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he drawing of a skateboard Jack and I are going to make. In order to make the concave, the nose, and the tail we will also need to make a press. The press will be the most important and hardest part of the project, because we will need to use strong wood so it does not break when using it. We will also need to find the right kind of wood for the skateboard to make it strong. If we use regular plywood it will break.Two types of wood that we found were very strong and used in skateboards are Canadian Maple and Baltic Birch. Using the right glue will also be important to keep the layers of wood together. We will be using seven layers of wood to make it about 1.47mm thick. We want to make the skateboard around 8.5 inches wide and 32 inches long.
Here is a link to a site that looks really helpful. They are asking for a few different type of materials. We will need....
http://diyskate.com/mold_02.html
The PDF is found here: Shape 0 http://www.diyskate.com/pdf/zero.pdf
Shape 1: http://www.diyskate.com/pdf/one.pdf
Shape 2: http://www.diyskate.com/pdf/two.pdf
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