Fixing Hockey Skateboards Problem

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Zack Dowdy

Күн бұрын

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@ZackDowdy 7 ай бұрын

Have you tried a board with wheel wells?!

@Rot_Dog666 7 ай бұрын

Yeah, pretty neat

@Corinthians-kjv 7 ай бұрын

Not yet.

@rulehardgarage9740 7 ай бұрын

Not yet but my last one I cut I wanted to do my own. I want to run 56s without risers on my shaped deck so I’m into adding some

@ZackDowdy 7 ай бұрын

@@rulehardgarage9740try it!

@rulehardgarage9740 7 ай бұрын

Dowdy I can respect your DIY attitude but my approach to it in my head was way more methodical 😂.

@carlhannen1769 7 ай бұрын

I love risers. That little bit of plastic makes all the difference when rolling through the dusty, crusty streets.

@teddy______ 6 ай бұрын

No it doesn’t, just makes it less responsive

@HankHillOfficial 7 ай бұрын

I made a tool to cut wheel wells, it slips onto your truck like a wheel and has a bearing mounted inside. The other side is attached to a drill. With the trucks loosened all the way you can start sanding wells in the perfect spot based on your trucks geometry. I did this to one board and decided it wasnt worth all the effort. Now I just stick to standard tightness Ace's and risers with 54mm wheels and no wells

@Antslife1O1 6 ай бұрын

“Feels like my hand is vibrating now still” that sentence immediately gave me a flash back to that exact sensation 😂 ❤

@TheAnimeist 7 ай бұрын

No need to apologize for your techniques. You're not sitting on your ass eating bon bons, and you are contributing to the world. Thank you Zack!

@thatoneguy2057 7 ай бұрын

I have a similar sander and decided to try it on an old board. It went pretty quick and wasn't hard to do. I think this is a great idea.

@keypitmovin612 7 ай бұрын

There are different ways to get any job done, it worked the way you did it. Next time try a handheld belt sander, it should be easier. Don’t forget to seal it with something. Love the videos.

@7plyTherapy 7 ай бұрын

What you can do that I think would help, is to put on the trucks on and lean over to each side, marking with a sharpie right where the wheels touch, making that the center of your wheel wells, that way you don’t have to make them as big. I also think it would help to add lacquer on the wheel wells, and then wax it, so it’s smoother, rather than raw wood. I digged the vid, those back boards to hurricane uuuuu, didn’t know you had that in you!

@spinyuk 7 ай бұрын

I ride smaller wheels these days, but the last time i did 'custom' wheel wells, I just used an angle grinder with a flap disc on it, took about 5 seconds to do each 'well' :)

@skwibblez9299 7 ай бұрын

you ever think about trying a 8.5 Jacuzzi deck with wheel wells? specifically John Dilo's decks. dimensions are 8.5 x 32.3 WB: 14.5 , seems like it would work well for transition skating

@joshuafrederiksen 7 ай бұрын

As you said there are many different ways to do this to a board, but if you wanted to try an even cheaper method I would use a rasp. They make many different sizes and shapes of rasps and they sell for $25 to $40. Rasps also work over and over whereas the sandpaper method gets expensive when you're using multiple sheets. Great video as always Zack!❤

@jamesryan4325 7 ай бұрын

When making wheel wells use a drill/drill press and sanding drum. They will come out much better - like stock wheel wells

@4730301 7 ай бұрын

I have been using a wood file that has a slightly convex side to it. Works great. Waxed the wells afterward to seal the wood a bit.

@kennyhuh09 7 ай бұрын

I skate aces without the bottom washer to get them extra loose but ride 62mm spitfires. I used to hate the idea of risers but felt like I needed them going that extreme

@dethgripco 7 ай бұрын

I've been thinking about making a wheel well on my board although i havent skated in a while. One thing i think is not nescesary is excessive wheel wells, the ones where it tapers right to the edge of the board. It may work for cruiser boards and long boards, but for skateboards, sanding off just the inner part where the inside corner of the wheel where it bites is enough for the wheel well. Plus... While typing my comment, you mentioned the circular wheel well at the end and that was what i was yrying to say. Although i havent come across one.

