Anyone have access to a "Moonbeam". An associate asked me to make him one. The rocker and thickness are no problem. I understand and feel that I can duplicate the ""beater" concave and moon tail fairly easy. What I need are Width measurements every six or twelve inches on a particular length. Using that length and those width measurements; I should be able to Scale the board up to something longer as most of those boards are sub six footers(5'7" etc.). Surely somebody out there either owns one or has a friend who does. If not I may be going around to Surf shops with a tape measure. Lowel
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(Adam) Sunshine Coast Queensland Australia
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Go get 'em Lowel !
No; It's not an ironing board.
Alrighty then. Here are a few pics of the not quite completed shape
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The blank is my favorite EPS Foam. Marko. A 6’8” Fish type blank that I will have to look up the name and number of later.
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I found that semi-circle tail to be more difficult to get right than the concave. Every time I took a second critical look at it I wanted to adjust it. Difficult to get the aesthetics right to the eye.
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Spackled the bottom. Finding good spackle has become a bit of a problem. My “go to” Ace Hardware Liteweight Spackle has been reformulated with an Optical Brightner, So now it’s too blue. Found some nice creamy stuff at the Sherwin/Williams Paint store.
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I just tried the Sherwin/Williams spackle the other day. I really like it. Used it right out of the container without thinning. Way better than the last batch of DAP Fast N Final I had. I bought a larger container of DAP and it took a while to use it. I should have dumped it and switched when people started commenting on the difference. The Sherwin/Williams stuff seems like the old DAP mix.
For scaling shapes of boards I wanted to copy, I would use Adobe Illustrator and draw a board's outline curve from an image (only one side). Once the outline was created, I would open the Illustrator file in Photoshop with whatever length and width I wanted. Then I would cut the full size image into pieces I could print on 11 x 17 paper. Each page has guide lines to reassemble an accurate full scale template. Then I'd print, cut, and tape them together and transfer that to masonite or poster board for a stiffer template. I think this is how Blending Curves makes their templates.
I also drew up my own designs this way. Once you have something full scale, you can move the wide point around and tweak the nose or tail curve with photoshop. You need a decent computer because the files get pretty big.
You can open an image in Photoshop and just scale it to whatever length and width you want, but the pixellation gets bad. But, if you just use that as a guide and have nice flexible battons, you can make a nice clean line along the pixelated edge. You still need to print it out to full scale.
I don't have Illustrator now that Adobe switched to the annual licence. My old computer with Windows XP had it, but I use a Mac now.
Yeah one of the Shapers I sell to up here had been in our local ACE and bought a quart. It was blue. I’ve got a partial qt. That I’ve had for a year that is white. I bought Fastt n Final last year and I noticed that it didn’t sand well. It balled up into a grit that scratched the blank. A sure sign that it had been fortified with Acrylic. A common trend these days amongst paint manufacturers. Whatever you buy; it’s a good idea to pop the lid and take a look before you buy.
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Hi Bill, back in 2005 when Bernie and I started making our boards again, I didn't think about nose or tail widths. I just worked with a length and width, then decided if I wanted a rounder nose or more pointed nose and what kind of tail I wanted. The first 4 were eggs based on the Hobie retro egg that was being made then. I've learned quite a bit about design since then thanks to Swaylocks and the people willing to share.
Concave—-
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Progress thus far;
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White Opaque, 227 Vector Net, Fusions post lam. The plan is to 4 oz. clear top and bottom with logos.
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Looks good! Client must be frothing :-)
He is! You know the hardest part was the “Moon” tail. I had no measurements to go by, only a pic. Guesstimated the width and depth based on the fin placement. My starting point was the center fin. I figured it to be three inches forward. From there the fin placement was fairly simple based on the pics. The depth of the tail is two inches. In some pics it definitely looks like it is right. In others it looked shallower. I probably got the tail an inch or so wider than the original and if you look at the drawing and pics carefully you will see the original is pulled in slightly, creating a “hip” in the last six to eight inches of the tail. Nose on the original is a little less “full” than my interpretation and slightly more pointy. The concave positioning was arrived at based on the fin placement and a guesstimate of how far off the rail it was, where it began and the little zig and zag around the two back rail fins. My best attempt based on pics and minimal reference points. Lowel
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