Skateboard Deck Up-cycle Artwork

Brother In Law was throwing out a couple of old Skateboard Decks. Shame we weren’t able to get the full deck into the Glowforge and had to cut it in half.

A second underwater themed deck is lasering now. Let me know if you want to see it when it’s done :slight_smile:

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I’m sure it’ll be awesome like this one is. I like it!

Looking forward to seeing the next one too.

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Turned out great, what are the boards made from? do any tests for chlorine?

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They seemed to be made of out some sort of plywood. Did the copper wire test on a few parts, all good :slight_smile: thanks for the concern!

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I used 1/8" Baltic Birch to do a Passthrough engrave that I glued to the board and routered the profile. Effectively just one more layer (well 3 plies) on the board.

The boards I was using had compound curves to the surface so I soaked the Birch in a bathtub for a couple of hours and then clamped to the skateboard with a dozen or so spring clamps. I put 1/4" dowels clamped down crosswise to get the BB to conform to the board shape.

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Jelly! We don’t have the pass through. But I love the idea of soaking the board to flatten it out :slight_smile:

Nice!

Looking forward to seeing the under water design you’re working on.