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A glossary of terms relating to board building.
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| Baltic Birch | Baltic Birch is a plywood made from solid birch hardwood, typically from Eastern Europe. It is popular with furniture builders for its high strength, ease of manufacturing, and attractive faces. Deck builders like it for the same reason. Baltic Birch plywood comes in various thicknesses, made from thin plies. 1/4" thick is usually 5 plies. 1/8" thick is usually 3 plies. It is usually sold in 5 foot by 5 foot sheets at lumber yards dealing in finer hardwoods. Home improvement stores do not carry Baltic Birch. |
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| camber (also cambre) | describes the arch midpoint on a skateboard deck between the nose and tail (the opposite of a rocker). a variation of which is the \"s-cambre\" where the deck slopes downward past the rear truck (rocker) before arching upward about three quarters towards the nose of the deck. [i]also see contour, rocker[/i] |
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| contour | in skateboard building the contour denotes variations in elevation of the skateboard platform. kick (nose and tail), concave, convex (and/or rolled edges), rocker and camber (also cambre) and variations thereof refer to changes in the decks surface elevation and therefore indicative of contour. |
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| Element | Board building elements are specific features of a board that together define the overall characteristics of a deck. Examples of elements are:
Kick tails - the length of deck extending from the outside edge of a truck baseplate to the tip of the skateboard.
Concave - the downward curvature of the board deck perpendicular to the length of the board
Rocker - the downward arc of the board over the length
Camber - the upward arc of the board over the length
Transition - the point at which elements meet for instance, the point at the outside edges of the deck where the concave flattens out and moves to the kick tail |
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| glue | the adhesive used to bond the schedule of laminates during the manufacturing process. variations of pva (polyvinyl acetate) and epoxy (two part) are generally employed for assembling a skateboard deck. |
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| Glue-up | The process of laminating and pressing Materials together with Glue/epoxy in order to form one solid board. |
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| Marquetry | The sawing of images, both lifelike and abstract, with a hand saw or scroll saw then gluing those pieces back into a field somewhat like a puzzle. |
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| Parquetry | The use of geometric shapes like squares and triangles that are cut and then re-glued together to create a pattern. |
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| Routed patterns | Utilizing shaped plywood fences coupled with several bushings to join edges that are not straight. |
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| String Inlay | A thin line of contrasting wood either straight or curved that is usually done with a router and small router bit. |
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| Stringer | A stringer or stringers are reinforcements that run over the length of a board. Stringers are typically an internal feature however finished boards may be tuned for desired flex by the addition of external stringers. Stringers may be constructed of any material - wood, plastic, metal, composite, and may be constructed in a variety of methods though most commonly by horizontal or vertical lamination of veneer or composite strips. |
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| Template | a tool used to trace the outside edge or shape of a skateboard. most often made of a flat material upon which a deck design\'s curvature is cut into. common usage is to have a template of only one side of the deck, by flipping the template over an outline can be obtained with both sides the exact mirror of the other. |
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| Vacuum Lamination | also known as vacuum bagging. A vacuum bag is a bag made of strong and resilient material, open at one end, and used to bond or laminate materials. The item to be laminated is placed inside the bag, the open end is sealed, and air is drawn out with a vacuum pump. As a result, uniform pressure approaching one atmosphere is applied to the surfaces of the object inside the bag, holding parts together while the adhesive cures. The entire bag may be placed in a temperature-controlled environment and gently heated to accelerate curing. |
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