The Definitive Slide Gloves Thread

[DRok]

Well I scored out today. I picked up a cutting board of a good thickness for a dollar. Perks of working at KMart and finding back stock items no longer for sale. My buddy Derek's dad owns a glass shop so we can get some 1/2" lexan cut. Is this a good material to use for sliding pucks?

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Originally Posted by DRok

Well I scored out today. I picked up a cutting board of a good thickness for a dollar. Perks of working at KMart and finding back stock items no longer for sale. My buddy Derek's dad owns a glass shop so we can get some 1/2" lexan cut. Is this a good material to use for sliding pucks?

im pretty sure i scored today as well.

me and lakerzfan27 grabbed literrallly 25 three inch by three inch squares of corian from home depot for free

fa shizz

[lakerzfan27]

you dont have to consult with an employee and convince them your looking around for your mom
me and my friend went to home depot and took about 20-30 corian tablets without ease
there are drawers filled with them which are free samples to look at

[skeeterdechico]

Posted once before on a different thread but thought they fit good here.

I'm proud of these because they cost me under 13 dollars.

Leather gloves from Ross ----- $6
Industrial Strength Velcro ----- $5
Corian from Home Depot

3x3 palm pucks, 2x2 Fingers ----- Free
Hot Glue ----------- Practically Free, maybe cents

Hot Glued velcro to the gloves and corian so it's not going to fall apart. Hot glued the fingers together in a nice ninja turtle hand which I personally like.

http://www.silverfishlongboarding.co...ing-gloves.jpg

Sorry, having trouble uploading it. URL will have to work for now.

[pyromaniacman129]

Originally Posted by flyboy4life13

I just made these yesterday, i got some work gloves and a big roll of industrial strength velcro from walmart and i bought the little tile pieces from lowes for 2.99 for 12. So far they seem to work well for me, i havent used them much but my friend tried them and ripped off to of the tiles on one hand and i needed to to minor repairs, i think im going to sew the velcro to the glove so that dosent happen again. The pucks seem to be holding well, they are basically stone. Any opinions on how to make these better?

are those f ucking stone???!!!?!?!

[AnjewDang]

use a Pringles lid taped onto a glove

[Jesse Tighe]

hah stone and pringle lids why not just stick to chopping board

[[Ian]]

Originally Posted by AnjewDang

use a Pringles lid taped onto a glove

no.........

[Camel]

Made these last night, good supple leather that is double reinforced in some sections. The interior is lined with cotton, so it wicks away sweat. And my wrist guards will fit inside them. Industrial strength velcro and 2x2 Corian samples from HD. Couldn't find any of the 3x3's or 4x4's, guess I will just have to wait until they start building out the neighborhood behind mine to grab some scraps. I'll buy some Loaded slide gloves when I get good at it. But for now, I suck.

[Shankmaster Terri Schiavo]

Some people favor gluing or blow-torching your pucks onto the gloves but i'm a HUGE supporter of strong velcro because you can rotate and replace pucks much easier. I use corian samples for my palm-pucks and because of the way i put pressure on the gloves, the pucks wear unevenly (at an angle) instead of uniformly across the top. So what i've been doing is taking a marker and just drawing on the bottom of my pucks and after a few runs, i'll see what parts of the puck are sliding (b/c the ink is scraped off) and what parts aren't (where the marker still is). This is really helpful because I can tell at a glance how i need to rotate my puck to make the wear more evenly distributed.

[Lovesauce]

Originally Posted by Camel

Made these last night, good supple leather that is double reinforced in some sections. The interior is lined with cotton, so it wicks away sweat. And my wrist guards will fit inside them. Industrial strength velcro and 2x2 Corian samples from HD. Couldn't find any of the 3x3's or 4x4's, guess I will just have to wait until they start building out the neighborhood behind mine to grab some scraps. I'll buy some Loaded slide gloves when I get good at it. But for now, I suck.

What did you use to divide the single piece of corian for the thumb pucks?

[Camel]

Originally Posted by Lovesauce

What did you use to divide the single piece of corian for the thumb pucks?

A band saw in my garage. You can cut the stuff with a hacksaw or jigsaw if needed.

[Alademuerte]

My first try at slide gloves. My friend and I each made a hand since we only had 8 pieces total.

I went with a left to try out since most parking garages are left turns around here. Used 3 Corian pieces, they use o be dark gray. Just sanded the backs down and used Shoe Goo to attach them right to the glove.
(Wal-Mart cards for Shoe Goo! They carded me, I was like "Why am I being carded for glue!?" and they said kids like to get off of it. So I said "Sweet, just makes me wanna do it now." and they gave me the weirdest look, hahah).

[Alademuerte]

Originally Posted by Camel

Made these last night, good supple leather that is double reinforced in some sections. The interior is lined with cotton, so it wicks away sweat. And my wrist guards will fit inside them. Industrial strength velcro and 2x2 Corian samples from HD. Couldn't find any of the 3x3's or 4x4's, guess I will just have to wait until they start building out the neighborhood behind mine to grab some scraps. I'll buy some Loaded slide gloves when I get good at it. But for now, I suck.

You get 7 different pieces to make it look like your actually using them for the samples?

[his415]

Velcro is the #### on slide gloves.

1 try to attach cutting board with epoxy to the glove, remove the cutting board and you have a great base layer to attach the Velcro to the glove. I will stick to the epoxy but not the fabric.
Like so.

[Camel]

Originally Posted by Alademuerte

You get 7 different pieces to make it look like your actually using them for the samples?

Of course! I am an old guy. That is all they would ever think that I was using them for. Anyone seen bigger pucks at Lowe's?

[shugarhol1c]

1. do you gorilla glue the fingers together so it looks like a ninja turtle hand?(so you can put one corian tile on 2 fingers)

2. is a 2x2 corian sample too big for a thumb? or do i have to cut it into a smaller piece?

[Alademuerte]

Originally Posted by shugarhol1c

1. do you gorilla glue the fingers together so it looks like a ninja turtle hand?(so you can put one corian tile on 2 fingers)

2. is a 2x2 corian sample too big for a thumb? or do i have to cut it into a smaller piece?

1. I didnt glue the fingers together, I just went ahead and applied the Shoe Goo with the tile, and it works perfectly. I had my hand inside the glove to fill the fingers effectively when I did it so it fits comfortably.

2. You could probably get away with using a 2x2 for the thumb piece, but it would be overkill. I would definitely cut it in half with a bandsaw, or I used a dremel tool with a cutting wheel. Just line it up and make sure the place you put it is where your thumb will hit the ground. And be sure to bevel the edges so they dont get snagged up.
Though, I dont use a thumb piece... I dont really have a need, I just keep my thumb up.

[Alademuerte]

Originally Posted by Camel

Of course! I am an old guy. That is all they would ever think that I was using them for. Anyone seen bigger pucks at Lowe's?

How are those gloves working out for you? Do they actually fit well? Seems like the glove would slide around on the hand...

And the center piece working out for you? It's about the same placement as mine, and I would up tearing a whole through the bottom of my palm.... Sowed it and added a half.

I'll have to get a new pic to show how mine are doing.

[shugarhol1c]

Okay, heres my first attempt at making a glove, Glove=2 buks, Velcro=3 buks. so 5 buks. Tell me if thers anything wrong with it,like if I need a piece on the thumb...