MIT: Independent Activities Period: IAP

IAP 2018 Activities by Sponsor - Hobby Shop



Design and build your own skateboard or long board with a custom decorative wood inlay top

Coby Unger, Instructor

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/26
Limited to 5 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: Hobby Shop Membership
Fee: $85.00 for Deck supplies. Wheels and trucks are purchased separately

Over the course of this class we will use the CNC router, laser, vacuum bag and manually operated woodworking tools. No prior woodworking experience is necessary. We will first cover mold design in Fusion 360 and operation of the CNC router to cut a lamination mold for a total of two board designs chosen by the class participants. The vacuum bag is used to glue laminate thin veneer layers together and create the curved deck blank. 
The laser cutter will be used for to make a decorative wood veneer top or bottom of your design. 

Sponsor(s): Hobby Shop
Contact: Coby Unger, W31-031, 617 253 4343, cobyu@mit.edu


Build Your own Skateboard

Add to Calendar Jan/09 Tue 05:00PM-08:00PM W31-031
Add to Calendar Jan/12 Fri 05:00PM-08:00PM W31-031
Add to Calendar Jan/16 Tue 05:00PM-08:00PM W31-031
Add to Calendar Jan/19 Fri 05:00PM-08:00PM W31-031
Add to Calendar Jan/23 Tue 05:00PM-08:00PM W31-031
Add to Calendar Jan/26 Fri 05:00PM-08:00PM W31-031
Add to Calendar Jan/30 Tue 05:00PM-08:00PM W31-031
Add to Calendar Feb/02 Fri 05:00PM-08:00PM W31-031

Participants must attend all sessions