Vacuum Formed Enclosures For DIY Electric Skateboard Components

zool774 · September 21, 2015, 5:48am

that will look awesome!!! thanks again, email me if there is any problems or if you got any questions. Ill go with the payment soon. Good night

zool774 · September 21, 2015, 5:54am

DONE!!! thanks

psychotiller · September 27, 2015, 1:56am

zool774 · October 1, 2015, 8:36pm

Hi there Whats the tracking number?

psychotiller · October 1, 2015, 9:12pm

9405509699939292992437 says it’s been delivered.

sl33py · October 1, 2015, 10:49pm

Shiny! Looks good psycho!!

I may need to pick your brain at some point as my vacuum setup needs some tweaks…

exceptional work as always.

claudiofiore88 · October 1, 2015, 11:06pm

I definitely like the shiny look better. If I decide to order from @psychotiller, I’ll want the shiny side out. @psychotiller, how do you recommend attaching your enclosures to the board? Standard skateboard nuts and bolts? Screws? I’m sure you recommend a stiff board vs a more flexible board.

psychotiller · October 1, 2015, 11:10pm

Thanks! Let me know what you need to get it going!

psychotiller · October 1, 2015, 11:14pm

I’ve been using these really nice stainless button head wood screws lately. But, the most secure fool proof set up is going to be with t-nuts and screws. With t-nuts you end up with pre threaded holes and they stay threaded.

psychotiller · October 1, 2015, 11:23pm

What’s up @zool774? Did you get it?

zool774 · October 1, 2015, 11:26pm

not yet… post office in my area sucks big time they never delivered a single package in years and they leave the notice few days later lol. Ill get it tomorrow and let you know then

psychotiller · October 1, 2015, 11:38pm

I hate that. Happens at my house too. Said front porch on the notes.

longhairedboy · October 2, 2015, 4:29pm

That’s what I use on my box too. I really like them and of course they don’t rust and always stay great looking.

I agree about the t-nuts though. eventually wood screws will strip the hole and lose thier grip, so t-nuts and machine screws are the best long-term option.

@psychotiller let me know if you find a good source online for those. I’m going to need a bag of them eventually.

zool774 · October 2, 2015, 10:37pm

Hey I just picked up the enclosure from the post office… That’s AWESOME!!! that’s exacly what I needed, good job!!! Thanks again

psychotiller · October 3, 2015, 12:57am

I demand pics of your build!

zool774 · October 3, 2015, 1:21am

Ok, just give me few days, I got to put everything together, hopefully without any inconvenient, I’ll be done by next Friday. Also I’m planning to cover the enclosure with a nice 3d carbon fiber vinyl layer, lets see… Btw, I’ve seen on the chat above, you mentioned about getting t-nuts for the enclosure, I’ve been looking for them for a while, without any luck. I’m not really an expert on skateboard tweaks, so I was planning to just drill holes one the deck for some black Countersunk t-nuts, that would avoid the all removing and reapplying griptape, but is impossible to find them. Any suggestions where to find them or a better way?

lowGuido · October 3, 2015, 1:25am

I just mentioned clevis pins in the mounting thread, as another option

zool774 · October 3, 2015, 2:23am

Thanks for the heads up, I’ll look into those pins

torqueboards · October 3, 2015, 5:31am

https://www.boltdepot.com/T-Nuts_Stainless_steel_18-8.aspx

Why don’t you do what longhairedboy do and just spray them black

psychotiller · October 4, 2015, 8:25pm

Here’s a Version 2 of my original enclosure. It will hold up to 2 4s 10ah multistar packs or 2 6s compact 6s lipo packs. The big change is it will also hold 2 1/8 or 1/5 scale ESC’s!