but I do have a few questions. 1. What did you use for core sheets? Did you just leave the veneers more rough than the other sheets? 2. Do you think the weight was simply because of the moisture left in the wood and last, how much did it cost to make one board compared to maple, cause we all know maple is expensive if you aren't buying it by the truck load. Thanks.
Thank you! Regarding your questions: 1) The core sheets and face sheets were basically indistinguishable in this layup - I didn't process them any differently. 2) I suspect the weight was in part due to having a slightly higher moisture content, but also due to red gum being a more dense wood - according to the Wood Database (a helpful site that allows you to compare the mechanical properties of various woods: www.wood-database.com/wood-filter/), hard maple has a specific gravity of 0.71 at 12% moisture content, and red gum has a specific gravity of 0.87 at 12% moisture content. 3) Cost comparison to maple: this depends on where you get a log (e.g., do you get one for free from your backyard or go buy one) and how much you value your own time when doing the work to process the log into veneer.
@@openSourceskateboards thank you so much for the response. One last question, if you don't mind answering, if you don't want to answer, I understand, how much did that log run you? Because I really really want to try this, I was actually thinking of trying yellow birch as the characteristics are similar to hard maple.
What qualities made you decide on red gum eucalyptus? I've been wanting to use to local north carolina woods in my boards for a while but haven't been able decide on one.
We mainly just chose it because it is a strong wood. I like to use the Wood Database to compare different species' material properties to maple: www.wood-database.com/wood-filter/ - I'd recommend finding something with similar properties to maple help you decide.
Just a question : why is your mold inverted into the press looking to others standards ?
Do you mean why is the male mold on bottom (rather than on top, like many others do)? If yes, the reason I set it up that way is because the female mold is much lighter and easier to maneuver - I can leave the heavier male mold on the bottom. I think other builders typically have their molds installed and aligned on the press. I prefer to keep my pressing setup flexible, so I did this by not attaching the molds to the press and using posts on the side of the molds to align them. I don't believe the orientation of the molds matters for pressing.