Not a Launcher.... But Cool Nonetheless!

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Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:18 pm

This is what I've been doing over the weekend! It was raining and ugly, so I stayed inside and made this:
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A mini-board! It's almost 20" long, made from 3/8" solid ABS sheet. This shot only really shows the grip tape and red paint.
A mini-board! It's almost 20" long, made from 3/8" solid ABS sheet. This shot only really shows the grip tape and red paint.
The tail's a bit high, the wheels aren't very red or clear in the picture, but who cares. <br />You can also see the 1/2&amp;quot; risers I put on.
The tail's a bit high, the wheels aren't very red or clear in the picture, but who cares.
You can also see the 1/2&quot; risers I put on.
The bottom of the board, painted with a couple coats of blue, then random black and red stripes. The ABS was very flexible so I made a transbeam from brass, felt, and oak.
The bottom of the board, painted with a couple coats of blue, then random black and red stripes. The ABS was very flexible so I made a transbeam from brass, felt, and oak.
This thing looks very bad ass and you know it!
This thing looks very bad ass and you know it!
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hi
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Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:29 pm

that is pretty cool. can you ride it like a normal board? where did you get the ABS sheet?
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Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:02 am

Nice job, looks good. Did you bend the ABS sheet or cut and glue it for the angled part?
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Mon Oct 15, 2007 2:32 am

Thats cool. I want to get into longboarding 8)
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iPaintball
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Mon Oct 15, 2007 5:38 am

Sweet! Can you ollie on it?
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bob-a-lu
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Mon Oct 15, 2007 9:07 am

thats really cool i skate too. do you have any other boards?
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Mon Oct 15, 2007 2:54 pm

Put some sort of rocket engine on it :P
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Mon Oct 15, 2007 9:17 pm

hi wrote:that is pretty cool. can you ride it like a normal board? where did you get the ABS sheet?
It's just like a normal board; just smaller. I can fit like 1 1/2 of my feet on it, but it's still fine. I got the ABS sheet from Tap Plastics. They're all over California, check their website.
Killjoy wrote:Did you bend the ABS sheet or cut and glue it for the angled part?
I heated it and bent it.
iPaintball wrote:Sweet! Can you ollie on it?
About 3/4," if that counts! I started skating like a week and a half ago (don't worry, I'm not some lame ass punk rock skater kid) and my friends are sick of lending me their boards.
bob-a-lu wrote:thats really cool i skate too. do you have any other boards?
Nope.
psykix wrote:Put some sort of rocket engine on it
Been there, done that... Just not with something this nice.
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