dh board

[60wrestler]

this weekend im going to get some baltic burch and i wanted to know if 8 ply s was enough for a drop down downhill board

[mooseboy]

are you gonna take some sheets and laminate them? im gonna build a drop down dh board but i dont know if 2 sheets of 1/4" BB is enough.

[60wrestler]

are you gonna take some sheets and laminate them? im gonna build a drop down dh board but i dont know if 2 sheets of 1/4" BB is enough.

yea im gonna press 2 4ply shets of bb together

[mooseboy]

sweet. how much is it going to drop down?

[bluewoodboarder]

yea im gonna press 2 4ply shets of bb together

As far as i know the 1/4 BB will be much too stiff to press into the large bends dropped boards such as the Evo have. I'm going to start building drop deck speedboards and I will be using about 10ply of 1/16th inch maple veneer. I'm buying a TAP and probably a couple sets of veneer from them to make the board.

I could be wrong but from my research and limited experience I think you will need thinner wood to get the bends and more plys to get the stiffness. But all this depends on your weight and how extreme of a shape you are going for.

NOTE: I've built 4 boards using 1/4 inch BB. One was a 59" dancer (3 x 1/4") completely flat besides a slight rocker. The next was a 47" pintail with camber (3 x 1/4") then 2 shaped somewhat like the dervish with drop through and camber. Each of those were 2 pieces of quarter inch.

[mooseboy]

how would the flex be for me? im thinking of using two sheets of 1/4". my boards only gonna drop down about and inch, i wanna make it small. im 5'4 and i only weigh about 105.