18-02-2012, 04:26 PM
Id been planing on making a 'scene toy' for a while and seeing Sam and Decs StanceBoard Project here <!-- l --><a class="postlink-local" href="http://www.306oc.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=1637" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">viewtopic.php?f=20&t=1637</a><!-- l --> I decided Id knock out my own.
I had a cheap skateboard in my garage anyway so I went out to buy some bolts. I was going to use coach bolts to improve the ground clearance but I didnt want to countersink the board for the step so i ended up buying M6 x 100mm Roofing Bolts. These are less tan £2 for a pack of 10 out of screwfix. I also got some nylock nuts too. Roofing bolts are dome headed bolts like coach bolts but they dont have the step and they have a slot in the top for a screwdriver.
Anyway went home and marked up the board which is a ball ache to do accurately as its curved and my ruler isnt. Anyway, got it roughly marked up for the cuts and made 4 cuts in to a 'measured' depth down each side. I then drilled a row of holes to do the third side and wiggled the bit side to side to break the bits between the holes then snapped the last bit off.
I sat the boards trucks on the deck and realised the wheels didnt touch the workbench. Arse! So I dug out my spare set of trucks that had better clearance underneath and the wheels touched the bench.
I bolted it up for a test and it rolled but it was bloody close on the bench. Put it on the floor and hopped on and low and behold it was sitting on the heads of the bolts.
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Gonna have to get myself a set of long board wheels.
Anyway I took it apart and started straightening up my cuts using some sort of rasp thing that I found in the workbench and it had a set of teeth down one side.
Long story short I have a massive gash across the top of my finger and my fingernail is cut in half. It is the worst pain I have felt in years, Ill admit i did scream and I was close to crying it was that painful. I might have to go hospital and get it stiched.
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However I have finished with the file and sticker bombed the underside.
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Gonna do something to protect the underside like a PVA clear coat or clear sticky back plastic.
Cant wait to get it finished.
I had a cheap skateboard in my garage anyway so I went out to buy some bolts. I was going to use coach bolts to improve the ground clearance but I didnt want to countersink the board for the step so i ended up buying M6 x 100mm Roofing Bolts. These are less tan £2 for a pack of 10 out of screwfix. I also got some nylock nuts too. Roofing bolts are dome headed bolts like coach bolts but they dont have the step and they have a slot in the top for a screwdriver.
Anyway went home and marked up the board which is a ball ache to do accurately as its curved and my ruler isnt. Anyway, got it roughly marked up for the cuts and made 4 cuts in to a 'measured' depth down each side. I then drilled a row of holes to do the third side and wiggled the bit side to side to break the bits between the holes then snapped the last bit off.
I sat the boards trucks on the deck and realised the wheels didnt touch the workbench. Arse! So I dug out my spare set of trucks that had better clearance underneath and the wheels touched the bench.
I bolted it up for a test and it rolled but it was bloody close on the bench. Put it on the floor and hopped on and low and behold it was sitting on the heads of the bolts.
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[attachment=2]
Gonna have to get myself a set of long board wheels.
Anyway I took it apart and started straightening up my cuts using some sort of rasp thing that I found in the workbench and it had a set of teeth down one side.
Long story short I have a massive gash across the top of my finger and my fingernail is cut in half. It is the worst pain I have felt in years, Ill admit i did scream and I was close to crying it was that painful. I might have to go hospital and get it stiched.
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However I have finished with the file and sticker bombed the underside.
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Gonna do something to protect the underside like a PVA clear coat or clear sticky back plastic.
Cant wait to get it finished.
