kraffft work

[kraffft]

Let's see what happens..

This isn't about money.

It's not about what people think.

We're alive.. Let's see what we can make happen.

[streetheap]

Let's see what happens..

This isn't about money.

It's not about what people think.

We're alive.. Let's see what we can make happen.

Agreed. That's an excellent attitude. Have a great day!

[mcgoon]

oooohhhhhhkay. IS this one of those "inside" SF things?

[Wells]

Krafft werk?

[kraffft]

Maker Faire:

Been making a lot of different skateboards since this past April. On Saturday I showed some of em off at this street festival in Providence. Good times, real relaxed vibe, nice to hang out with a lot of 6-12 year olds for a change, as well as a lot of makers of all kinds. All the boards got ridden and people had astute things to say about each board which was sweet.



Free shlong services:

Something I've done a lot of is converting shortboards into longboards in various ways, often as a way to set up friends with something to ride for cheap.

For the time being I'm only offering things for local pickup. To start things off I'm offering free shortboard conversions. You provide the parts and/or I can sell you parts at cost. I can give you a hand with the tools or do the conversion for you, in whatever style ya like.

Here's one from this morning, double drop shlong set up with Kryptonics 130mm trucks and Gravity Super G 72mm 74a offset wheels.

This was directly inspired by this post here:

Has anyone ever tried making one of these drop through? That would be cool.

Standing platform is 25" inclucing a slight ~2" upturn on either end that cradles your feet nicely, and lets you know where your feet are without looking.


The ride height is real nice for pushing, but you need pretty slim slide gloves to grab the board at all, and you definitely have to watch out for your feet dragging on the ground or rubbing the wheels.


Street deck originally from Fountain Of Youth skate shop in Providence:


It happens to stand on end, which is always nice on a board with no kicktail and for my height it's a good length for carrying like a cane:


Overall, it's a little small for my taste (I'm 6' 2", size 13 shoe) but I bet it would be perfect for a kid or someone closer to 5 feet.

I'm going to try to post little videos of all the boards I've made:

YouTube - Double Drop Shlongboard Test Ride...

The conversion job took about an hour and the video shoot, edit, and write-up took about 2 hours.

[SoFlo]

I've been thinking about making a campus cruiser out of a street deck like that for a while now! I think I'd probably top mount it, but still, those pictures provide a great jumping point! Thanks man.

And here's a little bit of teh funnie for the thread

[kraffft]

Sweet man, that's most likely going to be the main purpose of this thread.. sharing ideas, sharing stoke.

In general you all should feel free to go crazy in here..
-Constructive/violent criticism.
-Ideas for experiments.
-Lolcats.
-The hardest questions you can think of.
-Total nerd out, nerd-a-thon, nerdyness.
-Brainstorming.
-Sharing links or news of innovative weirdness.
-Other vendors/manufactureres are welcome to post (it's discouraged in the Vendor & Manufacturer Guidelines sticky).
-Try to pay me to ???!
-Push all the limits..


More amateur hardcore shlong pron:

"The tattoo board", double shlong lap joint, screwed and glued:
This was one of the first couple longboards I built, and has held up as one of the best rides. It's seen a ton of use. (Scavenged no-name sideset outdoor rollerskate wheels).

The higher half is the front, and it's set up so the front trucks have more turn. The deck is leveled with an extra riser, and it works out nice because the front of a board always needs more room to prevent wheelbite.


Stretch double kick shlong:
This was the first board I "sold". My friend and I worked on it together. It's drilled in multiple spots to try out different board lengths and wheelbases. 22$ for the complete. She's been riding it a lot and is getting pretty good!




Topmount shlong tip:
If you don't want the inherent wedging of a standard shlong, or you prefer topmount over dropped, use lots of (angled) risers. This'll also tend to alleviate any need for cutouts or wheel wells while still having a reasonably low ride.


And a couple reposts:

Extra long shlong, w/ metal plate reinforcement and sloppily routed wheel wells (my first):

Didn't like the wheelbase on it at the time so I tried this crude drop experiment. Turned out to be one of the most dangerous and awkward boards I've made (as measured by the number of times I got pitched off the thing).


Standard shlong w/ doubled rollerblade wheels:



Most skateshops throw out tons of used shortboard decks. The pop will wear out on a kids deck so they'll buy a new one and leave the old one at the store. Plenty of snapped decks too. Go in and buy some bearings and ask about em.

And here's a fast shortboard that I threw together for a neighbor yesterday. I don't usually put any effort into style.. but I enjoyed doing the silver and black thing here:

[PopeSeanV]

love your #### man. real diy.

[scratch]

Mr Kraft...
I have been looking forward to this... it should be fun

[kraffft]

Here's something I've been looking forward to for a while:

Skate wing:

Finally came across some suitable bamboo. Thrown together with some duct tape and nylon in half an hour.. very encouraging initial test. First in a series of experiments with using muscle power to increase speed when going too fast to push/pump.

YouTube - Skate wing: first test 9/24/09

[Delta]

that's baller as hell dude. i like where this is going

[streetheap]

That's pretty awesome

[afi1014]

this is very interesting....awesome work
im curious where did you get all the skateboard?

[endzone_bob]

...
Most skateshops throw out tons of used shortboard decks. The pop will wear out on a kids deck so they'll buy a new one and leave the old one at the store. Plenty of snapped decks too. Go in and buy some bearings and ask about em.

this is very interesting....awesome work
im curious where did you get all the skateboard?

10readthewholethreads

[afi1014]

10readthewholethreads

it didnt say where he get it...

[Dancer]

-Lolcats.

[scratch]

I knew this was gonna be good.... skatewing! Har, fantastic! you are a legit mad scientist! ... make two and attach them to your arms please!

[kraffft]

make two and attach them to your arms please!

Like deez?

YouTube - Skate wings: v2 9/24/09

Rough specs on the two different designs:
-Single fin: <3 lbs, ~12sqft surface area.
-Wings: <1lb each, ~9sqft total surface area.

[king edward]

Krafft werk?

Kraftwerk! My thoughts exactly. What would the electronic music scene in Germany be like with out these dudes? Guess the fourth guy musta been taking the photo.

Keep the ball rolling on those wings dude!

[streetheap]

Incredible. That may be the best skate video I've ever seen. I just watched it like 10 times in a row. More! More! More!
Don't fly too near the sun Icarus!