Is there any benefit to having the board ride lower to the ground
Stability, at the cost of clearance. With an abs enclosure, not worth while IMHO.
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besides the obvious, it feels really weird having a board really high off the ground
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What would be too high?
It’s purely personal preference. I like to be as low as possible.
Whats considered a normal hight, if there even is one
I like the bottom of my deck to be about a soda can high. It gets sketchy if you go taller than a white claw can. Dependent on wheel choice, though. Bigger tires add height to the whole board, but without added space between the deck and hanger, it isn’t as noticeable of a difference.
Lower the better usually, a higher ride is normally because the parts demand the height, otherwise go as low as you can get away with.
Caveat: don’t go too low if your enclosure isn’t sturdy
You’ll run over a rock and tear a hole in it.
I still have nightmares about 'tiller enclosures
Ok so I am have problems with my deck its starting to delaminat and it geting little hair line cracks. So I think I am going to need a new one. Does anyone have suggestions on a good deck for a street board. Hopefully one thats not too expensive and that has a enclosure that I can buy for it (can be from 2 differentsealers). I have some wood glue and plan on fixing the deck but I dont know how safe its to do that .
Switchblade is very similar to yours. @hummieee has his decks, which are also similar and popular. I’ve got 33~ inch cruisers for days.
Is there a cad file out there somewhere to cnc a press to make a switchblade 40. My school has a cnc machine.
Lmao I don’t really think that there is an exact CAD file for someone to clone a proprietary design
Thats a faire point.
If you we’re to clone a switchblade, you might not want it exact anyways. Increased concave on the corners to avoid wheelbite would be a major improvement.
The plan was to maybe make a deck and then buy the enclosure for the switchblade. I dont know if im going to do that its kinda expensive and Im spending way more then I would have liked to begin with.
welcome to diy world
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Im thinking maybe getting a bustin deck. Are they any good?