Miscut longboard blank - bottom contours

General Discussion
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Hello everyone

I’ve had a miscut blank lying around for ages, and have decided to make it into something now i’ve got plenty of time on my hands. Only issue is there is a large channel cut into the centre of the blank, about 6 inches wide. It runs from the middle of the board back to the tail, gettting deeper and deeper until it’s about 1/5 inch deep right at the tail.

Any suggestions for some creative bottom contours? I know vee is common in longboard tails but I think the rails will just be too thin…

Blank is 9’0 x 22 3/4 x 2 3/4, i’d like to shape it into a single fin general log mainly for use by my girlfriend.

Fairly new to this (second board), so any help welcomed.

Cheers

 

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The first question I’d ask is what the nose and tail rocker is out at the rail, and how deep the channel is at the tail block.    

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Hi

Depth at tail is about 4mm. It seems to deepen to this point at a consistent rate from the middle of the board, where the bottom is currently flat. 

Everyone seems to measure rocker a different way and I don’t have the measurements it was cut to :confused:

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Shape it.  Vandevoort(sp) used to shape longboards with a single channel in them on Maui.  I think Chris Slick used to do them as well.

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  1. Shape around it and afterwards fill it in with scrap foam bit by bit, or do something aesthetically creative by filling it with balsa wood or something.  When I screw up and take chunks out of foam, I fill it with lightweight spackling compound.

  2. Maybe it’s time to try a channel.