Aluminum Longboard

Most longboards are made of wood. I wanted something unique so I made mine of aluminum. The aluminum deck is flexible but strong. The entire longboard weighs only 4 kg and is therefore very light!

If you like this design please vote for me in the 'I could make that contest' :)

The idea for the aluminum longboard came from this website: http://bionicgirlnyc.com/2011/03/20/cindrich-aluminum-longboards/

Materials:

-120 cm of stainless steel bars 
-12 aluminum strips of 1 meter (10 strips of 2cm wide and 2 strips of 1,5 cm wide)
-80 nuts
-2 pieces of wood

Copy the holes of the trucks and shape the rest of the wooden pieces as you like. They form the tail and the nose of the deck.
I used multiplex.

Attach the trucks to the wooden pieces, by using nuts and bolts.

Attach one aluminum strip to the tail and nose with screws.

Bend the aluminum strip and attach it with screws to the tail and nose.
Repeat this step on the the other side.

Cut out two slots on each wooden piece, for the two middle aluminum strips and mount them with glue.

Drill out three rows of holes.

Place a horizontal strip in the middle and secure it with glue.

Drill four rows of holes.

Place the four bars and secure them with the nuts.

Mount at each side one big and one smaller strip.

Place a horizontal strip at the bottom of the deck.

Bend two strips around the contour of the longboard at each side and attach them again with screws.

Attach a piece of rubber on the tail and nose with glue, so it looks smooth.