Snowboard construction techniques
Posted in News on Feb 27th, 2010
Unfortunately, on 2/27/2010 my CNC machine’s controller failed. It is not clear precisely which part of the control system has malfunctioned, but it is clear there are multiple issues. As this has become a very part-time endeavor for me, repairs will not happen quickly. I currently hope to have the machine repaired early this Summer, [...]
Posted in News on Feb 7th, 2010
I am now offering a very affordable CNC template service for snowboard or ski templates. The goal is to provide the small snowboard and ski building community with cheap templates for simple designs developed in snoCAD-X. All of the details are here: Template Service.
Posted in News on Dec 28th, 2009
I’ve added information about how I trim flash, cleanup sidewalls, base grind, and cleanup inserts here: Trimming, sidewall cleanup, base grinding, and inserts. I’ve also reorganized the site a little bit per the note below… hopefully there aren’t too many broken external links!
Posted in News on Dec 28th, 2009
For the past 7 years, Happy Monkey Snowboards, Inc. has offered completely custom handcrafted snowboards for sale to the public. It has been a wonderful experience building custom snowboards for new and experienced riders alike. We’ve improved our techniques and capabilities significantly over that time, and today I can honestly say that we have built [...]
Posted in Construction, News on Dec 12th, 2009
More updates to Making a Monkey: Fibers, Epoxy, the final steps to prepare for lamination, added a new sub-section called “Builders Corner” with information on routers, bits, trimming sidewalls, press heat control, and thermocouples.
Builders Corner also includes something that I hope many others will find valuable: the construction checklist, which is a spreadsheet that we [...]
Posted in Construction, News on Dec 7th, 2009
New sections on bases, edges, and nose/tail spacers, and on finishing wood veneer top sheets have been added to Making a Monkey today.
Posted in Construction, News on Dec 6th, 2009
We’ve finally started adding material to the Making a Monkey section of this site. We will add more over the next few days, and post another blog update at that time as well. If you have any questions about any of this material please don’t hesitate to contact us and we’ll add more detail.
This will [...]
Posted in News on Aug 23rd, 2009
As we updated our site for the 09/10 season, we realized something. You see, Happy Monkey has always made long boards, but it turns out we haven’t been advertising it very well. So we’ve made that a bit more obvious throughout the site, and made the pricing clear.
The max length is 200cm, and decks over [...]
Posted in News on Aug 23rd, 2009
We’ve finally updated our site for 2009/2010. We continue our fine tradition of full custom work again this season and look forward to working with you to design and build your dream board.
New for this season we’re offering two stock models: the Gelada 168 and the Papio 166. Each model has been in development for [...]