Thanks for sorting the pic. Gonna have to start uploading photos on my pc. Phone doesn't resize well enough.
Post them to facebook or some other site as an image server first, then use the link and the embed option (the little image next to the film strip) to embed it via link rather than direct-uploading to sways... it takes some of the load off their servers not having to host the photos, and it gets automatically resized to a friendly format by facebook or instagram
yeah sushka finally done and a free rack in the shaping bay lol. I am in there tomorrow got 3 more bonzers to do.
Ha.... yeah about that free rack...
Feel free to move my EPS blank if you need - I'm not starting it until next week so you can lean it or stick it way up top if it's in your way. I'm gonna start glassing that fish maybe tomorrow night or the following morning though, so there will definitely be free racks
I'm thinking we need some more racks on the other side of the wall now, haha
Edit: We gotta get that other shaping room finished too!!
I don't know if I ever asked?? Are you guys in those old shops on the north end of Lahaina?? Just south of the resturant?? Forget the name of it. Was a Charthouse years ago?? Seems like there has always been some kind of Surfboard operation in those shops. Lowel
This is my most recent shape. It's my sixth one so far.
5'4" x 21" x 2 1/2" retroish fish. Planning on a tinted bottom lam, not sure what color yet. Clear deck and hopefully my first try at pinlines. Also going to be making two plywood keels to glass on. The first glass on single fin I made came out great. Don't have any closeups of it finished...
Sprayed the top because I botched the lam. Didn't mix enough tint so it came out patchy.
That was my thrid shape, first log 8'6" x 23" x 3". Four and five are similar logs which still need to be glassed, as well as the new fish. I'll probably finish the fish first...
5'4" x 21" x 2 1/2" retroish fish. Planning on a tinted bottom lam, not sure what color yet. Clear deck and hopefully my first try at pinlines. Also going to be making two plywood keels to glass on. The first glass on single fin I made came out great. Don't have any closeups of it finished...
NICE!!! Although if I can make one suggestion - use more rope on that fin! I made my own plywood fins and glassed them on myself before - one thing I've found is that the wood doesn't bond as well to the board as fiberglass does, so if it's got a wood base a little extra roving goes a long way. I did mine about the same ammount you did the first time (the fins basically went flush and formed a 90* angle with the deck the way removable fins do) and they snapped off after a few months... I re-did it with more roving the second time and it was much better. With wooden glass-ons, a good rule of thumb is that there should be enough fin rope to create a bead around the fin which can be fared out to create a slope between the fin and deck like this one
It's difficult to tell from that picture, but there is a decent slope between the fin and the board. When I was wetting the rope it had an opaque milky color like that before it was completely soaked through, so I dripped resin and poked it around until it was transparent. I've only done one, so I can't say that's what's up with the opaque color on that board, but I definitely prefer a transparent joint. What's the reason for that color other than dry rope? I could definitely have used a little more rigidity though, because the finished fin came out a bit floppier than I expected, but it works very well in the water. Very snappy, turns on a dime when you step on it. Sometimes I worry about it snapping off but the cloth patches I used cover about a 2ft sq. area so I'd be impressed if those popped. It's also like an 8 inch fin so the floppiness is enhanced by leverage. As for my keels for the fish, I feel like one rope on each side will be plenty of strength because they'll be around 2-3 inches shorter with nearly the same base length/footprint. I'm going for something like these... http://instagram.com/p/r8UogVvXih/
7'11" from an old Walker blank...hotcoated but not sanded. Deck is lemon yellow, just to be wierd.
purple 7 11.jpg
an EPS shortboard thruster....
eps thruster.jpg
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Just put the logos on today - white pigment/sanding coat... now just gotta hotcoat it
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instragram @surfthedead
yeah sushka finally done and a free rack in the shaping bay lol. I am in there tomorrow got 3 more bonzers to do.
Ha.... yeah about that free rack...
Feel free to move my EPS blank if you need - I'm not starting it until next week so you can lean it or stick it way up top if it's in your way. I'm gonna start glassing that fish maybe tomorrow night or the following morning though, so there will definitely be free racks
I'm thinking we need some more racks on the other side of the wall now, haha
Edit: We gotta get that other shaping room finished too!!
http://www.surfthedead.com
http://facebook.com/surfthedead
instragram @surfthedead
I don't know if I ever asked?? Are you guys in those old shops on the north end of Lahaina?? Just south of the resturant?? Forget the name of it. Was a Charthouse years ago?? Seems like there has always been some kind of Surfboard operation in those shops. Lowel
This is my most recent shape. It's my sixth one so far.
5'4" x 21" x 2 1/2" retroish fish. Planning on a tinted bottom lam, not sure what color yet. Clear deck and hopefully my first try at pinlines. Also going to be making two plywood keels to glass on. The first glass on single fin I made came out great. Don't have any closeups of it finished...
Sprayed the top because I botched the lam. Didn't mix enough tint so it came out patchy.
That was my thrid shape, first log 8'6" x 23" x 3". Four and five are similar logs which still need to be glassed, as well as the new fish. I'll probably finish the fish first...
NICE!!! Although if I can make one suggestion - use more rope on that fin! I made my own plywood fins and glassed them on myself before - one thing I've found is that the wood doesn't bond as well to the board as fiberglass does, so if it's got a wood base a little extra roving goes a long way. I did mine about the same ammount you did the first time (the fins basically went flush and formed a 90* angle with the deck the way removable fins do) and they snapped off after a few months... I re-did it with more roving the second time and it was much better. With wooden glass-ons, a good rule of thumb is that there should be enough fin rope to create a bead around the fin which can be fared out to create a slope between the fin and deck like this one
woodfin 01.jpg
http://www.surfthedead.com
http://facebook.com/surfthedead
instragram @surfthedead
It's difficult to tell from that picture, but there is a decent slope between the fin and the board. When I was wetting the rope it had an opaque milky color like that before it was completely soaked through, so I dripped resin and poked it around until it was transparent. I've only done one, so I can't say that's what's up with the opaque color on that board, but I definitely prefer a transparent joint. What's the reason for that color other than dry rope? I could definitely have used a little more rigidity though, because the finished fin came out a bit floppier than I expected, but it works very well in the water. Very snappy, turns on a dime when you step on it. Sometimes I worry about it snapping off but the cloth patches I used cover about a 2ft sq. area so I'd be impressed if those popped. It's also like an 8 inch fin so the floppiness is enhanced by leverage. As for my keels for the fish, I feel like one rope on each side will be plenty of strength because they'll be around 2-3 inches shorter with nearly the same base length/footprint. I'm going for something like these... http://instagram.com/p/r8UogVvXih/
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