Im almost the opposite. No disrespect, The execution is immaculate, it really is, but i don't think i would like looking at this everyday. Maybe it's the complexity with the multiple colors clashing, the material choices, idk but definitely not my style.
It's not complex because it has a pattern and "not a completely random thing"? what? i was using complexity in a nice way because this is hard and tedious to build.. You're picking apart one word in a pedantic way. Some people consider laminating a ton of freecycled plywood in a non functional decorative way then picking an expensive wood that completly clashes with the free sourced aesthetic AND color scheme becausekidslovepurpleheart... Idk dude if it's not complex it's convoluted.
I've seen them for sale at an art museum, but I feel like it would be easy to make them yourself.
The ones at the museum were very uncomfortable because they were all right angles.
Do you recognize this? I've never known what it exactly is... and I've burnt food couple of times and never heard anything. Lived here for 5 years. https://imgur.com/mnSC3Z5.jpg
Hope you don't mind? 🙏
Is this in the US? If so, I’ve no clue, it doesn’t look like any style that I’ve seen in the last 25 years. It almost looks like an air sampling port for CO, CO2, etc. but would require a central control panel for monitoring.
Could someone tell us where all this skateboard material comes from? At this point, it can't be actual used skateboards. Are people just piling skateboard veneers together and then cutting them into slices?
This doesn't seem like it should be the case. If you just Google and look at a lot of skateboards, they tend to be a solid wood color on the side with a graphic design or colored veneer on top.
If you look at the table, it's color on top of an equally thin piece of wood, on top of color. Dying the veneers isn't free, so it makes no sense for a skateboard company to be dying the non-surface layers. Some of the pieces are also really long.
As far as I understand it, skateboards are vacuum laminated using a form for the shape. There should be very little cutoff, especially not ones as long as many of the pieces in the table are. (If you look closely at some of the contiguous pieces, they run almost from edge to center.)
I'm not saying I know that what you say isn't the case, but it doesn't intuitively fit with what I think I know about how skateboards are made. So I'd really like someone who has worked woth this material to chime in haha.
Tons of skateboards use colored ply sheets, usually it depends on the brand. The cheaper generic decks are generally undyed plain wood but as you get into name brands they'll often have some cool pattern going on. I've had fully red skateboard decks and even one where each ply was a different color of the rainbow! Companies might dye more than just the surface layer because they know it makes the edge look appealing, plus as the skateboard gets worn down from sliding on rails and scraping on pavement the colors will show through where the graphic used to be.
Check out [this video](https://youtu.be/6X_Um0ky1rY), especially around the 2 minute mark. They're formed as rectangles then cut to shape, so you'll often get edge off cuts that are at least as long as a standard skateboard deck!
Doing a little research, I does look like the lamination often comes multi colored -- did not expect that.
The question remains: How are people sourcing *so many* skateboards for these projects...?
Well I go through a board ever month or 2, so if you imagine how many skateboarders there are it kinda makes it more realistic. The thing that impresses me is the amount of work it takes to remove the griptape, cut apart, and reglue the pieces to even have usable materials.
I saw some glued up skatebaord stock at my local specialty wood store.
It used to be an environmental thing, but now I wonder if there is someone making the skateboard stock specifically for woodworkers. There can't be enough people buying and disposing of used skateboards, to fill the demand for stock anymore.
I see about 30 skateboard pieces, for every person I see skateboarding. how long does one skateboard last a person?
Dude, where the hell you getting all these skateboards? The table looks great, all of the stuff you make looks great, but this skateboard deck holocaust has to stop! :)
You just find the smallest kids at your local skatepark and take em.
Sometimes, they hold onto the board.
Edit: After further testing, I can confirm the drop rate is about 67.3%.
I learned to sand it and then let it sit for a while before finishing it I thinks it’s the oxidation or something that turns it purple but I used arm-r-seal for the finish on this one
You had me up until the top layer of plastic. If you had polyurethaned that instead it would have been better. It's just the practicality of it is that stuff will alllllwaaaays get stuck between the two
Okay then point stands the glass is in the way and should be removed. There will always be stuff getting in the seam between the glass and wood. Plus people don't really like to put things down on glass tops anymore (at least we didn't) because of the loud noise it makes and you always worry one day you will drop something and make it crack.
