@tomiboi any chance of making the deathtoll deck a little longer in the rear to accommodate under-mounting the motors on 3links?
Is your deck from before or after the length change? How long is that one?
The short version of those mounts would have been fine. I had the ones in your pics, I just chopped them down.
i’m pretty sure this was right around when you were about to start making them longer. i think i recall you saying that you’d increase the length a little work better on the 3links.
Does it say the length on the side?
i think it might actually say 43 on there but when i measured it, it was closer to 45. do you measure from tip to tip or the deck holes?
Tip to tip.
i’ll measure it again sometime this weekend.
just measured it, it’s 43.5 so the new deck should be good
For the first deck that I’m going to make with my new press, I’m going to do V2 of a deck that I already prototyped with my vacuum press. It’s a big, fat kicktail, but it will still have a smallish mold. This will make the mold cheaper and faster to make, which is perfect because I will probably botch the first attempt.
The deck is about 38" long and 11.25" wide. For V2 I’m increasing the angle of the of the kicktail by 15 degrees, which is pretty significant. The idea is to give better support during acceleration. This deck could be ridden as is, but it could also be used with brackets.
The first enclosure that I’m going to make for it is going to be a single stack. I’ll push it out to the edges and really try to take advantage of the width of the deck. I’d like to make sure that there is room to mount motors under the deck, so I’m going to keep that in mind as I figure the length of the enclosure
I have the mold designed. I’m hoping to get it on CNC this week. I’m excited to use the press and get a prototype made 
Would a 2.5"-2.75" drop deck be doable? I was thinking something like the Odashi with bigger drop.
Yes, that can be done. A mold would have to be made for it, but it can be done.
I’m also happy to drop-cut the Odashi. That’ll get you 1/2” closer to the ground.
I’ll definitely consider it. Would the same standing platform to truck mounting point be possible with such a big drop?
Not the biggest fan of drop through but nice to have that option.
I should be able to keep the dimensions the same, or at least similar.
I’m finally getting caught up after the holidays and had a chance to do some experiments with my new press. I recently designed and fabricated a mold for a big-fat kicktail deck and I just made some presses of it.
In addition to transitioning over to hydraulic pressing, I’m also working on adding thick fiberglass base-layers during the pressing process. This consolidates some steps and helps to create a really strong bond between the deck and the fiberglass.
For the fiberglass baselayer I’m using either 18oz biaxial or 23oz triaxial cloth. These two materials are commonly used to make snowboards, but I’ve seen them pop up on a lot of skaetboards/eboards lately. I wanted to give them a shot on my decks. Both cloths are substantially thicker than the 6-10oz woven cloth that I have been using. They should allow me to reduce the amount of bamboo used making a thinner/lighter deck. I’m still going to use 6-10 oz woven cloth on the top though, because it has better optics. The finer cloth is harder to see over the finish.
Here’s a mold that I just finished for making Odachi V2. I’m evolving the contours a little from the original design and making the mold modular. When I’m done you should be able to chose between 1.75" drop, 0.5" drop, 7.5 degree nose/tail split-angle or any combination of those. There will also be new, bigger enclosures for more batteries and what not.
Hi friends, I’m using the 2nd hub I ordered. I think I need to add a spacer or a shim washer. Does anyone know where I can buy it?
