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Want to start shaping
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Sun Sep 05, 2004 3:13 amby toreadorblue
hey
is anyone out there a shaper and if you are can you give me some pointers?
also, is anyone aware of any shapers in ny or nj?
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Sun Sep 05, 2004 3:25 amby namino tsume
i almost started shaping.... its kinda hard, you need to buy tools and have the room to do it... otheriwse, get fiberglassing 101 the movie, and shaping 101 the movie.
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Sun Sep 05, 2004 3:28 amby deathfrog
do the movies actually help you alot? Like can you learn from them at all, like better than you could from a website or something, are they not just a complete waste of money.
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Sun Sep 05, 2004 3:29 amby namino tsume
i havnt seen them, well ive seen clips, but i think they do aloot more then any book or website cuz it explains how to do it and then shows you. book cant do that.
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Sun Sep 05, 2004 3:33 amby deathfrog
yea, I was thinking that, but also on surfline they have a shaping link that explains it the shows a clip, but yea, I duno...
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Sun Sep 05, 2004 9:15 amby babyboarder89
i want to start shaping too! and decorating boards. my plan is to go bug the dude from cystalight (surfboard makers in braunton) for a job, but i cant go to work here till i live there so itll be another 2 years or so...
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Sun Sep 05, 2004 11:56 amby namino tsume
You can shape in your own backyard, all you need to do is order the blank, get fiberglass resin and a few tools like a sander and your all set. Gets kinda expensive, for your first board thats about 6', youll pay 400 for all materials, then mabye 200 every board.
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Sun Sep 05, 2004 6:36 pmby babyboarder89
400 what?
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Mon Sep 06, 2004 1:33 amby deathfrog
$ bling bling $ yo
that word is actually in the dictionary...
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Mon Sep 06, 2004 6:14 amby babyboarder89
dollars?
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Mon Sep 06, 2004 7:41 amby Phil
babyboarder check out home blown they sell kits every thing you need to bulid tyour own board minus tools
http://www.homeblown.co.uk/acatalog/Surfboard_Kits.html
if you need any advise you could allways try
www.swaylocks.com
they know there stuff on there
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Mon Sep 06, 2004 2:42 pmby babyboarder89
damn thats cheap. even for a longboard, if you could make a really good one youd save like £500 on a new good longboard. and you could decorate it how you want. thats so cool. im going to do on ethis winter with my bday money. ta.
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Mon Sep 06, 2004 2:57 pmby Phil
yeah its cheap but i dont think its easy to do especly when it comes to glassing ive been thinking about making one for a while, read swaylocks ive learnt alot about surfboard design from there the last few months
i thought about buying just the blank shaping it my self and seeing if i could get some one else to glass it for me, the thought of riding a board i have made realy appeals to me but the cost if i screw up doesnt lol
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Mon Sep 06, 2004 3:55 pmby namino tsume
ya 400 dollars....
Its cheaper but you need to buy all the toos and saftey gear so for the first time add like 200 dollars.
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Tue Sep 07, 2004 6:20 amby babyboarder89
my dads a bit of a handyman type so hes prolly got all the kit i need. parents DO have a use!