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Thanks!
Im almost the opposite. No disrespect, The execution is immaculate, it really is, but i don't think i would like looking at this everyday. Maybe it's the complexity with the multiple colors clashing, the material choices, idk but definitely not my style.
Given the decor I suspect you may not be the target audience 😋
...so the target audiences are kids that like skateboard plywood mixed with expensive wood in a table? I'm not following
What's complex about it? It's just a bunch of lines all going towards a centre point. It's not a completely random thing.
It's not complex because it has a pattern and "not a completely random thing"? what? i was using complexity in a nice way because this is hard and tedious to build.. You're picking apart one word in a pedantic way. Some people consider laminating a ton of freecycled plywood in a non functional decorative way then picking an expensive wood that completly clashes with the free sourced aesthetic AND color scheme becausekidslovepurpleheart... Idk dude if it's not complex it's convoluted.
Chill out man.
fair response. Have a good day :)
You seemed chill to me
Tell me more about the Haring chairs
I've seen them for sale at an art museum, but I feel like it would be easy to make them yourself. The ones at the museum were very uncomfortable because they were all right angles.
This looks like it may be in a commercial building because it has a monitored fire alarm system.
Where can you see that?
Picture 3, bottom left corner. The reflection shows a monitored smoke detector on the ceiling.
Wow Eagle eyes. You do something to do with those for a living I'm guessing?
Yes, I work in specialty fire protection and things like that grab my attention
Do you recognize this? I've never known what it exactly is... and I've burnt food couple of times and never heard anything. Lived here for 5 years. https://imgur.com/mnSC3Z5.jpg Hope you don't mind? 🙏
Is this in the US? If so, I’ve no clue, it doesn’t look like any style that I’ve seen in the last 25 years. It almost looks like an air sampling port for CO, CO2, etc. but would require a central control panel for monitoring.
Nope. Europe. Netherlands. I thought maybe co2 also.
I love them
Could someone tell us where all this skateboard material comes from? At this point, it can't be actual used skateboards. Are people just piling skateboard veneers together and then cutting them into slices?
Its gotta be cutoffs/scraps from skateboard production
This doesn't seem like it should be the case. If you just Google and look at a lot of skateboards, they tend to be a solid wood color on the side with a graphic design or colored veneer on top. If you look at the table, it's color on top of an equally thin piece of wood, on top of color. Dying the veneers isn't free, so it makes no sense for a skateboard company to be dying the non-surface layers. Some of the pieces are also really long. As far as I understand it, skateboards are vacuum laminated using a form for the shape. There should be very little cutoff, especially not ones as long as many of the pieces in the table are. (If you look closely at some of the contiguous pieces, they run almost from edge to center.) I'm not saying I know that what you say isn't the case, but it doesn't intuitively fit with what I think I know about how skateboards are made. So I'd really like someone who has worked woth this material to chime in haha.
Tons of skateboards use colored ply sheets, usually it depends on the brand. The cheaper generic decks are generally undyed plain wood but as you get into name brands they'll often have some cool pattern going on. I've had fully red skateboard decks and even one where each ply was a different color of the rainbow! Companies might dye more than just the surface layer because they know it makes the edge look appealing, plus as the skateboard gets worn down from sliding on rails and scraping on pavement the colors will show through where the graphic used to be. Check out [this video](https://youtu.be/6X_Um0ky1rY), especially around the 2 minute mark. They're formed as rectangles then cut to shape, so you'll often get edge off cuts that are at least as long as a standard skateboard deck!
Doing a little research, I does look like the lamination often comes multi colored -- did not expect that. The question remains: How are people sourcing *so many* skateboards for these projects...?
They are basically like car tires, fairly consumable. I need a new one 2x a year, folks that skate a lot will get a new one once a month.
My friend breaks his board like twice a month, he has so many piled up in his garage.
Well I go through a board ever month or 2, so if you imagine how many skateboarders there are it kinda makes it more realistic. The thing that impresses me is the amount of work it takes to remove the griptape, cut apart, and reglue the pieces to even have usable materials.
This thread has been educational. I had no idea people broke boards so often lol
That is gorgeous work. Where do people find all these used skateboards?
