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I've had shaping lessons (planer not software), also had full glassing and sanding lessons and even finish spray gun lessons. However you are more skilled than me!I'm just an entirely self taught back yard hack who has been ruining blanks for 33 years now. Do not attempt what you see in these pictures.
If I'm feeling really ambitious tomorrow I will glass and finish this one. I also have some repairs to do from this week's carnage.
Probably for some of the same reasons many glass shops don't . Way too fvcking tempermental.why? curious
The feel. I surf logs mostly(I'll surf my 5'8" Griffin when it gets over shoulder high) and epoxy can't match the feel, momentum and glide of a poly log for traditional logging, which is what I like to do.why? curious
I made my first boards in 1989. Entirely self taught. Back then just sourcing blanks and resin on the East Coast was a major challenge. There was no internet. I called information and got the number for Clark Foam and called them. Got a catalog in the mail and sent them a money order and the blanks arrived a couple of weeks later.I've had shaping lessons (planer not software), also had full glassing and sanding lessons and even finish spray gun lessons. However you are more skilled than me!
Those are 9* boxes. The route and the boxes set the angle. I'm honestly not looking at the degree marks on the tool. I'm just using it to make certain the left and right fin are sitting identical. The routs are so tight there really isn't much adjustment available and I rarely have to adjust one or the other more than just a little bit.Is that 7°? Yours read slightly different than mine
Like the nail head idea
Nice work! Do you add cabosil or something else to the resin for the fin-box install?On my FCSII installs I run the head of a large nail around the bottom of the box and a tool I picked up about 10 years ago from SurfSource (Lower left of the pic above. Tool no longer is on their website) that is made to create a channel half way down a fin box route. The two added channels add quite a bit of strength to an FCSII install. In the picture below you can see the two channels in the fin box route I've created. I do the same thing with leash plug installs.
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I use West System 403 Microfibers in my fin box and leash plug installs.Nice work! Do you add cabosil or something else to the resin for the fin-box install?
It's not. Where did you hear that? I've been making epoxy boards since Calrk closed and had no problems and I'm not a pro. It's really way easier than poly.I've eyeballed mix ratios (often, especially when doing amounts less that 15ml). No problems. If you want more time to work you can use a mix of slow and fast hardeners. If you want fast times there is Kwik Kick which is comparable to poly. If you are doing vacuum bagging you can use slow and have 30 minutes or more work time.There is even Extra Slow where you have an hour of work time. There is also a gel time when you can work the resin like Playdoh. The other day I did a lam and went to have lunch. Came back and a few air bubbles had formed on the rail. I could just squish them out. Also you can sand the fuk out of the lam and it doesn't gum your sandpaper.Probably for some of the same reasons many glass shops don't . Way too fvcking tempermental.