Shaping my first surfboard

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Shaping my first surfboard

Postby scuba steve » Sun Dec 10, 2006 6:12 pm

I just spent all day sectioning off a section of my garage with a wooden frame and polythene wrapped around it, to get it ready for shaping my first board. I also built my stands.

I watched shaping 101 and glassing 101 a coupe of weeks ago and went out and got my tools and materials that I'll need. I've just ordered my blank, resin glass etc. and cant wait t get underway!

I'm gonna make a 6'8 fatboy shortboard, kinda like a replica of one of my boards.

Keep you posted! :)
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Postby northswell » Sun Dec 10, 2006 9:01 pm

Good luck man. I did mine in the open air in the summer, started spotting with rain one day and finished it indoors, was as high as a kite for hours.
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Postby xswind » Mon Dec 11, 2006 8:00 am

Good luck on the project.

Just one point following on from the previous reply.

Use a propa vapour mask, a dust musk is just not enough.
The chemicals in the MEKP activater are very dangerous.
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Postby tomcat360 » Mon Dec 11, 2006 2:01 pm

Amen on the respirator.

Just go really slow. Make a nice template, and take a long time on your outline cut, be sure you're completely upright.

And then be really careful on your rail bands.


Good luck dude!
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Postby kitesurfer » Mon Dec 11, 2006 2:20 pm

Not to mention taking lots of time on the rocker as rocker is everything!
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Postby tomcat360 » Mon Dec 11, 2006 3:43 pm

Rocker is everything. Which brings me to the point, that get your bottom flatter than you could ever imagine.

I've got a 3M fairing board, 36 grit. It's dead flat, but cost like 35 bucks, but its really the only specific shaping tool I have other than a finger plane, a fred, and a surform.
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Postby scuba steve » Mon Dec 11, 2006 6:38 pm

xswind wrote:Good luck on the project.

Just one point following on from the previous reply.

Use a propa vapour mask, a dust musk is just not enough.
The chemicals in the MEKP activater are very dangerous.


Yeah will do! I'm getting one this weekend.
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Postby Fishsandals » Tue Jan 09, 2007 3:49 am

congrats on shaping your first board! i myself have been really wanting to shape a board myself. and, i was sorta wondering, are there any sorta kits or anything like that that any of you could recommend? it needn't be super expsensive, as a first surfboard would probably come out , not perfect, if ya get me.
allright, thanx for the help!
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