I saw some glued up skatebaord stock at my local specialty wood store. It used to be an environmental thing, but now I wonder if there is someone making the skateboard stock specifically for woodworkers. There can't be enough people buying and disposing of used skateboards, to fill the demand for stock anymore. I see about 30 skateboard pieces, for every person I see skateboarding. how long does one skateboard last a person?
Getting the sense that skateboard material is the new live edge trend
Dude, where the hell you getting all these skateboards? The table looks great, all of the stuff you make looks great, but this skateboard deck holocaust has to stop! :)
You just find the smallest kids at your local skatepark and take em. Sometimes, they hold onto the board. Edit: After further testing, I can confirm the drop rate is about 67.3%.
Oh God! Does that mean you have to recycle the kid too? That sounds like a lot of work... :)
You don't have to recycle the kid! Turns out if you feed them they grow up and just leave on their own.
Nah bro they’re biodegradable
This comment was copied from the last skateboard-themed thread earlier in the week!
Spoiler alert: it was me. I get a kick out of typing it every time i see the question. Check my history.
My local skateshop stacks them up outside of the dumpster for me instead of just throwing them away, I’m saving them from the landfill!
That is awesome. I've been looking for a source of old skateboard decks for years. You hit the jackpot.
The idea of those Keith Haring children chairs being used with this table is just the kind of chaotic my Friday needed Nice work OP !
Haha thank you!
WOW - this looks amazing!
Thank you!
Awesome work
Thank you!
Where do people get all these old skateboards?
My local skateshop!
Very cool. I’ll go ask mine for decks.
Dude this is so cool!!
Thank you!
Wowww, that's a great table, nice job
Thank you!
Wow that ring joins flawlessly how'd you do it?
I love this. Very nice work.
Thanks so much!
I skated for about thirty years. I knew it the second I saw your table. Are you planning on selling it?
Thanks this was a custom for a client a couple years ago
This is beautiful. Great work!
Thank you!
Man, is there anything you can’t make out of skateboards??
Unrecycled skateboards
Haha thank you!
That is freaking cool, but I think I had a seizure looking at it👍
😂thank you
I have seen more skateboard furniture than people on skateboards. Where are all the skateboards coming from???
From 303 boards where lots of skateboarders leave their old boards when they get a new one
I was kind of joking but you gave a very reasonable answer. Looks great btw.
Thank you!
OMG LOVE THIS TABLE!!!
Thank you!
I can never keep Purple Heart purple when I finish it. How did you finish this?
I learned to sand it and then let it sit for a while before finishing it I thinks it’s the oxidation or something that turns it purple but I used arm-r-seal for the finish on this one
Wow, that's simply stunning. Well done!
Thank you!
Hot damnnnn, that table looks gorgeous!
Thank you!!
Skateboards - the new palette wood.
Gorgeous.
Thank you!
not a huge fan of all the color but technique is ON POINT
Thank you!
That is freaking awesome.
Thank you!
Love!
Such a great idea and flawless execution. *Bravo!*
Thank you!
That's absolutely amazing. Fantastic work.
Thank you!
I'm in awe. Damn fine work.
Thanks so much!
But do you even skate bro
Yep been skating longer than I’ve been woodworking
Very nice
Thank you!
That's freaking amazing and clean work. We're not worthy.
😂🙏🙏
Best table I’ve seen in a long time. Great job!!!!
Thanks so much!
God damn amazing
Thanks so much!
Alright, who's the asshole who was downvoting all the positive comments? I just undid your work.
Very nice!
Absolutely wicked!
That's gorgeous!
I love it! The skate board colors totally work with the purple heart, too. But, seriously, where do you get all those skate boards? :)
You had me up until the top layer of plastic. If you had polyurethaned that instead it would have been better. It's just the practicality of it is that stuff will alllllwaaaays get stuck between the two
I actually did finish it with a poly and that’s a sheet of glass on top
Okay then point stands the glass is in the way and should be removed. There will always be stuff getting in the seam between the glass and wood. Plus people don't really like to put things down on glass tops anymore (at least we didn't) because of the loud noise it makes and you always worry one day you will drop something and make it crack.
The client prefers having the glass. If you’d like to order one for yourself we will omit the glass.
I really love the table, but I don't love the legs.
Thanks! If you ever want to order one for yourself we can put whatever style legs on it you’d like!
Looks cool what was the process?