This workshop is a survey of digital fabrication processes through the lens of making a custom skateboard deck. We use sk8CAD to create the mold for a custom deck which is cut from foam on a CNC router. Maple veneers are stacked up with waterproof wood glue and placed on the mold in a vacuum bag while the glue cures. The formed deck is placed back on the CNC router where the truck holes are drilled using the mold as a jig. The deck is then bolted to a 3d printed fixture through the truck holes which is screwed to the spoil board on the CNC for the profile of the deck to be cut.
With the support of Fab Foundation I developed and delivered this workshop at the Monterey County Office of Education Mobile Fab Lab in Salinas, CA and the Fab24 conference in Puebla, Mexico.
