Showing posts with label First Board. Show all posts
Showing posts with label First Board. Show all posts

September 14, 2008

Preparing for the Laps


Here is the lap line drawn out using that contraption magigi.

Masked the lap with some good 3M tape.



All Covered Up.

Ready to start glassing.!!!


Lap Outliner Contraption Magigi


I made this from some scrap pieces of wood. Seems to work pretty good. I always get happy when I am able to make something from left over things or stuff I have collected over the years. Can you say Pack-Rat!

The Glassing Stuff


Trying to be organized and all, I jerry rigged a little table using a water cooler and some Pepsi 24 pack boxes. Didn't want to get resin all over my work desk.

The Shaping/Glassing Stand


Forgot to take pictures while I was building the stand for my shaping and glassing, but I made the stand so I can interchange between shaping and glassing. The top part comes on and off and is held down with a bolt. I also made the cross beam removable so I can change it out with a longer beam for longboards. Seems to work pretty well. Doesn't wobble.

Here is the stand with the glassing attachment. It's narrower than the shaping attachment so it won't get in the way when doing the laps. And is taller so I don't have to strain my back. Getting older and older, it's just not as easy anymore :(

I placed tape on the top, sticky side up so the board doesn't move around while I am glassing. There is that left over Oracle kneepad again.

Preparing to Glass



Two layers is probably an overkill, but I'm sure it would make the wife happy.

September 07, 2008

Shaping Complete


After all the mess and being really anal about making it even, I finally finished shaping. At least I think I am finished. Don't really know since I have never seen anyone shape and don't know how clean it needs to be. So, keeping my fingers crossed, hopefully everything will go smoothly when I glass next weekend.

Doin the Rails




I forgot to take pictures as I was doing the rail bands, but here is the completed side rails. Just got a little into it and forgot. Haven't worked on the tail yet.

Shaping the Board


Skinned it with the Bosch 3365 and seemed to work. Although you can't really tell by the mess, the Bosch 3365 had a little bag attachment for the shavings and seemed to keep it a little more contained in my work area.

The single blade on the planer seemed to take chunks out of the board while skinning. Not sure if this is typical, but I am assuming not. Having only one blade instead of two made pretty rough cuts on the blank. But once I got pass the hard skin, it was as smooth as a babies butt.

Glad I went with the Bosch 3365. It was cheap and seems to do the job. Made a few modifications to it... I epoxied the foot's 45 degree grooves, removed the set down rest contraption and filed the notches on the knob to make the depth cuts smoother to turn.

The Template Cut-Out




Now, time to clean the outline.


Trabajo Trabajo!!

The Tools


These are some of the tools I am using...

I hand made the shaping block with some foam glued to it, a shaping paddle, caliper, a poormans shaping square made out of left over plexi glass and a shaping pad made out of an Oracle knee pad. And the usual tools I purchased from the store.

Don't know why Oracle was giving out knee pads for a promotional pieces!?!? I guess us techie nerds are always down on their knees fixing people's computers.

Oh yah, not shown here is the planer I purchased. I actually went with the cheapo Bosch 3365 3-1/4" Planer with only one blade. Actually got a deal from Home Depot because the box was all beat up. Hopefully it works!

September 06, 2008

Drawing the Template

This is the custom template I just made using a pegboard without the holes for my Displacement Hull project. I decided to make the nose a little more rounded, kinda like a longboard. The template turned out to be a little wide so I had to bring it in a little when outlining. I think it will work alright though.



So after tracing my template, I decided to draw out a diamond tail to see what that would look like instead of the pin tail. Can't decide!!!!

Anyway, I ultimately went with the diamond tail.

Getting My Blank



Pleased to say that I finally got my blank from the Factory (aka Bashams). It's a US Blanks 7-3A. Chuck over at Bashams was very helpful and set aside this one for me. Sweeeeet.

September 04, 2008

BoardSide Displacement Hull Surfboard Project

For a couple of years now, I have been wanting to shape/build my own surfboard. So finally decided to dedicate some time and get started on the project. Lately I have been riding a 7' displacement hull and am absolutely amazed by how it paddles, handles and rides. Soooo, although I don't think it is the best board to build as the first one, I decided that this is what I wanted to go with. I am probably setting myself up for failure. Hee Hee.