I took Apple's $700 wheels and made a skateboard

So you guys may have caught my recent video unboxing these $700 Apple wheels

At the end of that video, those wheels go back in this box, and they've lived there ever since

But here's the thing, it's kind of a shame, isn't it? This feat of engineering, these incredibly smooth rolling wheels made by Apple

rolling in a way that only an Apple wheel could roll. So it was a shame to see them sitting there, sadly, inside of the box that they shipped in

Where and how could I utilize? And of course, your mind goes to the obvious location

You have wheels, you make skateboard, don't you? So here's the thing, though

If you're going to make a skateboard using $700 Apple wheels, it's got to be up to Apple standard

It's got to fit in to the ecosystem, after all. And most importantly, it's got to impress Tim Cook and Johnny Ive

Even though he's moved on from Apple now, you know he's going to be watching this, of course

So I pulled out one of the wheels from the box, and I started to look around the studio

I made a rule for myself that if I was gonna do this, I had to use parts and pieces

that were already inside the studio. As you know, it's not particularly easy

to peruse a hardware store at the moment. Looking through my toolbox and other places

and then I saw this thing. This is not a Mac Pro sitting on the desk

This is actually a replica chassis made to look like a Mac Pro

in which you can put whatever parts you like. You could build a PC inside of here

And I made a video a really long time ago. So I looked at this thing and I examined it

And I remembered from my original video that the front panel is actually removable And then I looked a little closer at these Pre holes and I thought to myself my goodness those could make a nice little location

To feed a screw through I popped this front panel off and I started to examine it further thinking

I don't need this look at that thing that's the size of a skateboard already I hit the toolbox and I found some actual hardware that would work for me

I found some screws and washers that I could use to connect these wheels to this deck

Well, then the writing was on the wall. It was too obvious. I was going to make the Apple skateboard and impress even Johnny Ive

Okay, so the first thing I need to do is remove these little studs on the front panel

Now, I could leave these on, but they're really serving no purpose, so they might as well come off

And because I set the rule to use stuff that was only around the studio

you'll see there's a tremendous number of washers. These are going to act as spacers where we need them

Now let's dive back inside the wheels box. One, two, three, four

They should hold my weight, no problem. The thing I'm more worried about, to be honest, is this pivot point

Of course, a skateboard wheel has no need to pivot. Maybe this is better than a skateboard

Couldn't believe that I had the correct threading sitting in the toolbox. It's unbelievable

It's ten years of having this studio and not throwing things away

The next thing is to pick the correct location. We want to distribute the weight as best as possible

Because this thing has this curvature to the inside here we probably gonna want the wheels to sit on this side on the flush side so we can push them further out towards the edge of this unit One screw one black washer one small washer one big washer

One, two, three, down, one in. And we're going to need to remember that across the board here

Now on the other side, again because this is a kind of long screw, I'm going to place one more big washer and one more small washer

And this is just, honestly this is ridiculous. Look at how, it's like tailor made

It just fell on my lap, it's too easy, it's too ridiculous

Obviously, it's too good, it's too perfect. This is better. This is what these were intended for

Apple didn't even know why they made them. They really were just busy redesigning, reinventing the skateboard all along

These aren't for the Mac Pro. Same drill. Black washer, little washer, big washer

If hardware stores were open and I could go explore, I obviously could just get a shorter screw

But on the one side, the washer is kind of mandatory. because if you examine the bottom, they have these little nubs

and those would grind up and potentially get caught on the front panel

So the washer, when you place it here, creates a flat surface for those to sit against

They can spin freely. They don't hit each other, which was something I was worried about because they are so large

Hello? Hi, this is Mr. Lewis. This is him. Black washer, little washer, big washer

So those are just touch tightened right now You can see it already It already taking shape haha something tells me this can be difficult to ride but man it looks good

talk about a little art piece a very expensive art piece let's flip it over

get the screwdriver out the one necessary tool for this job here oh man

look at this it looks sort of professional oh man Apple skateboard

there you go Johnny I've I did what you couldn't I brought Apple officially

okay unofficially into the skateboard business Tim Cook you're missing out think of what you could charge for this

so that looks good on a tabletop but can it hold a person here's a moment of

truth the question is first can it hold my weight okay holding the weight no problem I'll take it and now what about

actually riding it though see that's where the sideways that's where the

pivoting that's where the 360 wheels are not working for you or maybe they are

Yeah, it kind of works. Oh, man. Little DIY unexpected

The Apple skateboard using Apple's new $700 wheels. Oh