Recently switched back to Indy standards and the baseplate is thicker than I remembered. My 7/8 hardware is barely hanging on and I don't want to crank into the wood. Do you guys use 1 inch with standard indy plates? How much does it stick out?
Why don't people like sinking their bolts in?
I've only really seen it with older people (say 35+)and now younger people. (say 24 and under) who I assume are sort of mimicking the older people. Back when i watched 9club Crob would mention it sometimes. Personally I like them way sunken in I even turn a screwdriver in the hole a little bit first to take the edge off the wood. Having bolts sticking up may as well go back to the old dome style ones
I used to use 1" for everything, but then when I got hold of Shortys 7/8" which have the slim nuts, I use those now, as well as tracking down the slim nuts from hardware suppliers so I never really have to worry again.
Nyloc thin hex nut 3/16 UNF boxes on ebay for not a whole lot.
It really depends on the bolts too, some with smaller heads just work way more easily for me, but others with really big heads on the deck bolts are often difficult to get into the board and I see a lot more people with them sticking up a lot, which bugs me to no end as I prefer to have the bolts at the same as or just ever so slightly under the grip level with Shortys or similar brands that have smaller heads.
I do see boards that people have used normal nuts on small head 7/8" bolts and buried the deck bolts into the board a bit, but that also works well enough, no stress cracks or other issues with the wood. As long as the deck bolt is through enough of the nyloc, it shouldn't come loose.
Other people I know only use the bigger head bolts as they don't want them digging into the wood at all and find they tighten down the smaller ones too easily, but I guess it is down to getting used to where to get them to.
I always have a big thick handled phillips screwdriver handy when setting up boards, to do the gripping line on the board, then pushing into and twisting in each deck hole to get rid of excess grip tape and then finally using the big rounded handle end to press the grip around the deck bolts once they are in, which also helps to make sure bolts are where I want them.
Even just using the deck nut end on a skate tool around each bolt on the grip can be a help too, just push down, don't twist or anything. I only ever hold the deck bolt still from the grip side and do up the nut from the truck side to prevent any grip tape movement on top of the board too, which definitely helps.
At the end of the day, setting up a board is down to personal preference, but I don't like to feel my bolts at all when on the board, so choice of deck bolt based on the size of the heads is more important than the brand of bolt or anything else to me.
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