meekin wrote:

anyone know how much it cost to ship a deck internationally?

USA to Germany to be exact!

from what i can remeber it costs me about $7 to ship a small bubble mailer (that is not filled to it's capacity) anywhere that isn't in the United States.

thanks guys!

if shipped from california, about how long should a deck take to get to tampa florida??

Salty Fingers wrote:

if shipped from california, about how long should a deck take to get to tampa florida??

i would say 5-7 days

USPS priority mail across the country usually takes me 3-7 days.

I was wondering If allen key trucks are any good. Do the kingpins stick out and scratch rails like china wides? Lastly, is star fingerboard a good company to buy from? they sell them in chrome and I know there on 4cfb but those are only in black and magenta.

I have a ton of YTrucks which use an inverted kingpin and allen key, I like them alot and I have no problem with them. I wouldn't recommend Star Fingerboards as they're all china and you can find a million times better stuff in the banner above, dump trucks are good and you can get them from FlatFace.

Mmm, I tried a few modded China variations, and straight up dump trucks/TDLB are the better. Many of the cheaper end stuff isn't done very well, screws come loose or don't thread etc.

The only exception that I've tried are planktoons modded trucks, but they're almost as expensive as ytrucks so not really worth the price. They do look nice though

Anyone know if Elias Assmuth still fingerboards? That dude was amazing

Uncle Brigamini wrote:

Anyone know if Elias Assmuth still fingerboards?  That dude was amazing

yes but more being a pro skater
for yama skateboard s

Yeah planktoon trucks look nice but I'm going to go with y-trucks.

If you have the funds for Y's then there's no competition although for another 10 you could get brts, so there's that.

Does the YTrucks/YWheels tool work on Blackriver locknuts and vice versa? I don't have a fingerboard tool for these yet but I have all the hardware itself.

Anyone know how long it takes for flatface to respond to a return request?

Not sure about the other way round, but brr/td tools work fine with ytrucks locknuts

Concept wrote:

Not sure about the other way round, but brr/td tools work fine with ytrucks locknuts

For some reason they are too small for all of my chinese tools I have gotten over the years.

the old lock nuts that used too come with Y trucks are the same size as BRR lock nuts an tech deck nuts

the new lock nuts that have come with Y trucks since last year are smaller nuts an need one of the new Y keys too use

http://www.fingerboardingmag.com/2014/05/ytrucks-new-autoblock-v2.html

http://www.unitefingerboarding.com/post.php?id=416

eddie Victory wrote:

the old lock nuts that used too come with Y trucks are the same size as BRR lock nuts an tech deck nuts

the new lock nuts that have come with Y trucks since last year are smaller nuts an need one of the new Y keys too use

http://www.fingerboardingmag.com/2014/05/ytrucks-new-autoblock-v2.html

http://www.unitefingerboarding.com/post.php?id=416

Thank you so much! I had tried finding information on the tools but I never actually searched for the trucks before haha. Thanks dude!

Anyone ever try shaping old china wheels before? Tried a couple of searches but only one old thread showed up--wondering if anyone has since tried?

I have a set of some of the older, wider ones and i'm thinking of experimental shaping them.

^ it's been done. They're like cnc wheels if I'm not mistaken.

fingerfuzz wrote:

Anyone ever try shaping old china wheels before?  Tried a couple of searches but only one old thread showed up--wondering if anyone has since tried?

I have a set of some of the older, wider ones and i'm thinking of experimental shaping them.  

What material are the wheels? Plastic? I know Trent shaped a set of urethane wheels by hand and they turned out amazing. Use a drill to spin the wheel and get some sandpaper and try to round the wheel as evenly as you can.

JakeC wrote:

^ it's been done. They're like cnc wheels if I'm not mistaken.

Those are different, they're made with a CNC machine rather than being moulded like the cheaper china wheels.

I think he means using whatever tools to shape a set of the cheaper china wheels.

Danny H wrote:

I think he means using whatever tools to shape a set of the cheaper china wheels.

yeah, thats what I mean. I figure that drill and sandpaper method mentioned above could work if I'm verrrrry careful? Further thoughts?

fingerfuzz wrote:

Danny H wrote:

I think he means using whatever tools to shape a set of the cheaper china wheels.

yeah, thats what I mean.  I figure that drill and sandpaper method mentioned above could work if I'm verrrrry careful?  Further thoughts?  

Take your time and don't mess up. Honestly you should just keep them squared but if you don't mind a chance of failure and you got wheels to spare go for it.

Need a quick question answered
are these 32mm trucks?