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Step 5Cutting, Sanding, Drilling
So the next day pop that baby out.
You will see the concave it now has, and you will see your design on top.
Don't be tempted to step on it, because it will give you a false reading of how flexy your board is. You will want to cut it out to know how it really feels.
Cutting:
So grab your jigsaw and start cutting.
Follow the line that you have drawn on the top piece of wood and try and cut it out nice and neatly. Once you have cut that out, feel free to do a stress test by putting some wood blocks or something where the trucks will go and standing on it. Dont do anything too crazy, don't want to break that board! Hopefully you are happy with how it feels.
Sanding:
Once it is cut out, grab your sander and sand the edges down until they are nice and smooth. If you go from rough sandpaper to smooth sandpaper it makes it very smooth
Feel free to sand wherever else your board is a bit rough.
Drilling:
So now you have your board all cut out and sanded smooth.
You should still have that center line on your board where you drew your template.
If you dont have that line, make one.
Grab the trucks you are going to use on your board, and line then up on the center line of your board, and place them depending on how much nose and tail you want. So if i wanted 2 inches of nose and tail, i would put the trucks 2 inches away from the nose and tail. Mark the holes down very carefully, you don't want to be off. You can use a yardstick to line up the trucks straight. When drilling holes, if you don't want it to splinter, go slowly, and start using a small drill bit and then use the bigger one.
You don't want your board going all crooked, it can be dangerous at high speeds, so try to drill the holes as straight as possible. This helps if you have a drill press.
Once you have drilled the holes, line the trucks back up and see if they line up properly.
If they don't try re-drilling.
You will see the concave it now has, and you will see your design on top.
Don't be tempted to step on it, because it will give you a false reading of how flexy your board is. You will want to cut it out to know how it really feels.
Cutting:
So grab your jigsaw and start cutting.
Follow the line that you have drawn on the top piece of wood and try and cut it out nice and neatly. Once you have cut that out, feel free to do a stress test by putting some wood blocks or something where the trucks will go and standing on it. Dont do anything too crazy, don't want to break that board! Hopefully you are happy with how it feels.
Sanding:
Once it is cut out, grab your sander and sand the edges down until they are nice and smooth. If you go from rough sandpaper to smooth sandpaper it makes it very smooth
Feel free to sand wherever else your board is a bit rough.
Drilling:
So now you have your board all cut out and sanded smooth.
You should still have that center line on your board where you drew your template.
If you dont have that line, make one.
Grab the trucks you are going to use on your board, and line then up on the center line of your board, and place them depending on how much nose and tail you want. So if i wanted 2 inches of nose and tail, i would put the trucks 2 inches away from the nose and tail. Mark the holes down very carefully, you don't want to be off. You can use a yardstick to line up the trucks straight. When drilling holes, if you don't want it to splinter, go slowly, and start using a small drill bit and then use the bigger one.
You don't want your board going all crooked, it can be dangerous at high speeds, so try to drill the holes as straight as possible. This helps if you have a drill press.
Once you have drilled the holes, line the trucks back up and see if they line up properly.
If they don't try re-drilling.
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