Manufacturing Processes Class Assignment:
1. Make a skateboard using techniques learned in class.
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Laser engraving the face veneer:
Finished deck with gold leaf and a satin polyurethane finish:
In my Manufacturing Processes class we each get to make a skateboard deck!
We start with thin sheets of wood veneer.
Then we cut the veneer into 7 rectangles that are each a little bit larger than the final dimensions of our skateboard.
Next we stack 7 layers together with the grain going long ways for sheets 1, 2, 4, 6 & 7, and short ways for sheet 3 & 5.
Working quickly, we use a brayer to apply glue between each layer.
The glued veneer is then placed on a waxed MDF mold that Glenwood made earlier with the CNC.
The mold & veneer both go into a vacuum bag for about 4 hours.
The rough skateboard comes out of the vacuum bag and is surprisingly strong!
We stack them together to continue drying.
We cut out the deck with a router and drill holes for the trucks.
Glenwood got us some nicer looking veneer for the graphics on the bottom.
These are the first round of ideas for the graphic on the bottom. I'm probably going to engrave the graphic with the laser cutter.
