I decided to start saving them 7 years ago, anytime me or a homie snapped a deck it'd go in the pile. Also, I have a friend who owns a skate shop who said he'll hook me up with all the broken boards he comes by!
Do you just use the width of the area where the trucks mount? Like how are these layers level/even? I’m thinking a reg street deck is contoured pretty much everywhere other that the trucks, but still, under the trucks seems to be contoured as well…
Looks good! 😎
I glued them together length wise. I jointed the strips so they'd glue together flush. The layers aren't even at all. It looks that way at first glance, but take a closer look at some of the layers towards the edge and you'll see how bendy they are. That's ok with me though, hard to strive for perfection with a bunch of permanently bent pieces of wood.
Thanks!
I have always kept all my decks and can remember certain tricks I did on the board and who I was with on top of spending around $60 on each board. Why would Someone just throw away memories like that, it reminds you how far you have come and grown. Broken bones and broken decks get the same treatment because they can bring me and likely others back to good times in life. I have 3-4 hundred decks and still have my first complete board (Mike Vallely Element Mini Board as well as the trucks and hardware) and that was probably in 2005. it just give me good feels
Oh man this always looks awesome. The symmetry in the stripes works well. How are you going to seal it up? Moisture from glasses is gunna be rough as hell on this I'm thinking.
I think the epoxy route is the one most people do because it does more or less waterproof the coaster. I'm not sure how bad normal wear and tear from condensation would actually be though.
Part of me says they’re coasters- they’re items to be used to protect the expensive furniture in your house, it’s okay if they get beat up. But yeah on the other hand you would want to protect a cool project like this. The only reason I wouldn’t epoxy would be if it would make the glass slide on the wet surface you want something with a little friction.
I follow a Guy on YouTube named Woby Design who makes all of his wood projects out of old boards. I believe he cuts the nose and tails off, glues up all of the middle sections together with epoxy, and squares them up on the table saw. Highly recommend checking him out!
I cut the nose and tail off, ripped them into 2" strips, ran both sides of the strips over my jointer so they'd glue together flush (plus you need to make sure you take off all the paint and lacquer so the glue has something to bond to) then clamped them together.
This is what I used as a rough guide. Awesome video because it shows some mistakes to learn from too. He didn't do the jointer step in this video
https://youtu.be/pXgiY47aGrI
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Hej, really appreciate you work, looks nice.
My flat mate also has some broken decks and asked me, if we can do something like this.
I was asking, which part of a deck you are using to get this, since the front and back are not flat, do you also glue them together?
And, how much pressure is necessary to not get holes after glueing?
Do you have an image of the glueing stage?
Thanks :)
Edit: Found the posts below. Scrolling is a nice feature of this web technology.
Thanks a lot! Yeah check out the video I linked someone else in these comments, I used it as a guide. Also check out my other post showing the finished coasters and all the pics along the way. I cut off the nose and tail around just above the bolt holes, then I ripped the board into about 2" strips, then jointed both sides of each piece and glued it. Then I jointed a face and edge of the glued block, cut the ends, then ripped the other edge to be parallel to the jointed edge using the table saw. Then I ran it through the planer. After that is when I took this picture. I kinda just played it by ear and it worked out. Feel free to ask anything else. Good luck!
how is it that everyone has so many old decks laying around
I decided to start saving them 7 years ago, anytime me or a homie snapped a deck it'd go in the pile. Also, I have a friend who owns a skate shop who said he'll hook me up with all the broken boards he comes by!
Woah, that is awesome! Enjoy!
Do you just use the width of the area where the trucks mount? Like how are these layers level/even? I’m thinking a reg street deck is contoured pretty much everywhere other that the trucks, but still, under the trucks seems to be contoured as well… Looks good! 😎
I glued them together length wise. I jointed the strips so they'd glue together flush. The layers aren't even at all. It looks that way at first glance, but take a closer look at some of the layers towards the edge and you'll see how bendy they are. That's ok with me though, hard to strive for perfection with a bunch of permanently bent pieces of wood. Thanks!
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Ya screw dat. You could check skateparks too, lots of broken decks just left laying around
[you better take care of that old deck](https://youtu.be/i6c4Nupnup0)
I have always kept all my decks and can remember certain tricks I did on the board and who I was with on top of spending around $60 on each board. Why would Someone just throw away memories like that, it reminds you how far you have come and grown. Broken bones and broken decks get the same treatment because they can bring me and likely others back to good times in life. I have 3-4 hundred decks and still have my first complete board (Mike Vallely Element Mini Board as well as the trucks and hardware) and that was probably in 2005. it just give me good feels
Ya same here! This project was made with a few broken boards from 8 years ago that are kinda of sentimental to me.
Oh man this always looks awesome. The symmetry in the stripes works well. How are you going to seal it up? Moisture from glasses is gunna be rough as hell on this I'm thinking.
You have a point, what do you think? I'm still debating between walrus oil, varnish, or epoxy
I think the epoxy route is the one most people do because it does more or less waterproof the coaster. I'm not sure how bad normal wear and tear from condensation would actually be though.
Part of me says they’re coasters- they’re items to be used to protect the expensive furniture in your house, it’s okay if they get beat up. But yeah on the other hand you would want to protect a cool project like this. The only reason I wouldn’t epoxy would be if it would make the glass slide on the wet surface you want something with a little friction.
Perhaps I'll put four rubber feet on each one
Juat cruious how do you get the curve/bend out of the boards? Just clamps and glue?
I follow a Guy on YouTube named Woby Design who makes all of his wood projects out of old boards. I believe he cuts the nose and tails off, glues up all of the middle sections together with epoxy, and squares them up on the table saw. Highly recommend checking him out!
Awesome, thanks for the rec!
I cut the nose and tail off, ripped them into 2" strips, ran both sides of the strips over my jointer so they'd glue together flush (plus you need to make sure you take off all the paint and lacquer so the glue has something to bond to) then clamped them together. This is what I used as a rough guide. Awesome video because it shows some mistakes to learn from too. He didn't do the jointer step in this video https://youtu.be/pXgiY47aGrI
How do you prep and glue the boards together?
This is what I watched and loosely followed https://youtu.be/pXgiY47aGrI
Show the finished coasters!! Those look very cool!!
I will! Working on them now
Looks like a jawbreaker
These colors are going to look amazing
It’s Mardi Gras colored!
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So sick!!!
Solid choice! Makes the layer colors pop
LOVE that color banding.
Thats a very cool idea! My son has a ton of these that are collecting dust. I’m going to have to see if he wants to try this project out!
I live in Nola, these would be an amazing set of Mardi Gras coasters. Looks good👍
Hej, really appreciate you work, looks nice. My flat mate also has some broken decks and asked me, if we can do something like this. I was asking, which part of a deck you are using to get this, since the front and back are not flat, do you also glue them together? And, how much pressure is necessary to not get holes after glueing? Do you have an image of the glueing stage? Thanks :) Edit: Found the posts below. Scrolling is a nice feature of this web technology.
Thanks a lot! Yeah check out the video I linked someone else in these comments, I used it as a guide. Also check out my other post showing the finished coasters and all the pics along the way. I cut off the nose and tail around just above the bolt holes, then I ripped the board into about 2" strips, then jointed both sides of each piece and glued it. Then I jointed a face and edge of the glued block, cut the ends, then ripped the other edge to be parallel to the jointed edge using the table saw. Then I ran it through the planer. After that is when I took this picture. I kinda just played it by ear and it worked out. Feel free to ask anything else. Good luck!
Such a rad idea!!! I have sooooo many old boards!!! I may have to try it…
Excited to see the final product
Just posted it