Roarockit Blog

This is a list of online sites that have reviews or information about our kits:

Silverfishlongboarding(Article by Consortium. An in-depth review about the Roarockit longboard deck kit)
August 2005
Consortium

Silverfishlongboarding (Article By Silverfishlongboarding about deckmaking classes at the University of California San Diego using Roarockit deckmaking program and materials)
May 2005
This Rocket Roars

Silverfishlongboarding, UCSD Longboarding 101
Longboarding 101

Roarockit Skateboard Building Kit Shortboard
Hugh R

Roarockit Skateboard Building Kit Longboard
Hugh R

Board building - My first attempt at a Roarockit Longboard
Doug K

Board building - Roarockit Longboard # 2
Doug K

Carba-Tec Tools For Woodworkers
Carba-Tec

Canadian Woodworker, Thin Air Press Kit
Canadian Woodworker

Harvest Boards, Roarockit Deck Kit
Harvest Boards

Woodcraft Catologue
Woodcraft

Lee Valley Tool
Lee Valley

Rockler, Tips on Using The Thin Air Press
Rockler

Rockler Ad
Rockler Ad

Rockler Cover
Cover

Woodworking For Women, Laminated Crane Rods
Crane Rods

Woodcraft magazine, Affordable Amazing Veneered Box
Veneered Box

Woodcraft Magazine, The Toolbox. Thin Air Press Vacuum System
The Toolbox

This is the list of magazines articles that Roarockit kits have been in over the last year.

Publications

Better Homes and Gardens WOOD Magazine (Review of the Thin Air Press) It gets a 5 star rating with quotes like “the results were outstanding” we must be doing something right.
February/March 2006
USA

Woodworking for Women Magazine (Review of the Roarockit Thin Air Press Kit (for woodworkers)
February 2006
USA

American Woodworker Magazine (Article by George Vondriska about Roarockit woodworker’s kit)
Early 2006
USA

Woodcraft Magazine (Vacuum veneering: a 5 page article by Doug Stowe about Roarockit woodworker’s kit)
January 2006
USA

Australian Wood Review Magazine (Review about Roarockit woodworker’s kit)
December 2005
Australia

Spotmag Magazine (Review about Roarockit skateboard deck building kit)
Janaury 2006
Spain

Woodworking for Women Magazine (Vacuum veneering: an article by Anna Thompson on Roarockit woodworker’s kit)
January 2006
USA

The Maui News (Article on Roarockit Skateboard Company and our teaching program)
Summer 2005

Concrete Wave Magazine (Article by Malakai Kingston about deckmaking classes at the University of California San Diego using in part Roarockit deckmaking program and materials)
Summer 2005
USA

Fine Woodworking Magazine (Article by Anatole Burkin, editor. About Roarockit woodworker’s kit)
August 2005
USA

Woodcraft Magazine (Article by Tim Rinehart about Roarockit woodworker’s kit)
January 2005
USA

This is one sweet deck that Ryan has built using our Thin Air Press System. He built his own foam mold for this project and laminated 1/4″ Baltic Birch for the deck material.
I especially like how clean his design is. Everything works with this deck, the paint, the shape, the wheel cutouts all work together to make one sweet deck. Ryan even made a test deck to work out the design before building the deck.
Here is a picture of him testing the prototype.

I can hardly wait to see what he comes up with next.
Here are the process and detail shots of the deck.

RYAN’s DECKS
Anyone interested in getting Ryan to build them a deck. He can be reached at:
ryancoolness@hotmail.com

Check out what Rockler has to say about the Thin Air Press.

This article is great. lots of handy ideas about the Thin Air Press for different types of projects.
TIPS ON USING THE THIN AIR PRESS

There is a wonderful article about vacuum veneering on their site. A must read article for anyone interested veneering and laminating.
VACUUM VENEERING INTRO

This is their newsletter highlighting our TAP system.
ROCKLER TAP AD

Here is a review of our longboard deck kit. See what Silverfishlongboarding has to say about our kit.
Silverfishlongboarding

We have been invited to show off our kits at the Lee Valley Tools booth at the Home Workshop Show in Toronto.
Here are the dates of the show.

Toronto Congress Centre, 650 Dixon Rd., Toronto

Dates & Times:
March 3 10 a.m. – 9 p.m.
March 4 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
March 5 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Canadian Workshop Show

I will be showing examples of the many uses for our Thin Air Press kits.
Come and check us out in person.

These are impressive!
Great story that Peter Boeckh told me. Typically the wood shop is empty during exam week. However, Peter said there were up to 25 students in the shop daily working on their decks, sanding and finishing. When was the last time students wanted to be in class when they could be ………
THE DECKS

Check out the December and January 2005/6 issues of this great magazine. Roarockit Thin Air Press is in both issues. The December issue describes a laminating project that uses our kit to make cool looking curtain rods. The January magazine describes the kit in more detail.
Thanks Woodworking For Women Magazine for your great support.
WOODWORKING FOR WOMEN

We are extremely happy with this story. A local High School has produced 80 decks using our Thin Air Press system. Many thanks to the teacher Peter Boeckh and Peter Drake for putting this huge project together. We will be posting more pictures as they come in.

80 DECKS

Here is Aviv, aka THOR with his stash of Roarockit veneer that he won in the Silverfishlongboarding Board Build Off.
Congratz for a good job.
THOR
SILVERFISHLONGBOARDING
SKURFSKATES