Hello Guys. You may not remember me but my account name was
Ian-mountainboard on the old esk8 site. I had created a post claiming that I would be selling custom built mountainboard decks. For more info on the thread click here: https://www.electric-skateboard.builders/t/trampa-style-deck/82599/23
I had stated that I wanted to give it some time so that I could test the durability. While here we are about one year later and I can’t see any issued with deck. It has been ridden in snow, mud, water for about a year while having 2 1" holes drilled near the center of the deck for wiring. I weigh 180lbs and 4ply held me pretty well while still flexing to absorb shocks. I will be selling The decks as a spare-time job near the end of Augst. I am a CO-OP student so I am not sure how much time I will have to work on this but I’m hoping to keep up with the demand. the decks will be $140 Canadian. The deck will be coated with a layer of urethane on it in order to protect the wood. I am willing to paint them for an extra $30 That probably sounds expensive but they will be painted with hardened paint similar to what’s in a car.
If this is actually ian_mountaimboard then he is pretty legit, he told me in pm’s that he probably wouldn’t have a deck ready to sell for around a year if I ordered one since he was doing an extra year of high school or starting university (I forget)
Unless he took money from people and did not deliver, I see no problem.
As a matter of fact it shows that he actually put some miles on the deck before trying to sell it.
I can assure you that i haven’t accepted any orders. You are correct. I wanted to give it some time to test it because there would be many issues for me later on if the board started falling apart.
I will not be modifying the mold to add concave as i have tried this and the deck wasn’t as durable however i can make the deck just wood with no urethane and paint if you want
Considering that this is a MTB deck you can be almost certain there will be some failures.
I hope your calculations have taken this into consideration.