Unboxing my TAP (Thin Air Press) I ordered all my supplies from Roarockit and they arrived on Friday. I quickly had a chance to open them up and take a look inside the day the arrived. Today I got a chance to really dig in and take a look at what I received. For this … More Final Project (Part 2)
Patience Young Grasshopper So at the end of the last post for my cruiser build I was sent away to print off a perfectly symmetrical digitally designed template for my skateboard. I went to Adobe Illustrator and created an art board the dimensions of my laminated hardwood board. From there I added grid lines to … More The Hardwood Cruiser Build (Part 3)
AKA: WORKING ON MY PLANER FORM Skills required: Planing Planning Router Usage Ok. So I picked up another piece of red oak to add to my hardwood cruiser board. I added biscuits, glued it and let it sit overnight again. We added a couple of pieces of scrap wood and clamped them on the end … More The Hardwood Cruiser Build (Part 2)
For my final project in my DIY skateboard construction I’m going to build and shape 3 street style skateboard decks. Since the purpose of my project for Art 221 is to use my skills to create a 3 dimensional artwork a hand shaped skateboard may have been enough. However as I started thinking of the … More Final Project (Part 1)
Skills required: Biscuit joining, gluing, clamping, stencil design, stencil application, wood cutting, sanding, planing, drill pressing, wood finishing, staining, hardware attachment Current Skill Set: Gluing, clamping, stencil design, straight wood cutting, sanding, finishing, staining, hardware attachment New Skills to be Learned: Biscuit joining, stencil application, curved wood cutting (jigsaw/bandsaw), planing, drill pressing. So I have … More The Hardwood Cruiser Build (Part 1)
