A generous neighbor who’s a carpenter gave me some smaller pieces of ipe wood. It was very dense and more difficult to work with than what I am used to. It is very durable and weather resistant; between that and the size of the board, I immediately thought of a penny board.

Trying to make a slight concave on the deck to help with grip. I tried running the board perpendicular along the blade using the white board as a guide. I raised the blade up slowly per pass. It wasn’t as effective as I had hoped on a board of this size.

The belt sander helped smooth things out a bit.

I printed out a guide for cutting and used the band saw to get it close to the edge.

I clamped the belt sander down to use it to get close to the edge.

I drew a pattern on the top with a marker and then dug into it with the Dremel tool.

I bought some Paris trucks for itty bitty boards and some cruising Super Juice wheels. It’s just under 6 inches wide; my toes and heels hang off the edge.