I have designed a speed and slalom board ( 3D CAD ) I,m lacking both the time or skill to build them . Who should I talk to ????
Thanks Martin

How would a shaper replicate your info, Wouldn't he need one of those 3d shaping machines like Quatro in Hawaii uses? You could try a surfboard shaper that may have a shaping machine.

how many custom board builders do we have in aus and were to find them

ok ,so were are they i need a new board and it wont be cobra built[}:)]

any one tryed carbon arts

CA are still cheaper than any of the big brands (especially in slalom boards).

Where are delta designs at?

Mark, talking about locally made boards, do you think their design reflects where they're based??
Ie stony boards from Gero are better for high wind stuff, and Delta from Margarets better for low wind??
Just an idea I had, don't know if it's valid.

I make boards for myself, so thought I'd throw my 2 bob's worth.

If can you print full scale plane shape and rocker profile
That would make it easy to get those right.

Also you'd need to specify materials, ie density of core foam, thickness and density of sandwich foam, inner and outer cloth type, (carbon, glass) weight and # of layers. You may even want to specify angle of weave.

where I use carbon reinforcing, I run it at 45deg so both carbon warp and weft share the tension load with the 90deg fiberglass.

I'm now using 1 layer 4oz @ 90deg underneath the sandwich & 2 layers of 4oz fiberglass @ about 70deg for top and bottom, vacuumed on.

Just edited last post, add to that type/make of sandwich material.

No sorry, I'm too involved with my own stuff at the moment, speed boards, wave board, fins, etc.

Light and indestructible is a hard call, you need to use the right materials in the right place with the best construction method.
I'm still experimenting with that sort of thing. (That's why I'm playing with cloth orientation).
I'm happy with the durability of my wave boards, but maybe I could get them lighter.
I'm only 70Kg so no real test of how they'd stand up under heavier use.

light and strong in my mind means timber veneer, carbon and vacuum bags.

i had a contact for a cheap 3d blank cutter in qld from your cad files. so i'll see if i can get the details and let you know.

cheers.

I know Carbon Art use a Cad based program for design thy even use it to have the foam core cut rufly to shape before they shape the final lines. They would probably be happy to help you and but Price is another question????