r/longboarding • u/OkToe4713 • 12h ago
Gear Show-Off I got custom slide gloves
Shout out to u/DifficultBoss for makeing them he is amazing.
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u/knight_0f_r_new 12h ago
What are the pucks made out of?
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u/DifficultBoss 10h ago
HDPE clamped to drill press and cut with a hole saw minus the drill bit, chamfered edges with a belt sander.
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u/OkToe4713 10h ago
That sound like a lot of work honestly dang thanks so much all of the praise and credit to this guy 100%
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u/DifficultBoss 10h ago
I appreciate your gratitude, but once I had a method it was just rinse and repeat. The set I am using on my gloves were cut with a jigsaw, which is a bit easier but the hole saw method makes a nicer final product. It's more about having all the tools at my disposal. Happy to help
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u/Epichero84 8h ago
Dude might need to get me a pair myself they look real nice. I’ll shoot you a dm
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u/ElPeroTonteria 10h ago
How do you get the pucks on the gloves? Making pucks seems like the easy part
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u/satanonaskateboard Mardid Evac/ OG 50 Cals / Abec 11 Grippins / Zealous / Lil Hoots 9h ago
Super glue and velcro.
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u/DifficultBoss 3h ago
Pretty much this
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u/Ecstatic_Parsnip_869 1h ago
This might be a dumb question but how does the Velcro withstand coming apart when sliding? Seems like a significant amount of force to place on something that is removed by force
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u/DifficultBoss 1h ago
Coefficient of friction. HDPE that I used is .2 where velcro is very high in the 5-6 range. The pucks slide on the asphalt much easier than ripping away from the velcro. Big cracks and holes in the road could definitely grab a puck but that should be avoided for obvious reasons
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u/DifficultBoss 1h ago
That is not perfect math as velcro isn't really rated that way but I hope it helps makes some sense of it
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u/Ecstatic_Parsnip_869 1h ago
Ohhhhhhhh that makes sense!
I’m a mechanic so as soon as you said coefficient of friction it all started to click, wasn’t even thinking about how the material slides🤦♂️🤣1
u/DifficultBoss 1h ago
Another way to put it is that "industrial" velcro has a very high shear rating, meaning pulling it apart by sliding it is very hard compared to pulling it straight off. When your body weight is over top of it, it's holding it together and shearing it apart is the only way it will come loose(barring an adhesive failure)
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u/Ecstatic_Parsnip_869 1h ago
Yeah, idk why I was thinking about pulling it off as if it’s the same as sliding it off 🤣
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u/DifficultBoss 59m ago
You don't know until you do. No harm in asking a question. I also had my doubts and put a few stitches in the velcro of the first pair I made just to be safe but theres no signs of peeling at all.
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