Materials:
1 piece of strong, but light wood of about 50 inches long, 10 inches wide, and 0.5 inches thick (these measurements can vary)
1 piece of formica (or carmica) of the same size( It is very thin and is covered with some kind of hard plastic. It is used to cover furniture, desks, etc.).
2 straps of heavy duty cloth (to use them as straps).
Good glue, screws and paint (optional)
Well, the first thing you have to do is round off the corners of the board you have bought. Then slightly cut the sides in a little.The board should end up looking like this:
Then you have to do the hardest part of it all, BEND THE SIDES. What you have to do is put the board in water for about 2 days. Then take it out of the water and put it on the floor. Then put something very very very heavy on the sandboard. if you don't understand look at this picture:
Leave it this way for a whole day and take it off. Hopefully it will stay with the same shape it had when you had it clamped on. Sometimes it does go down a bit, but not much. This is how it should look:
Now you have to glue the *formica* or the *carmica* on the bottom of the board. Make sure the sides are glued extra firmly, because if not, the sand will start opening it up and getting in. This leads to a board with a bumpy, and future broken bottom.
Take the strong cloth you bought (it can be leather if you like) and screw them on the board. In this picture you can see the positions were you are supposed to screw them on:
Well, now this is optional, but highly recommended. Paint the surface of the board with what ever color (s), and if you want you can paint your favorite logo, your name, my internet address, etc on it.
NOTE: All instructions and images wee taken from http://www.geocities.com/Pipeline/9766 and I take no credit for it.