Found a good way to use a logs edge wood! Longboards

[brookpederson]

I've been experimenting with solid wood longboards for a year and a half now. And i seem to be having some succses using the first few flat sawn cuts (2") before a cant is achieved, to make longboards.
Allot of our slash wood from a timberking 1220 goes to the firewood pile, so i started cutting it at 5/8" to 3/4" and drying it to achieve a small amount of cupping. The cupping imatates the concave in a plywood board.

They seem to hold up amazingly well, i was worried about cracking around or through the truck mount holes. But by using flat sawn opposed to a more quartersawn board seems to be key> We'll see how they hold up 5 years plus though:monkey:
Anyone else ever made longboards, surfboards, skies or snowboards?? I know in hawaii it's pretty common.

 

[betterbuilt]

nice work.

 

[ChainsawmanXX]

I've been experimenting with solid wood longboards for a year and a half now. And i seem to be having some succses using the first few flat sawn cuts (2") before a cant is achieved, to make longboards.
Allot of our slash wood from a timberking 1220 goes to the firewood pile, so i started cutting it at 5/8" to 3/4" and drying it to achieve a small amount of cupping. The cupping imatates the concave in a plywood board.

They seem to hold up amazingly well, i was worried about cracking around or through the truck mount holes. But by using flat sawn opposed to a more quartersawn board seems to be key> We'll see how they hold up 5 years plus though:monkey:
Anyone else ever made longboards, surfboards, skies or snowboards?? I know in hawaii it's pretty common.

Quarter sawn does seem to be the best in all acpects? But it is alittle more time consuming am I right?

 

[betterbuilt]

Unless you have a nice big log, quarter sawing usually is not worth the effort. I guess I like a challenge.

 

[betterbuilt]

This guy bought the wood for this long board from me.

Flatwater SUP

 

[jimdad07]

Great work. I like the table under that one board.

 

[820wards]

This guy bought the wood for this long board from me.

Flatwater SUP

Cool looking board. I'll have to show this to my son and then he'll want one. Thanks for sharing the pic's.

jerry-

 

[LAndrews]

At first, I was thinking surfboard...and then the word 'trucks' had me a bit confused and finally I noticed 'Minnesota'...

Was going to say, I've heard of people paddling out on a log but that's just RIDICULOUS. :hmm3grin2orange:

Nice work, BTW. Pretty wood too.

 

[brookpederson]

Quarter sawn does seem to be the best in all acpects? But it is alittle more time consuming am I right?

I've found that using the flat sawn outer edges is allot like plywood, the grain stacks down through the board>in layers like ply and every skateboard or longboard i've ever seen has been made out of plywood. I 've been wondering if there as a reason for that or if ply is just cheeper for the mass markets?

 

[brookpederson]

At first, I was thinking surfboard...and then the word 'trucks' had me a bit confused and finally I noticed 'Minnesota'...

Was going to say, I've heard of people paddling out on a log but that's just RIDICULOUS. :hmm3grin2orange:

Nice work, BTW. Pretty wood too.

I've seen that in the grizzly tool catalog they have kits for surfboards and i was thinking about making one> But i'd have to bring it to lake supiror and hope for a big wind LOL

 

[lumberjackchef]

Being a lifetime skater this has to be the greatest idea for the wastewood from milling that I've seen to date! Major COOL! Now I'm probably going to have to make a few for myself. Thanks for the excellent pics.
Rep has been given!

 

[brookpederson]

Being a lifetime skater this has to be the greatest idea for the wastewood from milling that I've seen to date! Major COOL! Now I'm probably going to have to make a few for myself. Thanks for the excellent pics.
Rep has been given!

Thanks, post some pics if you make anything> The possibilities are endless, shapes, size, spiecies. I've even heard of guys using old waterskies.
Good luck

 

[betterbuilt]

Cool looking board. I'll have to show this to my son and then he'll want one. Thanks for sharing the pic's.

jerry-

Hey thanks for the rep. The pictures in the link are on a local lake near Ithaca, NY.

 

[820wards]

Hey thanks for the rep. The pictures in the link are on a local lake near Ithaca, NY.

I showed my son who was a heavy skate boarder when he was younger and he want's me to make him a long board like the one you made. What wood did you use?

Here is a picture of Chris when he worked for a company called GoPed. He raced for their team and in this picture he was doing a demonstration at a local race track. He was jumping over a car with the GoPed we souped up for him. This GoPed would do 55mph easily.

jerry-

 

[betterbuilt]

I showed my son who was a heavy skate boarder when he was younger and he want's me to make him a long board like the one you made. What wood did you use?

Here is a picture of Chris when he worked for a company called GoPed. He raced for their team and in this picture he was doing a demonstration at a local race track. He was jumping over a car with the GoPed we souped up for him. This GoPed would do 55mph easily.

jerry-

Nice jump. wow.

brookpederson made the long boards in this post. I just posted his pics.


I didn't make the long surf board in the link. I sold some basswood to the guy that makes them. He seems to like it because its light and pretty stable.

 

[brookpederson]

I showed my son who was a heavy skate boarder when he was younger and he want's me to make him a long board like the one you made. What wood did you use?

jerry-

Thats a cool pic_ So far i've used American elm, Red elm, Ash, Hackberry, Walnut, cherry and mulberry. I like Elm the best, it's so strigy and tough yet also retains alot of it's flexability, but the walnut ones look the best.

 

[820wards]

Thats a cool pic_ So far i've used American elm, Red elm, Ash, Hackberry, Walnut, cherry and mulberry. I like Elm the best, it's so strigy and tough yet also retains alot of it's flexability, but the walnut ones look the best.

Brook,

I have some Elm drying right now and should be ready early next year. Thanks for the info.

jerry-

 

[Brmorgan]

I've found that using the flat sawn outer edges is allot like plywood, the grain stacks down through the board>in layers like ply and every skateboard or longboard i've ever seen has been made out of plywood. I 've been wondering if there as a reason for that or if ply is just cheeper for the mass markets?

The advantage of plywood is that it has excellent flexibility, and the grain alternates direction with each layer, preventing a small crack from quickly becoming a huge end-to-end split.

Those are some really nice looking boards though!