Love this build. Very inspiring
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I still don’t see any grip!! Do you just wear non-slip shoes? On metal deck, my nonslips are enough grip 95% of the time, and I’m thinking foam grip is the way. Metal decks transfer vibrations to your feet very well, and I’d like to counteract that.
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Consider this a like a concept board that runs and all. When I’m not just taking photos I apply some clear grip.
One day I will think of a much better solution and I’m open to ideas.
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Stippling! A huge pain to apply for such a large area but you’ll keep the pure steel aesthetic.
Or maybe some sort of steel mesh welded on top, that might be cool.
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Frit?
Epoxy doesn’t stick to stainless 
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Makes sense, I suppose it’s in the name
What about spar urethane? It worked on aluminum…
Alternatively you could go the route I saw this one guy do. Velcro over the entire lid > Velcro sheets of grip tape that you stick on. Would kill the cool metal look, but you could pick your grip out a drawer to match your outfit xD
You could also try a sheet of sorbothane over the top, reduces vibrations extremely well. Mostly used in music equipment but I think it has potential as a vibration dampening grip.
Oh and permabond makes an epoxy that’s specifically for stainless steel. Don’t think anyone’s used it for frit, ever, so definitely do some testing first, but I think that thing is in fact frittable 
I bet if you used steel frit it’d look pretty freakin cool.
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I would drill some holes on the foot stand area and screw in some spikes. This would support the cool all metal look instead of destroying it.
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Terrible idea but probably the coolest… Electromagnets.
Get some magnetic stuff in your shoes and get some powerful electro magnets.
It is a bad idea in all aspects, but cool factor 100
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The 3mm studs I use are as big as you’d want for grip. Any bigger - and they’d need to be bigger if they were bolt-ins or for welding - and they’ll only afford you less grip.
There are specialist adhesives for stainless but it’s doubtful that they’d withstand the sort of forces that they’d get exposed to.
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Mountain bike pedals use M3 machine screws threaded in from the back to grip shoes, it works amazing.
Maybe there’s a way to knurl the deck surface? Put it on a mill table and somehow get the knurler in the spindle?
Crosshatching with an angle grinder if all else fails?
Anyway this is def my favorite board I’ve seen this year.
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SHAMELESS BUMP
Vote for Cyboard for most DIY!
If you wanted @Flyboy to win the printer prize:
so vote for me for the DIY Category!! Hahaha
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Keeping in mind that this is a scam by Jackson to keep the printer in the city so he doesn’t need to pay international shipping, I will begrudgingly accept that CYBOARD is a worthy DIY contender and you should consider voting for it 
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Congrats jackson this looks cool. 
and why didn’t you bring this to maryhill for me to try… 
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Haha because it’s a massive pain in the ass to deal with , literally and figuratively 
I’ll have it available for carve pdx tho 
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I like how close the platform is to the center of the wheels. lower COG is something I really felt as a benefit on the stooge V5.
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Yeah, the stooge platform was a huge inspiration.
Don’t be surprised if I make a V2 of this deck
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