Toothless Press

[powaylongboarder2]

Anyone made a toothless press or something similar?? if so... how thick did you make each rib and other details... ex was it hard or easy etc

[meaningoflife]

I just finished making my first press. I used 3/4" plywood all the way around and had my ribs spaced at 3" each. It has taken me 1.5 days of sporatic work to complete it. I wouldn't say it's hard but I wouldnt say its easy either. It's really a learning experience and you know that the next press you build will be better. The more time and thought you put into the first one, will save some time down the road. The press I made has 1/2" of concave, 1.5" of camber, and a nice flowing kicktail. 48" long and 10" wide but the final decks probably will not be 10", rather 8-9". Good luck to you and yours.

[CrisVA]

I made mine with a oak plywood base and poplar struts, 4 inches apart.

It's easy to make, you just have to be consistant with things like the curve in the slats. It took me about 5 hours to make mine, but I have experience in woodworking and lots of tools.

[meaningoflife]

heres some pics of mine:

[haole haole]

hot damn! that is gonna be one sweet board. i wish i was still up there. well, good luck on the boards. cant wait to see the finished product.

[tofman]

bloody hell!!! that looks like a porcupine made of clamps!!!
ever though of making te base and top wider using a bolt and nut like technique?
looks sweet though. bet the boards coming out of that will be sweet too.

[tomcat360]

do you think that the wood press would be strong enough to put in a shop press between two steel plates?

[tomcat360]

wait a tick....does that have a spine running down the middle?

[THOR-ONE]

yeah. i looked at the first pic of your press (meaning of life) and was like....phhh six clamps aint gonna do anything.......the next pic shut me up good.

someone in your family an avid woodworker or what? cause thats a serious amount of clamps

[meaningoflife]

For the last ten years, all my dad asked for Christmans was jorgensen clamps haha.

[brainfartalerts]

clamp-a-palooza!!
Include a linear component to box in your mold.
We should talk.

[Bushman]

thats a lot of clamps! but good on ya for equal clamping pressure!!! nice setup

[lettucefresh]

Sick press... but if you're a normal person and don't subsidize the clamp industry, you might want to try some 3/8 inch all thread with nuts instead.

[meaningoflife]

We actually have twice as many clamps as shown in the pictures, they are an absolute neccessity for building fine furniture....and building longboards if applicable.

[Sideburnt]

nice setup, what i'd do for some workshop space right now, my latest place is lame for press cutting and shaping. Although I did get myself a remel, should leave a nice fine layer of dust everywhere.

Just out of interest how much of that camber are you going to lose once its out the press, it looks like about a 4" camber maybe lose half?

[strictly carved]

So what kind of plywood is there any prefrence or something, im real new to this also.

[THOR-ONE]

So what kind of plywood is there any prefrence or something, im real new to this also.

check the sticky posts and USE the search function.
not to be a bum, but that is the most commonly discussed topic, and most people are sick of responding to it, so instead you will find faster better results using search

[tomcat360]

ive always been kinda shy to ask this- on the search is there a way to search just topics? I found a spot to change it to topic and text, or just text.

[Loki440]

ive always been kinda shy to ask this- on the search is there a way to search just topics? I found a spot to change it to topic and text, or just text.

no, but some forums do allow you too