Wake skate jig - Step one of making a wake skate.

Making a simple jig to make a wake skate.

UPDATE: Wake skate construction here: http://www.instructables.com/id/Wake_skate_construction_Step_two/

Step 1 Tools & supplies

This project requires cutting lengths of wood of just over 1m in length. Power tools are recommended but for the more patient of wood workers hand tools will suffice.
I used a band saw, circular (table) saw, hand saw, belt sander, electric plane drill press and an electric screwdriver. You will need some screws and nails and wood glue.

Comments

[butlin1752]

you jig looks good can you send me the dimensions of it, would be really helpful

[cam27]

ayy man .. can you tell me how many sheetsof plywood did you do?. thanks man ...

[patin]

whats the name of the program?? im designing a longskate and i cant advance much more with "paint"... thanks, niiiice ws.

[b-train]

lol i just finished my jig and had a look at urs to compare, i realised i made the inverse of urs, ur board bends outward when u clamp it, mine bends inwards, no wonder it was so hard to cut out with a circualar saw hahah, im off to go cut sum side lengths out..again

[njacksx]

You know, I'm sure it doesn't matter, as long as you clamp the plywood together properly. Post some pics! Good job on starting to build!

[b-train]

ooh heaps exciting i cant wait for you to post the 'ible of you actually making one, ive never heard of wakeskating before, i ride on a bodyboard behind our jetski kinda like wakeskating but its really hard coz it doesnt have fins or grip tape or rails, i want to build one!! heaps good instructable, cant wait for the next part favourited!!

[njacksx]

Awesome! We ordered the plywood yesterday, it was a bit of a mission because they didn't have marine ply (and it was twice the price). I just hope its good quality. A nice thing is that they are going to cut it into 400mm x 1000mm pieces for free.

[b-train]

yeah it goes alright, its really hard to get air coz theres no grip and the board does track on the water, nice so are you goin to use marine ply? i might just laquer normal stuff hahah im a cheapy, how thick are the boards? are they like a large skim board?

[nagutron]

I actually didn't know what wake skating was, so I looked it up: It's like wake boarding, but with an unattached, skateboard-like board. It looks pretty friggin awesome. Here's a video example: http://www.thewakeplace.com/videos/wakelab.html

I'd add some explanation to your intro, and maybe some photos of completed wake skates!

[njacksx]

Indeed! I have never wake skated but have wake boarded. I want to get into wake skating also, so decided to build my own (i like wood working + saving cash). This is part 1, I will be documenting my 1st wake skate this week end! I cant wait to try it out. The instructible is meant more for people who actually want to build a wake skate, and not looking at the 'ible for general info. Thanks for comments and the link.

[lasersage]

Still, its obviously uncommon enough for people (me) not to know what you're on about, and having to dig out an explanation is frustrating. It would be good if you could post just a sentence or an image to explain what you're on about.

[njacksx]

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[lasersage]

Blimey sorry for having an opinion. I won't stoop to your level of making derogatory remarks about where you could put your mouse, I only wanted to agree with nagutron that this is niche enough to need just one sentence on the intro page explaining what you're on about. I don't see how what I have or haven't posted is relevant. Does posting numerous instructables free you of the be nice policy?

[njacksx]

Sorry