Hello
I’m trying to do something while I’m locked down.
I have an useless deck that I would like to turn into a short kicktail board.
Is there a way to bend an existing deck to add a kicktail?
If not, any way to add a kicktail?
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only way I saw someone do this is by gluing/screwing a tail to the deck.
Bending the deck after is has fully cured will not be possible.
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If you do attempt, soak the deck in warm water for a while before hand and bend in small increments in a vice, letting it dry between big steps.
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To add to that, heat will also help soften the glue and make it easier.
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Thanks gonna try hot water , we’ll see where it goes!
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The best would be to have a mold to clamp the board to when it dries, to get its shape
Hot water, not just warm, perhaps not boiling but close should be good
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Sure, I’ll clamp the hell out of it
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Alternatively to a mold, you could clamp to a bench and hang weight off the end you want to bend.
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@longhairedboy loves his wood conditioner on his veneers
but bending plies that have already been bonded together with wood glue? not so sure
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Hmmmm… Louboard?
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Heat and water? I don’t know man this is also the recipe to delaminate plywood. If it wasn’t plys laminated, steam or hot water bending would be a good choice but on plys, it is risky.
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Oooh that’s a really good point to consider
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Who made that killdozer like deck by cutting out another deck? Maybe try that?
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I am not aware of any practical way of bending a premade deck… but I’ve added a kicktail to a flat deck before by glueing a block of wood to the tail of a deck and then grinding it down with an angle grinder fitted with a flap disk. It looked kind of like the NeoOne deck.
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That’s what I did there too, time will tell if it holds up.
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Looks really good. Fiberglass it and I bet it will work just fine.
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Fiberglass is a good idea afterwards like tomiboi said. I guess it mainly depends on your weight, use (terrain and vibrations) and such before it would break. I would be worried about de-lamination and fatigue of the layers… but I also don’t make decks. If it’s just a kick tail, it should be just fine seeing as that’s mostly cosmetic.
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Cut up everything and see if it works. and If it works, heroic Macgiver. If not, you scienced one for the team.
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I have a feeling that any heat/steam/water enough to bend the laminated veneers would compromise the veneer layer bonds…
EDIT… like others have mentioned…
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