Making a Fingerboard From The World's Hardest Wood // Strange Boards // December Fingerboards

[@ted3589]

I watched your fingerboard tutorials 15 years ago. I'm coming back to the fingerskate world today. I'm happy to see what you became! Really nice video

[@frenchmefrenchyou]

Thanks so much! :)

[@ryanbrockmiller1648]

I love all the custom tooling you come up with. and that is a beautiful deck.

[@frenchmefrenchyou]

Thanks man! :)

[@DimeDCSGO]

Please don't stop making educational videos on the process of creating fingerboards. I've been making shitty decks on and off since I was super young and I'm starting to get the itch to really try and make something I'm proud of. Your content is so refreshing, there used to next to nothing on the internet on making high quality boards

[@frenchmefrenchyou]

waw! thanks a bunch! I'm glad they're useful to you :)

[@RodGSilva]

So much effort to make the veneer, great job!

[@frenchmefrenchyou]

Thank you very much!

[@user-iw6vf4vl7n]

God bless you. i remember seeing your earlier videos and commentaries. great person, you're precious

[@frenchmefrenchyou]

Thanks! :')

[@darthsteves8795]

So glad I found you! I thought this was years ago I didn’t know you are doing this stuff now! Awesome, from entirely different worlds on way different paths with very different knowledge backgrounds. Yet close ideas driven by passion, thank you for what you do and you are making my processes better. I was just trying yesterday to cut my own veneer lol. You did it two ways that I didn’t but how awesome because know you’ve done the legwork for me! For free maybe but you have won a heart and isn’t that the goal. Looking forward to watching more videos and learning from you. Thank you!

[@frenchmefrenchyou]

Glad I could help! Thank you! 🙃

[@tuckerdatrucka8174]

Dude is awesome

[@frenchmefrenchyou]

🫶🏼🌞

[@seijifb]

Looking forward for another video like this!

[@frenchmefrenchyou]

More to come! 🌞

[@BillyBobJoeJr123]

just ordered the last 2 decks of the splitply burley grey and burley purple and literally can not wait to shred these absolute works of art decks my guy your work is out of this world!!! been looking for a beautiful split ply for months and finally found out about you my savior lol.

[@frenchmefrenchyou]

Thanks man! 🌞

[@Caseytaylor1992]

Amazing work brother -FBC 🎩😊

[@frenchmefrenchyou]

Thank you so much Casey!

[@JamesPeterson]

this was awesome! love how beautiful that quebracho looks as a bottom ply. this is going to be a great series

[@frenchmefrenchyou]

Thank you! 🌞

[@ChristoferKraft]

This was incredible. Crk.

[@frenchmefrenchyou]

Thanks bud! 🌞

[@felafingerboards3818]

Dude I love these videos keep em coming

[@frenchmefrenchyou]

Thanks! 🌞

[@tadytam]

Hey Jojo, this was very interesting to watch and I wanna see where this series goes! It'd be so cool if you try to make a deck out of a whole solid piece of wood, either using the CNC machine or carving it. Greetings from another Jojo ;)

[@frenchmefrenchyou]

Thanks for the idea!

[@mariacruz1]

that wood is beautiful! certainly took lots of effort to make it into a board. i was curious about the hardness relative to canadian maple. looks like Canadian maple has a hardness of 1450, while quebracho colorado has a hardness of 20,340 (the higher the number, the harder the wood). very cool!!

[@frenchmefrenchyou]

It’s crazy hard! Very heavy too. And very rigid deck. Shoulda said how it felt to ride. Like you said, way harder than maple!

[@VienenIvan]

necesito el capitulo 2 de esta serie

[@The_Joe00s]

maybe you could do balsa next! I've had a bit of experience with it, its soft weak, and I could only find it in 1mm, the decks I made with it where light, it sand easily, but also means it'll get razor tail quickly, which it has.

[@frenchmefrenchyou]

We got a whole list of stuff to try but I didn’t think of a softer and lighter material like balsa! Interesting!

[@respectkindness-oj6xz]

your fingers were very close to the electric saw at some moments, very scary, reminded me of my grandpa who worked as a metalsmith and lost a few of his fingers on his hand working with an electric saw, it cut his fingers. i was wondering if it would be safer to cut thin plies of wood with a jointer or planer

[@frenchmefrenchyou]

Well I did lose the tip of one of my fingers already using a router. It's a part of using tools which even if you're experienced is always a risk. I've done this for a while and do my best to stay safe with what tools I have. A jointer or planer could help with certain steps of the process but you still have to use a bandsaw or a table saw at some point. Anywho, I suppose it's about what you feel comfortable doing, and I try not to do things that scare me.

[@RandomFBagain]

One question. When will you make the video from the off cuts (the factory tour video where you shoved a drawer full of left veneer from cutting the boards) it was the factory tour video exactly at 9:41

[@frenchmefrenchyou]

Hi! It's in the to-do list for this year!

[@guillaume_vrd]

super :) on attends les videos en francais !

[@simon_tetris]

Very cool as usual. I suggest 3d printing a little holder for your three magnets so it becomes one piece and faster to put on and take off. The veneer sander jig was pretty cool. I have something similar and also fear those kickbacks lmao. The model I use is made by Byrns model machines, which funnily enough is extremely similar in design. Nice boards, I look forward to the rest of the series.

