Wake skate construction - Step two.

In step 1 I showed how to make a wake skate jig. You can see the process here:

http://www.instructables.com/id/Wake_skate_jig_Step_one_of_making_a_wake_skate/

In this instructible i will show how to make the wake skate.

I did some research on the web using the following sites:

http://www.wakeskating.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2317

http://waterdancing.blogspot.com/2007/07/build-wakeskate-from-scratch.html

http://www.ehow.com/how_2081891_build-wake-skate.html

http://forums.wakeoutlaws.com/t1015.html

http://forums.wakeboarder.com/viewtopic.php?p=98708&sid=2e09a927420901b231cabe8b291b01dc

And following some links on those sites.

I decided on what I believe to be a two stage rocker with dimensions of the board being 1000mm in length 375mm width and 174 tip and tail width with an approximate 50mm rocker. I took an image off the web to scale up and copy.

Step 1 Cut plywood.

Cut your plywood into 400mm x 1100mm you will need between 3 and 5 of these sheets. It depends on the quality of the ply and how strong/light you want the final product.

Comments

[bblan17]

i'm thinking of making one which type of ply did you use

[adam23]

my son is thinking about making a wakeskate as a 8th grade shop project. do you think this is too hard for a shop project?

[b-train]

how did it go? did u give it a run on sunday? im building my jog atm cept i thought i wld savesum money and use hardwood that we have, cept i forgot i dont have a bandsaw n cutting it out is taking forever, haha hope ur board worked well :D

[njacksx]

Dude it was super fun!! put the grip tape on and the fins (must update a few steps) We used wood glue by mistake so after about an hour the thing delaminated in a few places. will fix with a water proof glue (doh). Didn't have a camera, but next time will take pics and upload.

[b-train]

Suhweeeeet!!! the 2 part rocker looks really cool, when u said u fibreglassed it u mean u only used the resin right? Looks really good, i cant wait till i finish the HSC and have sum spare time. Or at least spare time that wont make me feel guilty for not studying hehe. 5+

[njacksx]

With the 2 stage rocker I kinda used the expression "just wing it!" I'm not sure on the hydrodynamics of the design but will know on Sunday I guess! Cant wait to try it. Yes i only used the resin, figured that it would do a good job of waterproofing my rubbish plywood. BTW this took less than a day, but the resin will take ~3 days to dry and I am going to give it a ice sanding and another coat. Good luck with the time management and studies!

[b-train]

haha sounds like my projects, i see, all there is in mudgee atm is 1/8th plywood for 30bucks a sheet, n it pretty crappy, im hoping i can get sum junk thats already half warped, hahah thanx only fisics, chem and engineering to go,