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Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Skateboard Press

Now You have the mold, but how to press it?

At first I used the applejuice presses. They worked just super... for a while - the physical part was a bit stressing and a waste of energy. So I had to do something about it.




I was surfing around in the Internet and saw some kind of used skateboard manufacturing machinery sales page. I drew the construction of the skateboard press down on a paper and went with it to my father. He was kind enough to search the material and to start the welding. It took a few days before the construction was finished. Then I painted it red - it became The Big Red.










And here is the press with mold attached to it:

1 comment:

jonas debergh said...

Hi

I am wondering how much capacity your press is. And how manny tons you use to actually press the veneer to its form.

This information would be very helpfull.

Cincerelly jonas debergh