A while ago I bought a @hummieee Factory Sample (if I understood correctly this is one of the early Hummies) deck from @moon. It came with a single stack enclosure from @BigBen.
Not gonna lie, it was in bad shape. I’ve put it aside and forgot about it. While cleaning some stuff I have stumbled upon it again and decided that a deck with such a legendary status in esk8 world should be given another life.
This is a story of reviving a piece of electric skate history 
How it looked like when I got it:
It had a few issues, the deck itself has been shaved a bit so the loop key and charging port could fit in, also the threaded inserts was in bad shape.
I have removed everything, filled it with epoxy, wait to cure and of course level it flush with a lot of sanding…
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Next step was to apply skin to the deck and enclosure. My first time doing the fabric on enclosure, it came up much better than expected.
Since this is a bottom side of the deck, scratches are inevitable, so I went with matte finish. This is by far the most labor intense part of this journey so far. 320 roughness sandpaper, then 1000 and 2000. last 2 was done by hand.
Threaded inserts are next to be done, I have added one more screw on all sides so the raster of the holes would change. That way I will be drilling into the fresh wood instead of risking to drill into the old holes filled with epoxy. Also I got a little creative using the laser to align the holes better:
I found this method as absolutely easiest and most precise for inserting threaded inserts so far.
With that done, bottom side is finished. Once I am done with the top side, I’ll do a round or two of additional sanding to make it blend better.
Stay tuned for the upper side of the deck. I have a really fun idea that I will be trying to accomplish in the following days.
