Introduction: Aluminum Longboard

Most longboards are made of wood. I wanted something unique so I made mine of aluminum. The aluminum deck is flexible but strong. The entire longboard weighs only 4 kg and is therefore very light!

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The idea for the aluminum longboard came from this website: http://bionicgirlnyc.com/2011/03/20/cindrich-aluminum-longboards/

Materials:

-120 cm of stainless steel bars 
-12 aluminum strips of 1 meter (10 strips of 2cm wide and 2 strips of 1,5 cm wide)
-80 nuts
-2 pieces of wood

Step 1: Sawing Wood to Attach the Trucks

Copy the holes of the trucks and shape the rest of the wooden pieces as you like. They form the tail and the nose of the deck.
I used multiplex.

Step 2: Attaching the Trucks

Attach the trucks to the wooden pieces, by using nuts and bolts.

Step 3: Attaching the Aluminum Strips the The Tail and Nose

Attach one aluminum strip to the tail and nose with screws.

Step 4: Bending the Strip Along the Shape of the Tail and Nose

Bend the aluminum strip and attach it with screws to the tail and nose.
Repeat this step on the the other side.

Step 5: Mounting the Middle Strips

Cut out two slots on each wooden piece, for the two middle aluminum strips and mount them with glue.

Step 6: Drilling the Holes

Drill out three rows of holes.

Step 7: Placing the Bars and Nuts

Step 8: Placing a Horizontal Strip

Place a horizontal strip in the middle and secure it with glue.

Step 9: Drilling the Holesr

Drill four rows of holes.

Step 10: Placing the Bars

Place the four bars and secure them with the nuts.

Step 11: Placing the Rest of the Strips

Mount at each side one big and one smaller strip.

Step 12: Placing the Second Horizontal Strip

Place a horizontal strip at the bottom of the deck.

Step 13: Mounting the Edge Strips

Bend two strips around the contour of the longboard at each side and attach them again with screws.

Step 14: Finishing the Tail and the Nose

Attach a piece of rubber on the tail and nose with glue, so it looks smooth.

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