The wheel goes onto the truck, followed by a washer ring, and then a hex nut. The opposite side should mirror it:įor the wheels I ordered, I put a ball bearing (the red/back circle thing) into either side of the wheel: I used the skateboard tool to hold the hex nuts in place as you tighten the screws from the top of the board: I attached the trucks to each side like below onto the 4 screws: It included ball bearings, washers, trucks, and wheels: I ordered an inexpensive truck and wheel set from Amazon (and a skateboard tool). I used a sharp object to poke through the grip tape where the pre-drilled holes are: I took some of the scrap tape and used it to sand all the grip edges to make sure it was properly adhered too: Trimming all the way around the skateboard: I peeled the edges of the grip tape back up (the screwdriver will push them down) and used a sharp razor blade to trim along the scoring line: To get a clean edge on the grip tape I used a screwdriver and firmly rubbed the edge of the board all the way around to score the edge of the grip tape: (basically working from the center out to avoid air bubbles) ….and peeled the backing off of the other half and carefully pressed it into place. Using a little bit of painters tape I taped half of the grip down…. I laid both pieces of the grip tape on top of the board to make sure they were aligned correctly: I used a combination of a razor blade and a pair of scissors to cut out my grip tape design: Then flipped the parchment paper and pressed firmly so the ink would transfer onto the backing of the grip tape: To transfer my design to the back of the tape (in reverse) I drew my design onto parchment cooking paper using a highlighter: I purchased a heavy duty sheet of grip tape that would be easy to apply (I didn’t use the kind that came with the wheels and trucks). Once the design was finished I sprayed it with a gloss lacquer spray (I used Krylon Clear Gloss Lacquer): Next I filled in the design using black acrylic craft paint (I used Apple Barrel Brand) and a small detail brush:
(Note: I leaned the board up against a wall in a dark room and attached it to the wall with painters blue tape. To create the design I printed out the Choose Joy design that I use on t-shirts and used a Tracer projector (one of the best investments I’ve ever made) to enlarge the design to it could be easily traced.
You can buy blank boards from Amazon (this one is 8″): It rides pretty well! A custom skateboard would be a great Christmas gift or even an auction donation….or just hanging on the wall for a shelf or custom decor. My skateboarding skills are a little rusty…I think it’s been 25 years since I was on one: I just finished it up and took it out for a test run today. These cookies are used by the ZOPIM tool to enable live chat with customer support.Boo has been asking for a skateboard so I thought I’d make one for her using a blank board. Name of the cookie used by our module to remember the user's consent. It allows to save information such as currency, language, customer ID, among other data necessary for the proper functioning of the store. This is a cookie used by Prestashop to store information and keep the user's session open. These Cookies will only remain on your computer until you close your browser. On the website it is used to establish a user session and to pass state data through a temporary cookie, which is commonly known as a session cookie. The PHPSESSID cookie is native to PHP and allows websites to store serialized state data. Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the category to display their cookies in the cookie banner.
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