@lancelovecraft5913 7 ай бұрын

I rode one polar board w wheel wells and now I wonder how can any transition skater skate without them. They really help a lot

@claytonshaw1285 7 ай бұрын

Started watching your videos, crazy I’m in the background 12:50 white shirt and hat haha sick

@Aminormaze 7 ай бұрын

Zak: I tighten my trucks when I get them. Also Zak: I ride really loose trucks

@marionlesniewski7415 7 ай бұрын

It’s always fun to mod something to your own style. The work you put into it makes it your own.

@ZackDowdy 7 ай бұрын

Agree!

@bassert1966 7 ай бұрын

Also skated the Polar’s with wheel well. Now skate the Jamie platt without and don’t feel differences. Been told wheel wells they break easy

@dneck 7 ай бұрын

SICK video. been wanting to try this for a while. Whats the name of the cool park with the medium sized bowl with the checkerboard coping strip at the end? Coming to So Cal in a few days and I'm so excited!

@ZackDowdy 7 ай бұрын

Prince Skatepark, fun!

@mickdundee7794 7 ай бұрын

Dowdy!!! You should dye your wheels with synthetic RIT dye.. just did my new spitfires in orange... Seems like a DIY that's right up your alley ma-brotha!!👍😎👍 RIT has to be the "synthetic" style or it won't work right.. Shalom!!!

@willblackett4709 7 ай бұрын

wheel wells job was a little painful to watch.... but bro I love your vids !!! I use a belt sander and center them to the inside bolt holes (good to get some wheel bite marks and then sand the correct spot)

@tomflowers6952 7 ай бұрын

A rasp or a rotary tool would be good to take out the bulk of the wheel wells.

@JarrodRodosTaylor 7 ай бұрын

A dremel will work perfectly so you can get the nice curve ark in the wheel well 👌 About $50 bucks from a hardware store.

@RoyChewbacca 7 ай бұрын

Dremel too small, a larger diameter sanding drum on a drill would be better.

@Wannaridebikes 7 ай бұрын

I picked up a skateboard for a camera shot. But I know it’s a cheapo one when I do things I want it correct so now I might buy a better one to be good the cheapo one is ok for the job just loose. And I want it where anyone who can film what I need is ok.

@barfthebarf 7 ай бұрын

What size wheels are you riding?

@TheAnimeist 7 ай бұрын

I just always land perfectly.

@paulcoleridge8847 7 ай бұрын

1/8 riser I feel help a bit more than wheel wells, had a Kyle walker board with wheels wells and got a nasty chip where the wells where, 1/8 riser I feel have more benefits 1/8 ain’t that big of a difference from going metal to wood IMO

@okkim138 7 ай бұрын

I got so used to the pop with 1/8" riser that now I use them even if I wouldn't have to.

@vorpalblades 7 ай бұрын

I'm old so I run 1/8" shock pads on everything to take it easy on the knees.

@aubliz1292 6 ай бұрын

first time seeing wheel wells

@haroldcampos9661 5 ай бұрын

What you need is called a 2" sanding drum

@intraw831 7 ай бұрын

Please review a Hockey/FA Shape 2 deck

@yesmaybe630 7 ай бұрын

Hockey advertises that the wb on a 8.75 is 14.5 but it is really 14.625 well at least on the 8.75 hockey deck that I got

@ZackDowdy 7 ай бұрын

Good to know!

@TheGreenBlazer 7 ай бұрын

He sounds like Rodney.

@Iron_spine 7 ай бұрын

do you think it compromises the boards strength? it would be interesting to measure how much less impact resistant the board is with wheel wells...good stuff keep it up man

@vorpalblades 7 ай бұрын

It probably does, but less than the screw holes do. I skate a decent amount of decks with wheel wells but I've ony ever broken 2 decks decades ago.

@jolandryx1989 7 ай бұрын

Was thinking the same....i would nt try a 10 stairs with...i would be scare that the board snapp! But the guy s ridding mainly quarterpipe and small stuff...so no worrie for him

@patricktheriault4123 7 ай бұрын

Dowdy! Your a business guy no matter how stupid it may seem, lol.❤ Try channel fishing, which bypasses KZbin's algo of suggestions and viewers & subscribers, and post content of other channels that would love to be seen by your viewers. ETC. KZbin locks me into suggestions and catagories and drags me off making it difficult to even find skate videos of things I can relate. I.S. Your skating flow and depth of movement is above par by the way. Stoked all the way! Anyways, content creators know better content, than youtube! Creators know specifics, too, like sharing, copy right, infringement, blah, blah, blah, what? By all means, keep stoking.