Does anybody know how to make a longboard?

You lost me Greg, what is a longboard?

-- Life is good.

Sorry I wasn’t more clear, it’s basically a big skate board. here’s a picture I ripped off from google.

-- Greg P, Washington State, http://heirloomfurniture.weebly.com/

Seems pretty straight forward to me. I Have never made one but I would venture to guess that the wood, would be the most critical part. Something somewhat flexible or resilient to stress. You may need to form it concave/convex to gain the flexibility. I don’t know really I am just throwing Crap out there. I looked up LongboardLarry online they make theirs out of Baltic Birch, if you call them they may give you some advice not sure how open they are. Good Luck. sorry no real help.

I’m also interested – for my Grandson.

Wonder how a plain old piece of Baltic Birch with some wheels attached would work? I’ve never seen one up close, but they don’t appear to have any curve.

-- Joe

If you are talking surf board.. Jack Young has plans that look promising

http://www.woodsurfboardplans.com/

-- Kyle Edwards, http://www.sawmillnc.com, Iron Station , NC (near Charlotte)

Now I am all about looking into these Check this one out, you can see it has a bit of a curve to it.

Here is a good site http://www.diyskate.com also http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-a-Longboard/ Been thinking of doing one for my nephew.

-- Russ

except for cutting a tree down and rip it in to long bords (sorry had to do it….....LOL)

if you click on projectpages and goes back around a week or so there was one who
posted two beautyfull longbords (don´t remember who) Pm him and ask how to do :-)
they were lightbrown with a lady on in wenier

Dennis

I would cut it out of BB. Build a jig with a slight arch in it. Soak it in hot water for about 30 minutes.Slip it in the jig and let it dry.

-- Life is good.

Found about 51 videos on the following google search: how to make your own longboard

http://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+make+your+own+longboard&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=T0s&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=v&source=univ&tbs=vid:1&tbo=u&ei=SPRjTKf_BMehnQf4zozMDw&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CCgQqwQwAw

EDIT: looks like a few are related to surfing, but still some decent ones about skating longboards

-- Always keep a stash of band-aids in your workshop!

Thanks a bunch Boyneskibum – I’ll be looking at them.

-- Joe

>how to make a long board<
Well . . . lets see . . . you get a seed for the kinda wood ya want.
Put it in some dirt.
Watch it very carefully for like a hundred or two hundred years . . .
: )

-- jsdnnoanybtr but you can call me jr