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Huck Pitueee
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Three steps foreward one step back.

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Three steps foreward one step back till it wasn't funny anymore. But it's totally worth it!
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mojomobaking042 by Huck Pitueee, on Flickr
The tinted carbongraphite top sheet changes as the sunlight hits it at different angles. You can see the fade near the tail in the above pic.
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Here is a pic comparing the Voile mojo rx to my new board with lots more tail rocker and a wider nose
The flames were hand masked and sprayed. I just googled "how to paint flames"
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mojomo003 by Huck Pitueee, on Flickr
I tried using dowels to align all the layers. Worked perfect. The dowels are glued into a masonite base sheet.
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mojomobaking006 by Huck Pitueee, on Flickr
My finish room, My hush puppys. :)
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Post by vinman »

Sweetness. I love the flames and the carbon top. Where do you get your carbon fiber?
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Fiberglass hawaii in california. They have a huge selection. I used tinted resin to get the bronze color.
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Post by Richuk »

Three steps forward, one step back - many great strides!

I'm so glad you're not in the UK!!! lol
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Post by knightsofnii »

so rad tinted carbonfiber, and the flames, awesome.

can you show closeups of the corners of the inside edges? Just wanted to see how you addressed that. If you dont mind, that is ;)
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Perfect blend of form, fit and function. 8)
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so the dowels went right thru your base?
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Post by Huck Pitueee »

The dowels go through the base. They get drilled and plugged soon. Heres that shot. Normally I make the outer edge go to the center line of the board but this was a base I was repurposing.
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mojomo007 by Huck Pitueee, on Flickr

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Doohhh!! Sent the same pic twice. Heres the one.
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the things you've come up with to press your decks are quite impressive.
What kinda temps can you hit with that "heat system?"
Pretty neat combining vac bagging and pressing, pretty awesome.
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Ha! The hair dryer one and the tent get up to 95 deg. I just have to keep a close eye on them.
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Post by Huck Pitueee »

Making hardware to hold the splitboard together. All the nice comments got me stoked to go the extra mile. Thanks.
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Those chinese hooks ended up looking like two slugs getting busy.
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The tip & tail clips are way more burly than the store bought ones
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Post by WhitePine »

That is so cool you are making your own hardware. Aluminum? Now I wanna see homemade skins made from your own yak.

I don't see any inserts. Have they just not been drilled yet?
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Post by Dr. Delam »

Nice work on the hooks. I agree that the kit ones are somewhat weak.

That board is stunning!
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Post by Huck Pitueee »

Yea it's aluminum. I'm debating if I should paint them black. All that bling isn't working with the low key look. The inserts are waiting for the top to get buffed out. The kit hardware works allright but I couldn't bear to use it on this board.
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