probably cos I have no idea what i’m doing 
Any reason to not just make them in petg?
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I am kinda dubious on the 3d printed riser thing as it is, and i was under the impression ABS was stronger.
My issue with making them from urethane tho is that the urethane i have has a bit of cushion, its not firm… and at 15mm thick, I am worried that cushion might increase fatigue on the bolts.
I either need harder urethane, or I need to be happy with printed risers.
Why not both?
Print a thinner version
Pour urethane halfway in the mold
When hard enough to do so, insert print
Pour rest of urethane
I imagine having something inside the thane should remove a bit of the cushion. And I don’t think it’ll react since you be making the mold with the plastic anyways? Or just coat the print before inserting 
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This would be super cool.
I’m picturing a 3d printed skeleton inside a translucent urethane. Like a bug trapped in resin effect.
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What paint did you use?
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The deck is Sparkling Unicorn Spit and the enclosure is just a metallic aerosol from the craft store. Used Spraymax 2K for the clear. Ended up with some issues on the enclosure, so going to redo it when the weather worsens. I don’t think the paint had dried enough when I applied the clear. It ended up shrinking at different rates and lost the slickness in some areas. It actually looks good, but only happened partially.
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I’m thinking some rainbow frit on there would make it pop 
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We got some frit that I had planned on using. After more thought, I decided frit on a board that she struggles to carry would end in blood. I’m going to do one for myself and decide how it would work for her.
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This is true 
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Thanks Andrew! I think this is my magnum opus.
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Depends there’s 2 different types of faille bending and snapping
ABS PETG are both good at avoiding snapping because thay bend and disform. At work a Aluminum scaffold bar has a higher working limit than a steel one because a steel one shatteres when it fails we’re a Aluminum one will bend.
For a riser you want solid not deforming it look at cheaper pla+ over abs or a carbon fiber reinforced filiment even better
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I’ve ordered 60D urethane. Gonna use the prints to make molds with liquid silicone, then pour the risers with the 60D urethane.
Printing risers now in PETG with 2mm walls and 50% infill, will ride with these until I have made the urethane ones.
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My love for this is palpable. 
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I’ll put the design on thingiverse tomorrow 
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And the verdict compared to channel trucks is?
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The future is here 
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I just had MBS Matrix 2s on this board and these dive into corners really well at low speeds, effortlessly. I like how wide the hangers are - 354mm track width with MBS matrix 2s. Im not a speed demon so I’ll wait for other feedback for that. Ill put the rear truck on tomorrow. You do need to mount the trucks in outer positions because of hanger offset.
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