Want to start shaping

by **toreadorblue** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 3:13 am

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?

by **namino tsume** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 3:25 am

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.

by **deathfrog** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 3:28 am

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.

by **namino tsume** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 3:29 am

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.

by **deathfrog** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 3:33 am

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...

by **babyboarder89** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 9:15 am

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...

by **namino tsume** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 11:56 am

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.

by **babyboarder89** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 6:36 pm

400 what?

by **deathfrog** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 1:33 am

$ bling bling $ yo

that word is actually in the dictionary...

by **babyboarder89** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 6:14 am

dollars?

by **Phil** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 7:41 am

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

by **babyboarder89** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 2:42 pm

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.

by **Phil** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 2:57 pm

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

by **namino tsume** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 3:55 pm

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.

by **babyboarder89** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 6:20 am

my dads a bit of a handyman type so hes prolly got all the kit i need. parents DO have a use!

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