Sh!t a certain few of u lot need to check ur reading skills. I dont think i should have to justify myself or repeat myself. This is a forum. u should try and go back and read past replies b4 u start rippin the **** out of me. normally i wouldnt write all the stuff i have below, but seeing as i'm not looking to make enemys and want to set my story straoght coz other ppl read this and i wont be bullied by u lot. most of u guys are decent blokes and most of this is just petty.
My first reply stated my F/G experience was from building dinghys... of which i made 3 with my dad.
About Fibreglass and resin sales.... i said only buy from there if u buy in bulk. this is because they r set up like a hobbie shop. if u buy 20kg of resin thir prices are competitive. buy 2kg and u r gettin ripped. I have never spoken to charlie b4 so dont have anything against him.I was simply answering hardie's first question.
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We want to know where to buy reasonably priced materials such as:
I wasn't embarking on a quest to close his shop down. even though my experiences with FG&R sales havent been so great. And charlie has other competition anyway. if he cant give me what i want at the right price i will go buy my stuff somewhere else. This is how normal people shop around for the best price, and others have told us other places where they can get cheap stuff. others have admitted that RG&R arent cheap either. so why direct ur anger based on ur sexual frustration at me???
And the vacuum pressures i said
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ie dont use 98kPa vacuum try about 70kPa
are for PVC (cant remember density but way higher than low density EPS). And the stuff chris said about not using bleeder cloth.... i believe it depends upon the weave of the cloth but the vacuum wont flatten high spots at all. only using a solid female mould would do that. u cant expect a finish from baging that u can just wack a top coat of paint on unless u use a female mould, but then again it depends upon ur mould.
And dissin me about not makin my own boards. i've only been windsurfing for 3 years. i bought my wave board 2 years ago. Back then i had a job and decided that was the best way to go. the Freesex i got as a light wind board on the cheep...$400, i wasnt gunna say no to that.
Now i have time on my hands i cant afford to make my own boards, even with other ppl shaping them for me. I'm a 3rd year Engineering student who cant even afford a car let alone afford running costs. I live at home and DONT get anything from little johnny howard unlike most uni students.
I've taken to drinking Emu Export coz i cant afford Emu Bitter. And just recently started home brew coz i cant afford EE now. But i will never drink goon or passion pop...ever!
So how an i supposed to afford to make my own boards.
Oh and dissing my tech knowledge flatus doesnt bother me. I was saving time by cut and pasting a section that was in laymans terms. The stuff on composites ive studied was a bit to hard to convey on this sort of forum and i thought maybe only engineers would understand what i was writing, and chances are they might know that stuff anyway or be smart enough to go and do some research in a materials Eng text book. (try chapter 16 of , materials science and engineering an introduction, by Callister sixth edition by wiley publishers)
And flatus if u believe all my knowledge is only from reading websites and theoretical uni bull****, i hope it makes u feel better about ur self. I learnt a lot form Nick (who has been in the boat building industry for some 20 years)when we were making the dinghies and the mould. how much boat building do u have flatus??
And flatus have u provided any constructive advice to Hardie or Decrepit on their project? All i did was try to help them and make a point to bluejuice in the hope of trying to encourage him to make his wicked boards totally ****in awesome. ( i admit i was lacking some tact in my methods at the time) but to keep up with the game u need to develop and evolve.
The tail rocker was me refering to a board my mate bought that had too much and was a dog.
And the sails fron SOR i didnt like them even after tuning them for a while, i was commenting on the passion some of the guys from A***N have towards bugsys sails even though they r really old. i prefer the ease of the more current sail designs. i do agree with some of the design concepts bugsy swears by, and am really interested in seeing him produce a current sail.
Alright since u all bagged me about not making my own boards, if i can change my units next semester to do a Project then i will make my own board. However to ensure my project will be approved i would need to make the construction or somethin that hasn't been done much b4. So suggestions of some exciting new concept will be required from u lot. Also the uni only gives me a $200 budget so if some manufacturer wants to sponsor me with materials, feel free to contact me. That is if they let me back into uni
. And if they dont... and i get a job then i will have cash to do so.
Oh and flatus last time i checked most people dont aspire to be unemployed unistudents who dont own a car and live at home. unless ur an exception to that rule and u really eny me, so dispise me coz ur not like me??? wtf. "chill winston". maybe u need to go for a sail and relax.
i never said i was perfect and never said i knew everything. and i'm sorry if i hurt feelings aswell.
bertie
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Looking forward to the result! (So excitement!!!!)
