super cheap homemade snowboard

Im looking into making a really cheap snowboard. Would it work to steam
bend a piece of 1/2" plywood, coat it with polyurethan, and glue a
piece of formica to the bottom? I already have all these materials,
plus a pair of bindings. Any thoughts?

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Im looking into making a really cheap snowboard. Would it work to steam
bend a piece of 1/2" plywood, coat it with polyurethan, and glue a
piece of formica to the bottom? I already have all these materials,
plus a pair of bindings. Any thoughts?

If you are just going to walk up and slide down a tiny hill by your
house that might work, but if you are already shelling out $50-70 for a
lift ticket at a real mountain, you should just buy something cheap
(there are several boards available for less than $100 on ebay). A key
part of snowboards is having metal edges and a sidecut in the board. If
you spend the time adding that to your DIY board, you could have easily
gotten enough money working part time to get a snowboard that would be
much, much better.

Just my opinion though.

wrote:
Im looking into making a really cheap snowboard. Would it work to steam
bend a piece of 1/2" plywood, coat it with polyurethan, and glue a
piece of formica to the bottom? I already have all these materials,
plus a pair of bindings. Any thoughts?

Unless you will be riding exclusively in powder or soft snow, your
homemade board will be close to useless without metal edges. The
typical advice on building your own board given in books about
snowboarding is this: DON'T.

Joe Ramirez

I've got used ones w/ bindings here at the shop for less than $50.

I've got used ones w/ bindings here at the shop for less than $50.

I've got used ones w/ bindings here at the shop for less than $50.

What would be the best way to put some metal edges on it? I think my
main question was wether the formica would slide well. And yes, I am
just going to use this in my backyard

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my main question was wether the formica would slide well.

Not as well as PTFE. Have you seen any commercially available boards
with Formica bases?

obviously not, but Im just trying to find somthing cheap that i already
have

any suggestions for the metal edges?

On 2006-11-11, wrote:
Im looking into making a really cheap snowboard. Would it work to steam
bend a piece of 1/2" plywood, coat it with polyurethan, and glue a
piece of formica to the bottom? I already have all these materials,
plus a pair of bindings. Any thoughts?



It'd be great for.......a sandboard.