[@frenchmefrenchyou]

Good tip! I thought about if but didn’t get around to it. Yeah I saw those byrnes machines but I couldn’t figure out how to order one or even see what the price was! That website is mega oldschool! But that jig works incredibly well to be honest. Couldn’t figure out an automatic feed which I left out of the video but it’s easy enough to do by hand.

[@kirilk817]

Grandes!! Seria interesante probar una de 5ply con todas las capas de quebracho. Igual también una carbon5 pero con quebracho. Solo son ideas. Incredible trabajo

[@frenchmefrenchyou]

Capaz un dia lo hagamos!

[@Farmatruck]

when will part 2 come out??? and also will wooden molds work if its just basic wood?

[@frenchmefrenchyou]

Hi there! Sorry we're a little behind with the videos! Lots of work in the workshop! There will not be a part 2 as much as a whole lot of other parts! This is gonna be a whole series with many episodes. Regarding the wooden molds, it definitely should be hardwood. Soft woods like Pine, Spruce, Poplar, etc will not hold up. They can work for big skateboards but for fingerboards there is too much force concentrated in a very small area. So for wooden fingerboard molds, I would go with maple or woods with a similar hardness. Just avoid anything you can dent with your fingernail or refer to the janka hardness scale to find what woods are local to you and suitable.

[@Farmatruck]

also another question could you make a part where you use wood that is harvested from under water? Or like the red wood from japan

[@frenchmefrenchyou]

Definitely! I mean, my feeling is anything dry enough and that will hold itself together without crumbling can be turned into a veneer. So beach wood, which is something I want to try, if dried, could be made into a veneer (I think).@@Farmatruck

[@emmettshephard248]

do you guys think that by having machines do everything for you, it somewhat takes the “art” or fun out of making the fingerboard?

[@frenchmefrenchyou]

Most of the work is still done by hand, and the machines don’t run themselves! Check out our factory tour video and you’ll see that even with a Cnc machine, making fingerboards is still a very involved and manual process. So I wouldn’t say it takes away any of the fun, it actually makes precise and crucial steps safer and more reliable. Rounding and finishing is still an entirely manual process.

[@Patidedo]

Hermano es increible lo que estas haciendo, solo te pido conserva tus dedos

[@frenchmefrenchyou]

🫡

[@brutussenzala7732]

Je viens de te connaître et de connaître le fingerboard stake pour mes enfants… avant c’était juste du marketing, avec tech D, là on voit la passion!!! Trop déçu de ne pas avoir pu commander une strange board, tu m’as juste donné envie du Québracho Colorado pour moi lol. Je vais faire un skate parc pour les enfants aussi!! Dans une autre vidéo tu parle de projet mobilier… Tu fais aussi du design? Abraço de France!

[@frenchmefrenchyou]

Il y aura beaucoup d'autres Strange Boards! Mais oui les Quebracho elles ont volé! Je fais des trucs à côté mais principalement c'est December! Abrazo!

[@brutussenzala7732]

@@frenchmefrenchyou Top, c’est mérité vu l’amour que tu y mets! On va te suivre dans tes aventures c’est sur!!! A ++

[@MikeySdawg]

where did you get the white shaper mold?

[@frenchmefrenchyou]

I made it!

[@keepcalmproductions]

Brother it's been 6 months; where's the next episode?!?! 👁👄👁 But fr take your time. I'll be patiently subscribed in the meantime. 🤙

[@frenchmefrenchyou]

I’m so sorry! Because of the situation in Argentina we have been under a lot of stress and working our asses off. Videos will come back soon! Thank you for your support 🫶🏼

[@sztocheukhin3460]

I want to know how strong is it

[@frenchmefrenchyou]

Very stiff and distinctly heavier than a normal board. Not really my jam but cool nonetheless

[@goodguyeugene]

I would spend a lot of money for a deck like that

[@frenchmefrenchyou]

They sold out quite fast but we’ll release a couple of decks for sale every time we make one of these videos! Got some really cool ideas for next ones!

[@lilvaxxx3116]

Hermano pq no haces contenido en español si sos argentino, apollá las 2 comunidades en ingles hay mucha data y en español casi no se encuentran videos todo es en ingles 😢

[@frenchmefrenchyou]

🤷🏻‍♂️ supongo que vas a tener que hacerlos vos

[@massimotrickfingegameplays]

Is watamboo

[@frenchmefrenchyou]

Lmao! Watamboo is a great way to spell it hahaha. Original spelling is guatambú!

[@DaneFaatz]

Yoo can I have a free December board

[@frenchmefrenchyou]

No but you can subscribe and watch our content for free! 🫶🏼

[@DaneFaatz]

lol ok

[@letyourfingazspeak]

the song at 3:00 hahaha soo good! in Austria we have a super fun dude called „Influencer Dave“ and his serie soundtrack is the same 😂 check out this dude, he is hella fun! great work btw, greets from Austria

[@frenchmefrenchyou]

Thanks Fabian! 🫶🏼