homemade dancers?

[Jorelle]

heres mine



go with some 180mm trucks and 70mm wheels. something kinda slidy might be good for shuvits

I am digging this one as my favorite by far. The shape looks lovely, symmetrical, and has plenty of nose and tail to work with. What's the specs?

[Californiaman]

I have been riding it. I'm just now learning to ride, it's my first board, so i'm not doing anything to sketchy. I wear Addidas Goodyear car racing high tops and they seem to grip the board pretty good, even with a few coats of wax on it. But I am going to put on a couple strips of clear grip along the insides of the white strips.

well good work that is an amazing finish! wish i had your patience... mine is looking nothing like that! next time...

[Cann0n]

Nice hand print, its a pretty creative idea!

Thanks! I made the board out of a plank of cedar wood. Not the best material, but it worked like a champ until I tried to make it a drop through.

[Californiaman]

Instead of making a mold/press has anyone ever considered just sanding a piece of normal plywood to give it concave plus it would look cool youd be able to see the diffrent plys.

I'm going to try that today. keep an eye open, ill post some photos. think it is going to be a long hard days work though...

i have just finished sanding through some layers shaping my board. seems to hae worked really well. A little difficult to get it even though, but it was a small project to keep busy. now just to get some grip and some paint and we are off! stoked!

[sniper1rfa]

New to this whole thing, but i like making stuff:

Here's mine (this is version 3.0). Not really a dancer (i use it for cruising and carving), but big and nice:





It's 52" long with a 42" wheelbase. I designed it to be just short enough to fit in my subaru's hatch sideways. The current version is 1/2" BB (9 ply) with 3 ply 6oz. on both sides. Pretty flexible - if my edges touch down too much while carving i'm going to laminate a couple hardwood stringers on, then get to work on another board (probably hardwood laminations, a little thinner board, and some carbon/kevlar and fiberglass) with some rocker.

Sorry about the crappy pics, it's raining out right now and i finished it this morning. Junk lighting, and the camera is terrible in lowlight.


This is version 2.0:




And version 1:





Version 1.5 (variant P) and version 2.5 (variant J) are with friends...

[Californiaman]

New to this whole thing, but i like making stuff:

Here's mine (this is version 3.0). Not really a dancer (i use it for cruising and carving), but big and nice:





It's 52" long with a 42" wheelbase. I designed it to be just short enough to fit in my subaru's hatch sideways. The current version is 1/2" BB (9 ply) with 3 ply 6oz. on both sides. Pretty flexible - if my edges touch down too much while carving i'm going to laminate a couple hardwood stringers on, then get to work on another board (probably hardwood laminations, a little thinner board, and some carbon/kevlar and fiberglass) with some rocker.

Sorry about the crappy pics, it's raining out right now and i finished it this morning. Junk lighting, and the camera is terrible in lowlight.


This is version 2.0:




And version 1:





Version 1.5 (variant P) and version 2.5 (variant J) are with friends...

Nice work! What trucks are you using? those are beautiful!

[sniper1rfa]

Original S8's on black springs, with S9 nineballs and some random bearings from somewhere. Need different wheels - the nineballs don't have nearly enough stick. The trucks make this an awesome cruiser - plenty of room to relax through town and enough turn to do a full circle in one lane.

The top board looks way nicer in person - the edges are stained an orangey tan color, and the shape of the board and wheel wells (they have more flavor than you can see) really stands out against the dark red top and bottom.

The other one we completed a couple days ago is on Original S10's - can't wait to ride it.


EDIT: here is a picture that shows the edge color:

[Californiaman]

I promised to put pics of what i'm busy doing: i build really low budget boards, little fun projects to keep me busy. This one is made from old shipping crates that were being tossed at work. roughly 1430mm (that is about 58")long and about 210mm wide (about 8,5") I have not had this one on the road yet. its the longest board i have ever owned super stoked to give it a go, just need to go and get some grip, thought I'd paint it yellow because it looks like a banana... it has about 50mm camber very slight concave under foot - i hate that flat feeling under my feet. i got the concave by sanding through some of the layers of ply (there are about 16 of about 1mm each) so its just over 1/2" thick and surprisingly light. i shaped the bottom rails a little as well feels nice when you hold it hoping to have it ready by sunday...
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[ATB Longboards]

