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The Bike Shop / What did you do to your bike today? (v2)

« on: December 27, 2011, 10:40:03 PM »

then my brother-in-law fixed some dents

Studs and slide hammer? If so, that's a brilliant idea.
  Another note:
Also got oppo tire slides down better than regular tire slides :/

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Sell and Swap / Trusted/Un-trustworthy sellers

« on: December 26, 2011, 08:57:52 AM »

Isaac503 is scamming again!

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The Bike Shop / What did you do to your bike today? (v2)

« on: December 20, 2011, 11:36:34 AM »

Sliced open a $45 odyssey folding tire.  Patched the slice as it was only a centimeter long.  Then as soon as I inflated it, there was a massive bubble inches from the slice. Not psyched. So bought a Duo tire since it was the only tire they had in all black at the park's shop.

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The Bike Shop / What did you do to your bike today? (v2)

« on: December 16, 2011, 10:12:45 PM »

Finally got lookbacks dialed.

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The Bike Shop / What did you do to your bike today? (v2)

« on: December 16, 2011, 09:36:54 AM »

Rode it yesterday, gonna ride some more!

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The Lounge / What have you made?

« on: December 07, 2011, 01:02:44 AM »

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=033_1323154208

I want to make this. Or something like it.

http://www.cabinfeverexpo.com/

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The Lounge / What have you made?

« on: December 06, 2011, 11:47:06 PM »

True, I'll have to look around and see what others have done.  I think I've also heard of people using parts from old refrigerators as well...  I agree, though, that a good clamp or solid wood press is the way to go for strength; I've got a ribbed press buillt up for my longboards that works great.

Do you have any photos of your vaccum bag setup?

I don't really have much, I've been tinkering around with it here and there, but learning to weld, working, and going to school have held me back from this.  I've made some vacuum formed PC molds for carbon fiber layups, but haven't made it to the vacuum bag stage, or ordering the actual glassing components for that matter.  My setup is going to be a little more elaborate than a normal bagging setup since glassing resin will destroy a vacuum pump way easier than wood glue.

Edit: I need to stop reading up on how to do everything, and actually do it.

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The Lounge / What have you made?

« on: December 06, 2011, 11:33:07 PM »

With the projects I have in mind strength isn't a real concern; although, I know vacuum bags can put down some decent PSI (lots of people use them for laminating skateboards/longboards for example).  I need the versatility that vaccum bagging offers.  I'll mainly be doing some finish work and some light lamination with the setup.

The guys who do use vacuum bagging either have a lot of money invested in the setups, or a superb vacuum pump on hand.  If you're doing light laminations then go for it, but keep in mind you're maxed out pressure would be 14.7 PSI at sea level, but yes, you can't really beat the versatility of a bag set up.  A good place for vacuum pumps are AC shops that have been around for a long time, I got mine for free since my family has had the same AC guy for almost 20 years, and we recently hooked him up with a $10k job.

EDIT: Sorry, when you said veneers, I read laminations. But I would have said the same thing regardless.  Try it out with cheap bags first as well, then once you get the hang of it, move on to the nicer bags.

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The Lounge / What have you made?

« on: December 06, 2011, 10:24:45 PM »

Is the front end "bagged" too?

I can't wait to get my '51 on the road...


Is anyone into vacuum bagging for presses/molds?  I'm looking to make a vacuum bagging system for veneers and was wondering if anyone could point me to a good DIY setup?  Do most people just run a venturi valve off of a compressor or something?

It really depends on your application, because if you're doing veneers, most likely you're doing it for strength.  Strength wise you can't beat a good clamping set up.  Vacuum bagging for something like is unnecessary and a waste of time.  Only real use of vacuum bagging should be for fiber based layups where air bubbles need to be removed at the most minute scale.

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The Bike Shop / What did you do to your bike today? (v2)

« on: December 02, 2011, 11:21:00 PM »

Rode this piss out of 'er, think my cranks are now broken/bent. They're definitely bent, but I think there's a crack developing. Not pumped on doing it the first day at woodward.

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The Bike Shop / What did you do to your bike today? (v2)

« on: October 15, 2011, 09:30:44 PM »

Inflated tires, rode bike, blew up brake cable after having it for 3 weeks, rode some more,  thought about a scooter frame, kept riding.

Finally got back tables going in a straight line again, and airing over 5' out is starting to feel more comfortable again.  Popping my knee out of place is doing wonders for my riding!

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The Lounge / What have you made?

« on: September 06, 2011, 10:08:25 PM »

Yeah, a mod should change the thread title to everyone come look at Bunsin being handier than everyone else.

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The Lounge / What have you made?

« on: April 24, 2011, 10:11:23 PM »

The village sand does suck but it aint doing too bad, they got some new lines and its better then not riding trails, haha.  I usually goto catty in PA but havnt been able to make it up there yet this year.   I havnt ever been to manassas to ride, its about hour or more from me, I wouldnt mind checking it out if there was someone to show me some spots.  I know chad lives down that way right?

Haha, yeah chad lives about 5 minutes from me. Throwing a backyard bbq 2nd weekend of July if you want to come out and meet the whole scene down here, probably be the best way to get acquainted with everyone.

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The Lounge / What have you made?

« on: April 24, 2011, 02:39:21 PM »

Haha yeah, sold 4 of them now  Where in nova are you?  Im over in woodbridge riding trails everynow and then.    mini looks sick!

Shit man, I'm in Manassas haha, I used to ride village but that sand is just awful, so we started working on a private place.

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The Lounge / What have you made?

« on: April 24, 2011, 01:34:37 AM »

Hey Eric, I saw you selling those stumpy gates on CL, haha. If you're ever in NoVa, come ride my mini.


5'8" tall, 16' wide, 8' flat, 4' deck on one side, and 7' on the other side.  It's AWESOME.