The new board should be in the water in another week. Dean is keen to let it cure. Curing is much slower this time of year due to it being so cool. This morning he had it out in the sun with black plastic to encourage the heat build up to assist with curing
I heard a story this morning of a guy who used to make K1s who used to wrap them in electric blankets to assist in the curing process........until one caught fire!

Hilton,
Thats my eight eight for glassy and slighty bigger than average days. 3-4 plus.
Its my forth board, 2 x 6 oz + 4 oz patch on the deck, 2 x 6 oz on the bottom, VH foam, 8.5 kg. 8'8" x 29 x 3.75.

The 7'8" is half shaped so i post some photos. You still never told me how you 8 footer went?

Regards,
Scotty

Hi Mate
The 8'3" goes unreal. love the fish feel. For some strange reason it doesnt like the alley though!!!!
it has recently found a new owner in sydney. im sure hell love it as much as i do.
Finding it hard to come back to anything over the 9' mark. Ive made an epoxy 9'1. its getting glassed monday. Hopefully ive found a good mix with this one

daletor said...

The new board should be in the water in another week. Dean is keen to let it cure. Curing is much slower this time of year due to it being so cool. This morning he had it out in the sun with black plastic to encourage the heat build up to assist with curing
I heard a story this morning of a guy who used to make K1s who used to wrap them in electric blankets to assist in the curing process........until one caught fire!

HEY DALE /DEAN
I have just finished glassing my board , using kinetics epoxy and i built a rough box out of some cladded eps sheet (could use anything board really eg pyneboard or MDF)
left opening for fan heater , cured my board in it as per instructions for 4-5 hrs at 40-45'c and whamo , beats 28 days at room temperature.(well thats the instructions said also) i will post a heap of photos later when i get finished.
BRAD

Here's the second lot of pictures that I took while watching Dean shape Dale's new board.

After taking the bulk off the rails it was more hand sanding.



This mesh stuff is amazing.





Dale and Jonathan watching while Dean does all the work.



Next the rails is the nose area get done.. And almost hit because I was too close.









Time to duck before getting covered in foam dust.



Dean looks closely along the rails checking for bumps and dips.. Looks pretty good to me.



Now the board gets flipped and bottom rails get done.



Dales glued on nose piece starts coming unstuck.. Nothing a wood skewer can't fix.



Nice nose shape don't ya think?





Are you guys watching?



Thats better.





I think Dale's a happy-chappy.



Time to put some weights on it to add some rocker.



First with just one weight.





Dale adds another weight to add some more nose lift.



Mmmmm.. perfect.





This angle shows the concave in the nose area.





It takes Dean less than 30 seconds to put the fin box in.. No router needed.



This is one of Dean's home made hand holes.



All done and we all think it's turned out great.. I'm sure Dale's smiling on the inside.



Was it worth getting my just washed car all dirty to get to Dean's house?... You betcha... Thanks Dean for letting us watch and take pictures.

DJ

Arrr.. That's the tricky bit.. .. I'm sure Dale or Dean can explain that.

I think he drills through the fin box and runs a string through it attached to a hanging weight for the rear.

I'm not sue what he does at the front to hold the nose down during glassing the bottom.

DJ

Thanks Gorgo.. I'm sure Dean does something like that..

DJ

To put in the rocker the bottom was glassed first
The tail was tied down from the leg rope plug.
The front was held down after glassing and while still wet by putting a plastic plate over the nose and screwing it down onto the timber. The screw doesn't go thru the foam.
Johnathan got a picture of this. Any chance of putting it up Johnathan?

Hey Gorgo, when I used to make epoxy goaties commercially and we had 5 x finboxes in the things, 2 of em for holding the rider to the thing via a seatbelt, so had to be super strong.

The best way is to put masking tape over the slot, but trim it so that there is only just enough so that it will still sit in place. Ya then epoxy it into the slot using a Qcell / epoxy mix - pretty runny though. I would also seal the blank at this stage using same mix.

Before glassing I would lightly hand sand the sealed blank and then fill any voids around the boxes with a thick bog of qcell/epoxy. Then glass the thing.

It wasn't until I was ready to spaypaint it - ie everything sanded, fillered, cutback with fine paper - that I would route the slot out with a router. This leaves a nice strong and water proof fin box

Dodgy Fin boxes were the number one cause of leakages in epoxy goaties.

Oh yeah, forgot to add - sand the boxes thoroughly and bevel the top edge.

Thanks Jonathan... Looking good.. Your pics make it easy to understand..

DJ

Looks fantastic LSD, what did it end up weighing?

Weight came ou at just over 6kg- Great job Dean!

Looking forward to getting it on the water and out on the water.

Ah..it floats!



DJ giving Dales board a paddle....."mmmm...Nice board!"

Thanks for sharing with us (in the making)of your latest creation.
From start to finish,how many man hours were involved ?
Any pictures of the fin set up?
How long did you allow for the board to cure?
mac

log man said...

DJ ,THE CROCS!!!!!.What happened? did you get mugged ?

He didnt want to get them muddy in the river