I promised to put pics of what i'm busy doing: i build really low budget boards, little fun projects to keep me busy.

most of my deck i build usually end up being around 25-35 dollars for wood supplies and fiberglass cloth. i usually have plenty of resin. anything you or anyone else can recemend doing when making a dancer imma make one within the next week or so
44'' x 10''

[Californiaman]

most of my deck i build usually end up being around 25-35 dollars for wood supplies and fiberglass cloth. i usually have plenty of resin. anything you or anyone else can recemend doing when making a dancer imma make one within the next week or so
44'' x 10''

the banana as it is there cost me about 20 dollars just need to go get grip and paint now another roughly 30 dollars. In South Africa that is not small change... comes to about 350 rand.

[dtwood]

Here's my finished deck! I don't know if you would call it a dancer, but it's pretty long. If you right click on the pics and click on open link, it will make the pic bigger and in a better resolution.

Slick board, man. Just try not to put an eye out with that tail.

[ATB Longboards]

the banana as it is there cost me about 20 dollars just need to go get grip and paint now another roughly 30 dollars. In South Africa that is not small change... comes to about 350 rand.

dang man thats pretty steep how much are some average things there? like a loaf of bread haha

[Gs-boards]

my dancer, twintip and 59 inch long, 8.5 wide.
Setup with randall 150 and strikers 66mm in pic, now setup with randall 180 and zigzags.

[Californiaman]

dang man thats pretty steep how much are some average things there? like a loaf of bread haha

ok maybe i make it sound worse than it is, it just to cool to see prices for stuff that are only double figures. most things you guys get in the states are(seem) a lot cheaper. To get your prices to my currency i have to times by 8... :P but you just shop around and make creative plans and things still happen.

oh bread would be about 10 Rand that would make it just over a dollar for a loaf of bread. but lets rather talk skateboards... much more fun!

[BlackRider]

Finished!



This thread totally inspired me to build this beast. 60x9.5 with a 40 WB, 5/8th BB with 2 cross and nice flex under my 180lbs. Bit of camber across the WB and some concave in the middle towards the tail. It has a flat nose and a decent tail. I currently have Indy's on it because I haven't got anything else, but it still rides pretty nice with the bushing setup. With some Randals or Originals it would be killer.

OP, have you gotten your sander back from your creeper neighbor yet?

[danmorgan]

Shaping by sanding would take, literally forever, even with the most coarse paper. You need shaping tools, the electric kind. Then finish with sanding. Concaving plywood would look really cool, but the shaping process and the constant foot abuse might tear into the ply edges. And I think it would be hard to get a nice symetrical line around that last ply that is shaped through.

I have been adding concave to vlam boards using a tablesaw and an orbital sander. Start with blade height at concave depth, rip the board enough times to get your flat spot and then start incrementally raising/shifting the blade and just keep flipping the deck. It sounds like it would take forever but it really doesnt and its a good way to keep it all accurate. Not sure how it would do on plywood over time, but worth an experiment!

[al5598]

Here are some pics of the second board we made (My buddy's dancer). This board is 49" long with no concave and a little bit of camber at the front 2/3 of the board. I really like the feel of this homemade dancer as it has some really springy flex and a super carvy feel to it. Was really fun to press and shape and is a great conversation piece out on the streets.

Make one, you won't regret it.

What kind of wood is that made of? im looking into making one but not sure on what wood

[alecd978]

Anybody willing to custom design a homemade dancer for me? I wouldn't even know where to begin as far as making one myself. I'd really love to design one myself, just don't have the knowledge or resources on how to build a custom board.

[NeoPlus]

these are all epic

[NeoPlus]

Finished!



This thread totally inspired me to build this beast. 60x9.5 with a 40 WB, 5/8th BB with 2 cross and nice flex under my 180lbs. Bit of camber across the WB and some concave in the middle towards the tail. It has a flat nose and a decent tail. I currently have Indy's on it because I haven't got anything else, but it still rides pretty nice with the bushing setup. With some Randals or Originals it would be killer.

OP, have you gotten your sander back from your creeper neighbor yet?

Your pants are unzipped buddy