Skateboard Lumber: From Trash to Timber (Digital Guide)

Every stack of broken decks in the corner of your garage is lumber waiting to happen. This guide shows you exactly how we do it at Barousse Works — from the day we started grabbing dead boards from local shops to the moment we pull a cured block off the press, ready to mill into something real.

This isn't theory. It's the actual process, step by step, the same one behind every one-of-one piece we build: sourcing broken decks, degripping, stripping them down, gluing up, and pressing your first block of skatewood.

What's inside:

• Where to source boards for free (or next to it)
• The right way to degrip without wrecking the wood underneath
• Three stripping methods, and which one actually pays off
• Glue-up prep that keeps your bolt holes clean
• How to press a block that's ready to mill

Includes video walkthroughs for every major step and a full tools & materials list, so you're not guessing what to buy.

Instant digital download — PDF, view on any device.

Handmade knowledge, straight from a fifth-generation woodworking shop in Lafayette, Louisiana. If you skate, and you've ever looked at a broken deck and thought "there's something in there" — this is how you get it out.