I was just watching an interesting video about splitting a snowboard into two halves to make mountain ascending skis, but then they reassemble into a snowboard for the decent. I wonder if this hardware could be used to make a splitboard
Weak, also too complicated, wonder if it would last in salt water.
The forces on a split kiteboard lengthwise, are more than a snowboard side to side.
The snowboard is bridged by the mainly rigid boot, as well as the binding, and the span is much smaller.
I did the same thing with a MAKO 140 for travelling to the BVIs this past November. Worked great!
Words cannot describe the feeling I had when my friend ran the board through the table saw....LOL!
"No turning back now" he said to me as he handed me the two pieces, with a big smile on his face.
I used maple for the joiners, 1" high by 3/4" in width. You want to make the joiners as long as possible to distribute the load over a greater area.
All stainless steel hardware from a marine store. Recessed the nuts into the wood to prevent sharp edges. I cut the bolts down after the pictures were taken.
After the board was cut, I covered any exposed wood with a layer of thickened epoxy. Also I drilled the bolt holes over size in the board and filled them with epoxy, then re-drilled to the proper diameter for the bolts.
I used flush head 8-32 bolts, cup wahsers, and nyloc nuts.
I jumped with it many times and really tried to break it, held up fine. Rides the same as before.
Blake
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I dont know but if you want to use them and cant find stainless ones you could just buy extras and replace them periodically after corrosion I suppose.
I have used these that lowes/home depot carry. The head is wide/flat/low profile enough to use on the bottom surface of the board without feeling any drag at all.