So today marks the beginning of my very first build. I am sure there are a lot of trials and tribulations to come but I’m excited to get this thing going.
Today was the form creation for my core as well as pouring the core out of 2 part high strength epoxy. Once this cures I’ll sand and prep and then attach and shape my custom battery enclosure. Then it all will get 2 layers of glass and 2 layers of blue carbon fiber. Then I’ll start making the 12s8p battery.
Yeah it’s gonna have some heft haha. Quite a bit of what you see will be sanded down and then I’ll mate my enclosure to it once I get it leveled and clean.
I actually wanted a flat board, I bought a drop down deck and wasn’t happy with how it felt under my feet with the curves etc plus my battery I’m making I wanted it to be under mount so I figured I’d just make my own instead and see how it goes. Worst case scenario I switch to a pre made board and learn a valuable lesson haha.
Thanks man! I’ll keep posting pics and such. Right now I’m working out how best to make my battery packs so I can start making that up while I wait for this thing to cure for the next few days before I start the wrap.
Partially to see what it would do, partially to increase rigidity in the board itself. I wanted to minimize flex in the board and have all my “give” in the tires and or suspension.
Originally I had an idea to embed LED lights in the core and leave masked areas to expose a design or something to light up but figured before I tried something that challenging design wise I should see if this method is even feasible.
A concave deck will be more rigid than a flat deck also. If you’re into science maybe a mould and deeper concave shape could be the way. Overall thicker structure made from a thinner (lighter) layer
Core layers still have a role and providing resistance to shear loads is important. Good connection between top and bottom laminations, blah blah blah. you’re straight in the deep end, it’s awesome
I was trying to avoid any concave shape, I don’t like the way it feels (maybe cause I was a snowboarder back in the day). Originally I was going to make a mould and layer plywood but ended up going this route thinking (wrongly it sounds like) that the core has more to do with overall rigidity. Good points man, thanks!
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