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[How-to Videos]

Want to learn how to use your Thin Air Press?

Here is a selection of videos that show you how to troubleshoot your kit, customize a long board deck or make a woodworking project using the ROAROCKIT TAP technology.

Videos

 
 
Photo Tutorials related to deck making:
Vacuum pressure terms and principles for pressing skateboard veneer and clamping woodUnderstanding Vacuum:
Learn about the principles and terms of vacuum pressure. Teachers, use this for your next physics class. Students, impress your teachers with this knowledge!
DIY skateboard presses including the Dimm Press, industrial press, Thin Air Press and Rib PressSkateboard Press Process
The Nitty-Gritty showing many ways skateboards can be pressed, from rail press to Thin Air Press and more.
Skateboard veneer materials include maple, solid birch, Baltic Birch, plywood and bambooSkateboard Building Materials
A detailed list and description of the types of wood veneers, bamboo fiber, composites and other laminates used in skateboard making.
Skateboard glues include Titebond III or pva, epoxy and cyanoacrylatesSkateboard Building Glues
A discussion of common adhesives for skateboard building including epoxy and water based glues. Read up on the best tools and how much glue to use on a skateboard.
Photo Tutorials for Woodworking:
External Mold TutorialUsing an External Mold with a Thin Air Press:
See how to make veneer copy the shape of an existing item

Laminating a Chair Back TutorialLaminating a Chair Back:
Create curved furniture parts with an inexpensive foam mold and vacuum pressing

Veneering a Table Top TutorialVeneering a Table Top with Fancy Veneers:
An easy and simple way to laminate thin veneer onto a solid substrate with vacuum
Checker Boeard Veneer Project TutorialChecker Board Veneer Project:
Create patterns with fancy veneer and a manual vacuum press
Curved Drawer Face TutorialBuilding a Curved Drawer Face Using a Thin Air Press:
With the one-sided foam mold idea Ted Hunter pioneered, create solid curved pieces including the finish veneer in one pressing
Drum Shell BuildApply Exotic Veneers to a Drum Shell:
Using the large Thin Air Press Kit, customer Miikka Eerola laminates fancy veneer onto a custom made drum
Norm Abrams Secret WeaponBow Front Chest:
This is a link to Norm Abrams' New Yankee website, where he uses our Thin Air Press to laminate the curved drawer fronts of this beautiful chest
Rockitalk logo with link to blog
Link to our Australian site
Roarockit courses listings and timetable for classes in Toronto
Teaching resources for schools and groups
List of independen builders, artists and schools building boards
Informative tutorials about board building
List of schools using our Thin Air Press kits to engage young people
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Deck Builders Gifts/Parents Woodworkers Schools And Groups