Still working on the particulars of the geometry…
The weight isn’t really a factor for me, I already have a light board 
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This looks awesome. Any shots from underneath?
Belly shot just for @ducktaperules 
And here’s an adjustment to the links in a desperate attempt to satisfy @kook
(I know I need some spacers on the shaft there but I’ll get to that later…)
EDIT: Just realized a fuckup in 2nd pic… the tabs on the hanger are supposed to face the other way 
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Not esk8 related, but that’s my workhorse.
Fucking beermats and island keychains.
Could be an inspiration.
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I’ve been meaning to do a video on the 3 link trucks for over a year now.
Not that I’m an expert on them, but I could lay out some of the basic concepts to make it more approachable.
I’ll try and finally get that done, would really like to see more people experimenting with them.
I think they have insane potential.
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Is this your channel?
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Yes.
Its been kinda dead lately unfortunately.
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Yeah love the videos
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Think your channel is one of the things that brought me back to skateboarding whist at uni. Would love to hear your thoughts on 3 link trucks.
Pitter patter.
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I did some simulation on the frame and trucks today, and the results are promising so far.
Frame itself is good to around 350 lbs, with the weakest area being the crossbar directly over the truck pivots.
The hanger itself is also pretty strong, and shouldn’t bend till around 400 ish lbs.
The total weight of the frame is currently estimated at about 18 lbs but I’m currently working on optimizing the parts to reduce that, as well as reinforce a few weak points.
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I’d honestly love to hear what you have to say about 3-link trucks!
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So I decided to start my project from scratch because this extrusion is overkill and weighs a ton. Here is what I want to use instead:
The CF rods would be covered in epoxy and slid into the holes in all four corners of the extrusion. I would slide these to the center as that would be the weakest point. This should greatly reduce the weight of the spine of the board while allowing me to say “…carbon fiber reinforced aluminum spine…”
OPTION 2
Use this instead for a thinner enclosure (45mm vs 50):
This would only require one 10mm CF rod, saving me money and weight.
Thoughts?
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Trying to work out how big to make a new battery pack.
I know 12s12p should be achievable. my thinking is that with 21700 40T I should be able to get similar capacity with only 12s9p. but how big is that?
Turns out its huge.
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It’s actually fine that way, but once you add an enclosure it’s too much 
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Trying to make a mold for the board that I’m making. Planning to CNC it and use kydex to thermal form the enclosure. Really want that locroix but no money. Thanks for coming to my TEDtalk
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Do you design the deck and can make a mold from that?
I designed the deck based on the canvas found online but I don’t think it’s even close to the real deck so I changed my technique and approach. What you saw in the earlier post as just the bottom curvature of the deck with a wooden block that hugs the curvature of the deck (picture below).
Here are my other iterations of the enclosure
Mountain board I designed.
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Anyone got a cad file for MBS matrix II trucks?
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I dont have a CAD file sorry