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Re: Make your own Splitboard

Postby FLandOBX » Sat Nov 14, 2015 2:04 am

Good for you, dude. Whatever works. I've got an old board that may be ready for the saw! :thumb:

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Re: Make your own Splitboard

Postby CARMELHILL » Thu Jan 17, 2019 12:32 am

I was just watching an interesting video about splitting a snowboard into two halves to make mountain ascending skis, but then they reassemble into a snowboard for the decent. I wonder if this hardware could be used to make a splitboard

video:


hardware:
https://www.tactics.com/voile/diy-splitboard-kit

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Re: Make your own Splitboard

Postby BWD » Thu Jan 17, 2019 2:34 am

Weak, also too complicated, wonder if it would last in salt water.
The forces on a split kiteboard lengthwise, are more than a snowboard side to side.
The snowboard is bridged by the mainly rigid boot, as well as the binding, and the span is much smaller.

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Re: Make your own Splitboard

Postby Blake » Thu Jan 17, 2019 3:36 pm

Hi Guys

I did the same thing with a MAKO 140 for travelling to the BVIs this past November. Worked great!

Words cannot describe the feeling I had when my friend ran the board through the table saw....LOL!
"No turning back now" he said to me as he handed me the two pieces, with a big smile on his face.

I used maple for the joiners, 1" high by 3/4" in width. You want to make the joiners as long as possible to distribute the load over a greater area.
All stainless steel hardware from a marine store. Recessed the nuts into the wood to prevent sharp edges. I cut the bolts down after the pictures were taken.
After the board was cut, I covered any exposed wood with a layer of thickened epoxy. Also I drilled the bolt holes over size in the board and filled them with epoxy, then re-drilled to the proper diameter for the bolts.
I used flush head 8-32 bolts, cup wahsers, and nyloc nuts.

I jumped with it many times and really tried to break it, held up fine. Rides the same as before.


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Re: Make your own Splitboard

Postby jmach » Thu Jan 17, 2019 3:50 pm

Great stuff, I have a Mako 150 that I'd like to split.
Edit... maybe 150cm not the best size for travel, still a bit long at 29.5" per side.
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Re: Make your own Splitboard

Postby kite_hh » Thu Jan 17, 2019 3:52 pm

That sounds awesome! I may do that to my board and hence eliminate my search for a splitboard. :-)
Thanks for sharing!

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Re: Make your own Splitboard

Postby Blake » Thu Jan 17, 2019 6:18 pm

Toby

Maybe move this thread to the Gear Builders area?

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Re: Make your own Splitboard

Postby jaros » Tue Mar 16, 2021 9:15 am

Blake wrote:
Thu Jan 17, 2019 3:36 pm
I used flush head 8-32 bolts, cup wahsers, and nyloc nuts.
Hi,
Where can i find this kind of cup washers in 316 steinless steel?
Thank you!

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Re: Make your own Splitboard

Postby Greenturtle » Tue Mar 16, 2021 1:14 pm

I dont know but if you want to use them and cant find stainless ones you could just buy extras and replace them periodically after corrosion I suppose.

I have used these that lowes/home depot carry. The head is wide/flat/low profile enough to use on the bottom surface of the board without feeling any drag at all.
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