The final product, as you can see, is a custom made longboard, optimized for cruising. Aesthetically, the board maintains a classic beach wood look with curvyness. This is both designed as a functional athletic piece of technology and as an art piece. Moving forward, this board will make its way to New York City/…

Final Project Report:   Initial idea: I wanted to design and build a custom longboard for my friend out of scratch, including the trucks. After playing with solid works and talking to skate shop owners, I began to understand that it was not realistic and a productive use of my time to build trucks, because…

The wood arrived and I started the building process. I glued the 7 ply layers together. (Shout out to my minion Tyler for helping me frantically glue and place the layers together evenly before the glue set). I ordered the wood normal cut, normal cut, cross cut, core cut, cross cut, normal cut, normal cut.…

I finally tracked down the wood I need!!! Hard rock maple! It will arrive tomorrow and I can finally build my design. The wood will be 7 layers or 7 ply, with grain cuts along the width, length and diagonal for durability. The glue I have decided on on Titebond III wood glue. It is…

Longboarding has been around for a about 65 years. Originally, the sport was perpetuated by surfers in California when the waves weren’t breaking. This promoted the “classic beach look” of longboards. The main directions the sport has gone since then, are transportation, freeride, downhill, cruising, and travel. Boards vary in functionality and aesthetic with each…

I am clear now on what I am designing with the board. The focus is on the deck, and I need to track down the wood. I still can’t find Canadian hard rock maple locally, I may have to special order it or consider other types of wood.  I have looked into grip tape (which…

I think my top five constraints are: (1) Time    I am worried that things will go wrong and I will have to much to do and not enough time to do  it all. (2) Money   Good quality wheels and trucks are going to make my wallet really hungry. (3) Finding the proper wood…

Junior year of high school I may have been a bit of an adrenaline junkie.  One frosty February morning, just outside of Boston, where ice covered half the roads and paths, I was hanging out with my friend Abby.  Abby longboarded and on this day I found a board in her car and asked if I…

To be honest I have never really had any particular aspirations regarding my a future career.  I want to do something that helps people. I know that can be broad.  I love it when people are inlove with life and feel alive.  I have been a ski instructor at a local resort for a few…

In the past I have done woodworking (building small tables and cabinets, that sort of thing).  I am familiar with Adobe Illustrator and Indesign.  I have also worked with Photoshop and Dreamweaver for photo and video editing, respectively as well as garage band and other audio programs.  As a TAM student I have some knowledge…

  Featured Mushroom Lamp   I was inspired by my friend Davis Thompson.  Several months ago he started constructing mushroom lamps.  From what I saw, he mainly was using thick bark.  Additionally his mushrooms were dyed to look realistic.  They were various shades of brown and were placed in natural forming patches together, sticking out…

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For my upcycling project I have decided to make a lamp of sorts.  This is the first time I have played with any type of circuitry since 5th grade.  I found a cool piece of driftwood in Northern California over Thanksgiving, while on a roadtrip.  Inspired by a design my friend Davis has made, I…

Retro Ski   Though this old school style on the ski slopes began in the 1930s and 40s, it peaked in the mid 60s though the 70s. The retro style includes both a mentality as well as a physical rad getup. style of advertising   Old School  http://www.skinet.com/ski/article/throwback-thursday-radical-freestyle The one-piece snowsuit is more than just…