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[Marleyfan1101]

have you tried making a deck for sliding, as in a deck sized slide puck that's used like a snowboard? It could be a product wasting fail but it could be interesting.

[speshlspeclsteak]

they actually make the bottoms of skis and snowboards out thin sheets of umhw

[Marleyfan1101]

but imagine a thick sturdy deck...

[livehard365]

have you tried making a deck for sliding, as in a deck sized slide puck that's used like a snowboard? It could be a product wasting fail but it could be interesting.

I have tried that. you slide for a quick minute but then just stop due to all the force you are putting on the puck. However It worked great when it was raining you slide forever. but it was still very hard to navigate.

[luftywaffles]

they actually make the bottoms of skis and snowboards out thin sheets of umhw

or delrin on the bottom of skis?

Skiiing on pavement?

[Marleyfan1101]

or delrin on the bottom of skis?

Skiiing on pavement?

Or you could put a roller blade wheels on the front and back of each ski.

[Wolfin]

Or you could put a roller blade wheels on the front and back of each ski.

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Roller-skiing?

[Kenny_Ledesma]

Roller-skiing?

Fix'd it for ya

[B-Boy Megatron]

simpsons did it.

[speshlspeclsteak]

or delrin on the bottom of skis?

nah im pretty sure its all umhw cus it absorbs wax better and lasts longer
if you could make a delrin base and the same stuff applied tho it would be biblicly fast

[luftywaffles]

i don't think skis with rollerblade wheels on the bottom (rollerblades) would be as great of an imitation of skiiing...

[Wolfin]

i don't think skis with rollerblade wheels on the bottom (rollerblades) would be as great of an imitation of skiiing...

No, but it's a good substitute. Cross-country/marathon skiiers are into it 'cause it helps them work on their stride.

[kraffft]

Kraffft, help me D:
I have a new truck design idea.. it intrigues me, but I have no way of testing it because I don't have a CNC machine or the ability to cast metal.. Do you have any advice?

Depends what you have for tools.. Aluminum can be cut with woodworking tools. Plastic and wood can work fine for prototypes, also modifying exiting trucks/parts can work.

Casting can also be done crudely.. but is generally only worth the time if you are making a good amount.

..deck sized slide puck that's used like a snowboard?
..worked great when it was raining you slide forever. but it was still very hard to navigate.
Skiiing on pavement?

I'm sure this whole family of ideas is possible.. it's just a challenge of figuring out some materials that'll work well. or there could be some other approaches..

The sideways grip is the hard part.. lots of things slide..

There must be a metal that's corner won't dent or chip when dragged across pavement..

Have steel bristles oriented like hair almost parallel to the ground.. sliding one way, gripping the other.. or something like a cheese grater or fish scales..

How could you give a hovercraft sideways grip?

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been working too much.. might get a break in a couple days.

[Wolfin]

How could you give a hovercraft sideways grip?

Some sort of air foil? Otherwise you have to apply a force in the opposite direction. (I guess I mean a UFO-hovercraft type thing)

[Sk8rGirl]

Just found this thread and read the whole thing, I like your style Kraffft.

[kraffft]

Been riding the skate car more.. it's actually very fun if you have the right space.. a big empty parking lot with a good hill.. Getting some speed while the car is in neutral feels a lot better than with gas. It really feels like a skateboard.. the biggest difference being the full suspension, and the bounciness that it gives. Just been riding it always with at least one hand grabbing the deck.

Otherwise not skating much.. can't spare the energy or afford to get hurt while doing construction work.

Though I did tune up a couple shortboards for the 7yo son of one of my clients.. and skated with him and his friend for a bit.. Pretty refreshing how creative they were with coming up with tricks and names for them.. no inhibition or judgementalism.. but you definitely need a lot of patience for all the attention they need.

Hung a door, demolished a wall, put openings in three other walls, re-routed some electric, did a bunch of framing, sheetrock, plastering and finish carpentry, cleaning up all those edges.. building a bathroom this week, maybe a quick deck repair job if there's any good weather..

I could do that type of work indefinitely.. It's enjoyable, and pays well. There's always work, and you can focus on less physically demanding skills as you get old.

It might be what I end up doing.. especially if I can keep it very part time indefinitely.. but there's some discrepancies there that I can't ignore, making the conventional jobs that much harder.. Getting paid so much to spend significant amounts of time realizing the whims of the financially secure.. when I know how much more I could be doing with that time.

So I'm going to figure out a way to get paid to be an independent inventor full time.. in the style that you've seen here.. all open-source.. no patents or licensing.. no limits.

That's what's next.

[kraffft]

This looks like a quick half pipe someone built in an abandoned building.. must've taken around four hours not including time to gather and transport materials. More of a plywood ditch than a halfpipe.. fun for carving.





Nine sheets of 1/2" plywood (though one surface sheet is missing..) one piece cut into strips to join the 6 seams from underneath. 16 pallets, and a bunch of drywall screws.. taking advantage of the existing structure, with a short pallet wall behind one side against 3 columns..

That pole is kind of in the way, since you'd want to be able to carve in an arc from the bottom corner of one quarter pipe to the other.

If you didn't care about the wood floor, and had a circular saw, you could cut a 'V' groove for the plywood to sit in at the bottom of each quarter pipe, eliminating the need for transitional material. Or you could try plastering the whole thing with 10 or 20 gallons of latex reinforced driveway patch. or various other 'plastics' that wouldn't crack in a thin layer.


This was a collaborative project with my friend Jess:



It's kind of an obscure food experiment. There's whole milk yogurt with cream top (I think the fat separates out naturally if they don't add a stabilizer).. and if you eat the cream top by itself instead of stirring it in.. it's pretty delicious.

So the idea was to try making ice cream out of only the cream top.. Sort of an extremely high fat frozen yogurt.. or cultured ice cream..

I made a container of yogurt that was all cream top.. which took 14 containers of yogurt.. and Jess made ice cream out of half of it, using an ice cream maker, saving the other half for future experiments.

It's pretty insanely delicious. As close to all fat that you can get and still have it freeze. It leaves a fatty film on your mouth similar to some other decadent things.. like frosting or overly buttery pastries..

Next up would be chocolate ice cream top.

[Kevin in Edmonton]

Dayum! Some crazy stuff man

Make a board shaped like a Christmas tree.

[Wolfin]

Dayum! Some crazy stuff man

Make a board out of a Christmas tree.

Fixed that for ya ;D

[Delta]

skate a kinara! skate a kinara!!