Altus Boards is midway construction of the first press. Takaaki Sagawa and I are hard at work and precisely shaping the styrofoam into the correct shape. If all goes successfully, the styrofoam of the positive side will be shaped precisely enough that it will fit perfectly into the negative side, leaving no room for error when we press the wood.
One difficulty that we're encountering is the tediousness and inconvenience of shaping styrofoam. Fortunately, we're only using styrofoam in the prototype stage, because when we develop a final design, we will create a wood press. This is more advantageous for two main reasons. First, the wood press does not deteriorate and lose structure like a styrofoam press. Second, there are many wood shaping tools that will aid the shaping of the wood press.
Our plan is to try and work this weekend or next weekend to finish the press, because we would like to have prototype #1 (Altus Alpha) created by the end of November. When it is completed, I will take it up to the hills and try it myself along with other local skaters to make sure that the quality is sound. If I find flaws, or the board breaks/has low performance, we will know exactly what to improve.
Here's a picture of me hard at work on a section of the press:
One difficulty that we're encountering is the tediousness and inconvenience of shaping styrofoam. Fortunately, we're only using styrofoam in the prototype stage, because when we develop a final design, we will create a wood press. This is more advantageous for two main reasons. First, the wood press does not deteriorate and lose structure like a styrofoam press. Second, there are many wood shaping tools that will aid the shaping of the wood press.
Our plan is to try and work this weekend or next weekend to finish the press, because we would like to have prototype #1 (Altus Alpha) created by the end of November. When it is completed, I will take it up to the hills and try it myself along with other local skaters to make sure that the quality is sound. If I find flaws, or the board breaks/has low performance, we will know exactly what to improve.
Here's a picture of me hard at work on a section of the press:
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