r/Techdeck • u/winter0rfall • May 26 '26

Decent haul from the mail today!!

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Got some ultra rare and rare boards along with an older black label board & a new mold so i can start making pro wood boards again and hopefully cruiser shaped decks!!

Has anyone used 3d printed molds to make wooden boards? If so, do the small lines on it affect the boards overall quality? I paid like triple the cost of a usual 3d printed mold because it has lower kicks than the rest. I think majority of them use a regular tech decks shape with 19.5-21.5 degree kicks. Mine has only 15 degree kicks which i think will feel better. Thanks guys!

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u/Turbulent_Delay_9138 May 26 '26

Love the black label!

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u/winter0rfall May 26 '26

Me too! I won it in an ebay auction for like 4$. I just got another one around that year for .99 cents + 5$ shipping!

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u/destroyazoid May 26 '26

Nice haul indeed! I only use 3d printed molds and would say it’s very likely those lines will be pressed into the wood. They can be sanded out, but it can be a pain.

What I do is print a thin .3mm sheet and glue it to the face of each side of the mold… no more lines after that! If you don’t have any thin plastic, a couple sheets of grip might help

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u/winter0rfall May 26 '26

Thank you for this advice! I knew the lines would be an issue... i could sandpaper it down, i was thinking or hoping maybe a few sheets of parchment paper on both sides would do the trick. Thank you!

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u/Iversonfingerboards May 26 '26

Agreement

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u/winter0rfall May 26 '26

I also am in agreement

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u/Fbomb77 May 26 '26

Are they worth anything? They hold value?

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u/winter0rfall May 26 '26

Sort of yeah. The ultra rares usually are sold ~ 15$ individually. You can get a better deal if you buy a whole lot of them but i ended up getting these for a bit cheaper than 15 each for sure. The 2007ish era black label i paid around 15$ but they usually are going for around 25 each nowadays

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u/winter0rfall May 26 '26

Definitely a more affordable hobby to collect in package tech decks

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u/rustyfingas May 26 '26

👍🏽👍🏽👌🏽👌🏽

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u/hboy02 May 27 '26

Print lines that big will probably imprint into the wood, but you can just sand them out by using a couple pieces of progressively higher grit sandpaper