Diy: Onetime Skateboards Into Furniture

“Creative Recycling”, is the tertiary of v interactive workshops from Converse. Taking identify straightaway through Spring 2015, these multi-city workshops entitled, CONS Project, are a serial of community events designed to inspire the adjacent generation of creative spirits through interactive skate, fine art as well as music workshops.

Converse, along amongst Jason Podlaski, craftsman as well as founder of skateboard recycling company, Deckstool, late led a New York workshop where participants were invited to laid upward their ain stools made from recycled skate decks. Photo credit Zander Taketomo.

Out of the workshop came a step-by-step take away on how to practise your ain deckstool, at home:

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

Materials:
• Two (2) Full or Two (2) 3/4 Skateboards
• One (1) Half Skateboard
• Skateboard Truck
• Long Bolts
• Lock Nuts

Tools:
• Power Sander or Sandpaper
• Power Drill
• Power Saw
• Screw Driver

INSTRUCTIONS

1.) The stool requires (2) Full or (2) 3/4 skateboards for the each leg as well as (1) one-half skateboard for the seat.
2.) Cut both sum boards (or 3/4 skateboards) to 18" length for the legs.

3.) Cut the one-half board to 12" length, ensuring the truck holes are located inward the middle of the board.
4.) Sand all edges of each board to laid upward smooth.

5.) Drill i hole (approximately 3/8" inward diameter) inward the middle of the truck holes on each leg.
6) Drill out existing 4 (4) truck holes on topographic point to tally long bolts.

7.) Insert each side of skateboard truck through holes drilled into each leg as well as secure from contrary side amongst lock nut.
8.) Attach the stool topographic point to the truck using long bolts as well as lock nuts.

9.) Tighten the screws gradually, rotating betwixt the 4 bolts on the seat, spell simultaneously tightening the lock nuts on stool legs until stool is steady as well as sturdy.
10.) You’re done! Now accept a charge off on your laid upward novel seat.

There are going to endure ii to a greater extent than DIY themed workshops happening inward NYC, Toronto, Boston as well as LA inward early on 2015 as well as people tin plough over the axe await for information coming shortly at www.consproject.com