It’s been way too long since ive just gone out for a casual rip… I’ve gone all out on a dedicated raceboard thats way too low and a dedicated mountainboard that’s built for jumps with a small battery, so im left depraved of bombing the city streets on weekends. With summer coming up i thought it was high time to get a cruiser up and running.
I snagged this deck that legends @davidbonde and @Mbrady collaborated on earlier this year and its been a journey to make its way to Australia, but its finally here! Very impressed with the quality and shape of this deck. Clearly a lot of thought was put into it, so thank you guys!
I’m either going to repurpose my boundmotor enclosure when i strip my raceboard apart (for a new raceboard build ) or i will attempt to make a fibreglass enclosure. The latter may be the more entertaining option as im sure ill absolutely butcher it. Should be fun!
The other interesting parts going on this build are the meepo 3 link trucks. They’ve sent out replacement axles, which I am currently in the process of swapping over. First impressions of the trucks are positive. I’m impressed with the overall quality and notably the hardware thats included. All the tolerances are perfect and despite my constant re-adjustments of settings the hardware is holding up very nicely. I was expecting to snap at least a couple of bolt heads by now, but everything seems solid. Looking forward to seeing how they handle and more importantly how they hold up over time
The remainder of the build is not so interesting unfortunately. I have a bunch of spare parts that are just sitting here, so I will use those first and replace as they age/break. Im repurposing a few things from my first raceboard:
12s6p p42 moli pack
Dv6 (this will probably be the first thing i upgrade)
2x 6375 190kv reachers (probably the 2nd items to upgrade)
One thing i still havent decided on is the drivetrain. I have some spare stooge open gears i could install, or i could keep it stealth and go belts… pros and cons to both, but i think im leaning to belts for this one
Yeah enclosed gear drives could definitely be the long term option down the line. Planning to use up as many spare parts as possible while still keeping the build somewhat clean and presentable. I cant let the pile of spare esk8 parts grow any higher!
As for the enclosure, I had a thought last night of possibly using my concept/designs for the aluminium / 3DP top box enclosures and making a semi segmented under mount enclosure. Similar to @glyphiks step bro undermount enclosure.
I will likely have a spare set of BN-M1at gear drives spare soonish if you’re interested, am swapping over to the newbee drives when I upgrade trucks. I’m east coast Au
Nylon gears getting chewed out by the steel motor gear. Happened a few times. As soon as a bit of the nylon chipped and got caught up it chewed the other gears out.
In fairness Newbee were pretty good to deal with and replaced the damaged parts each time.
But it’s been 12months of problems.
I also decided to dive into a fibreglass enclosure. This should be fun. I’m going to take the trucks off, make a replica battery out of a chunk of timber and maybe angle the front and rear a bit to give it some shape. I was planning on wrapping the deck and “battery” with plastic film and then fibreglassing my enclosure over that, to get the deck profile right. Is this a good way to go about it or are there some better methods out there? @CannoliRoller, @sugandese, @JeffyJ@glyphiks i know you guys have done this sort of thinf before and might have some handy tips
Nice dude, definitely a handy skill to have. My process was pretty messy and relied a lot on lots of sanding and refinishing but it gets the job done. @CannoliRoller has a nice female mold which is a lot easier to get a nice repeatable result off the bat but it takes a bit more work to setup initially.
Foam is nice and easy to shape for a one off mold. Bunnings has that blue stuff but I found it didn’t file or sand down very nicely. If you can bin dive some of that cream foil backed insulation stuff from site, I found it a lot easier to work with. It’s also the right thickness for a double stack.
I just taped my deck with cloth tape, put the foam in place and shaped it with a rasp and sanding blocks.
Once I had the foam shaped, I just taped it up with duct tape and started slapping the glass on. I found chopped strand easy to work with once you wet it down but I think you want some of the cloth stuff in there for strength.
Bunnings also has polyester resin/fibreglass kits that have most of what you need. I built the enclosure for my thane board with just one of those 50 dollar kits.
@me_ashman vac bags his and gets good results with one off foam molds. I haven’t tried it yet, I just go ham with the orbital sander and flap discs but for some weird reason I enjoy it.
Qcel makes that sanding and filling a lot easier, you can slap it on like you’re icing a cake
Cheers, theres a clear coat on there currently. I will likely just add a grip design at the feet and keep most the natural timber visible like a couple of other builds ive seen around using this deck
) or i will attempt to make a fibreglass enclosure. The latter may be the more entertaining option as im sure ill absolutely butcher it. Should be fun!
