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Reply in Topic: Fitting Tuttle Fin
kuotadriver
kuotadriver
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9 Jul 2026 6:49am
Imax1 said..
First make sure the fin head is not too deep. Zooming in on the pic ,I notice the back end of the base is round with some file marks. It should be square with rounded corners. Has someone previously built up the head and badly fitted it into an oversized box ? I would start with filing the rounded point of the head to match the square profile of the box. Slowly , slowly, little by little using the screws.

That’s how it came from the factory


Reply in Topic: Fitting Tuttle Fin
kuotadriver
kuotadriver
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6 Jul 2026 3:12pm
Cheers guys, fitting perfectly now. Needed sanding on both tapers but didn't need to touch the sides.
Reply in Topic: Fitting Tuttle Fin
kuotadriver
kuotadriver
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4 Jul 2026 5:11pm
Mark _australia said..
Agree with last two. But always test if you can get it to sit with front flush or rear flush but never both. Then you know it’s just too long or deep but the tapers are correct

if it will only ever sit with one end flush but never the other no matter what you do it’s gonna be way harder.

so are you sure u can’t make it sit the other way?


Both will sit flush but not at the same time. So it’s possibly too long.
Reply in Topic: Fitting Tuttle Fin
kuotadriver
kuotadriver
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4 Jul 2026 11:23am
Ok thanks Elmo. How do I work out which area to sand once I’ve done that?
kuotadriver
kuotadriver
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4 Jul 2026 9:50am
Trying to mate this Z fin with a Carbon Art. It’s a very tight fit and takes a fair bit of wiggling to get it to where it is in the pic. I can get the front of the tuttle head to sit flush with the board but not the rear. Have trawled through the subject on here and other forums. Am I correct in thinking that I just need to sand the front and rear surfaces for it to fit flush?

Reply in Topic: Deep Tuttle boxes
kuotadriver
kuotadriver
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28 May 2026 9:24am
Mark _australia said..

kuotadriver said..
Fin is 34cm. As the board is deep Tuttle I'm just wondering if there is any advantage to getting a DT fin e.g stiffer overall setup etc. Don't intend on using it for any other board.




None whatsoever- Tuttle is fine up to high 40's at least. The only downside is the crazy long bolts you're going to need and prob cut to length

That’s what I’m thinking Mark. It’s surprisingly hard to find stainless 306 bolts longer than 90mm (especially if you want hex heads)


Reply in Topic: Deep Tuttle boxes
kuotadriver
kuotadriver
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25 May 2026 4:04am
Fin is 34cm. As the board is deep Tuttle I’m just wondering if there is any advantage to getting a DT fin e.g stiffer overall setup etc. Don’t intend on using it for any other board.
kuotadriver
kuotadriver
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24 May 2026 9:28am
Have a board with a deep Tuttle box. Understand there is no problem using a standard Tuttle fin in a deep Tuttle box. I’m looking at a Z fin which has both tuttle and deep Tuttle options. Is there anything to be gained by getting the deep Tuttle option over the standard? Cheers