The Ultimate Skate Tool

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It takes an average of 15 minutes to disassemble and reassemble the trucks on a skateboard. Modern skateboard tools have purely added a convenience of having all of the tools but they have failed to make the process easier and faster. The Ultimate Skate Tool is a universal tool for taking off and putting on skateboard and longboard trucks faster than ever. There are four machine screws that have to come off of each truck. This causes for a long and agonizing time while adjusting trucks. With this design, a user would simply take the nut securing piece and slide it underneath the trucks to hold the nuts in place, then turn the main hub gear on top to tighten or loosen all four screws simultaneously. This can save a lot of time and struggle for all skateboarders and longboarders in the world. The 15 minute process can now be done in less than a minute and is easier to do. The inside of this tool consists of one large main gear that meshes with four smaller gears that turn four standard number 2 phillips head bits. The gear ratio allows for the user to turn the main hub only a few times while the screws are turning way more. This tool consists of nine parts and is easily assembled. It also contains the wrench sizes for adjusting the kingpin nut and axle nuts on the trucks. The top of the main handle has a half inch socket head for an added convenience of using a driver to turn the handle instead of using hands. This design can only be made by utilizing additive manufacturing processes because of the complex interior structures of the design. In this case, fused deposition modeling (FDM) technology will be used to create the design with PLA plastics. Grand Haven High School, Jeremy Case.