Anyone used a skate deck for an eboard?

Lol better off prob having one made for you…

Find a cabinet maker :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

The guy who made the 55 in longboard is a cabinet maker by trade

Lol, any bet it would be more expensive here haha. We need more variety

@VladPomogaev This is Vlad’s build

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Yeah, NZ is a bloody long way from just about everywhere. I’d personally grab a used board from trademe.co.nz and spent a few hours cleaning it up. Provided the board is structurally sound, most wood boards clean up nicely.

Source: Kiwi living in Oz.

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Hasn’t been anything good on. I was thinking about getting a nice jet spud or potato longboard from aus :slight_smile:

@Michaelinvegas @lowGuido after trying so many sketchy mini cruiser decks I won’t do anything under 20" wheelbase on decks 30" and under for 90mm wheels.

Oh but the fun in riding it a low speed… It really is a challenge

Nobody does it cause we are so concerned abt getting speed…

Did a rip session a few weeks ago for a few miles…great work out

Word, I think I’m gonna try this regular skate deck with trucks on the kicktails thing. I have an old school sector 9 lying around.

For sure it is def a fun time…

Caving at low speed and being able to turn on a dime…

Almost didn’t miss the speed

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I did it guys. It works!

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“This guy on instructables” would be @VladPomogaev Very great work, I really love the way it’s all planned out and documented one step at a time

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it’s late and not done, but just finished sanding a 33x10 old school style deck i’m settig up for a buddy of mine. Moved the WB back a bit and putting the front truck on nose/angle.

Here it is yesterday as i was prepping to lay down the top CF:

and lots of sanding:

CF laid by hand isn’t perfect, so sanding and will add a quick clearcoat for UV and give it some wet/shine to look nicer.

GL!

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Thank you everyone for the advice, after consideration I decided to get this… http://www.extremeskates.com.au/longboards/longboard-deck/jet-mr-potato Not a skateboard but very similar to @RunPlayBacks spud deck which looks awesome. A skate deck would have been a bit wild for me I think. I have been commuting with a longboard for a while but this will be my first eboard so wanted something a bit more stable. Can’t wait to go for a ride. Just need to wait now :-/ maybe a skate deck will be in the future :slight_smile:

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Might only work with hubs with rotated mounts because I don’t think it works on enertion mounts… It only works when you flip a truck backwards in that way you can’t ride it. Flip it the normal way and you mounts are way to close to the ground

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that looks sweet with the all black deck :slight_smile: yeah you’re right, this may be most viable for hubs because of that crazy angle. have you tried pushing around with it?

Thanks! It’s a cheap 20 dollar deck off amazon cuz I wanted to try this for myself lol. I tried pushing it around but it doesn’t turn as it is. I might just put my hubs on this maybe…

try it…it’s super fun. I rode around all day in the city with this setup and really enjoyed it

Haha I’m jealous now I wish the geometry worked out and it worked with zero modification… I’ll work on it more later. I could get mounts that flip which I think are only TB mounts and psycho mounts

And the best bonus feature? It can stand up on it’s own :slight_smile:

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What parts did you use? Motor mount? Regular skate trucks? Im planning on building an electric trick deck. Any info would be great. thanks