Printing a longboard happened spontaneously, said Jacqueline Keidel, the public relations manager from Local Motors. Engineers drew up plans to make a longboard then proceeded to make the deck with the same materials found on the Strati body- ABS plastic reinforced with carbon fiber. The whole printing process took 35 minutes, then the team attached the trunk and wheels and started carving. And it all started with the most basic problem of all: hating walking. This design is now being used as part of the host community lab program where they teach classes on how to use the programming software to develop 3d printed projects – including a longboard. Check out Local Motors CEO Jay Rogers carving around the micro-factory in Phoenix:
A video posted by Local Motors (@localmotors) on Jun 24, 2016 at 4:54pm PDT Photo: Flickr / Josef Wells
