With the first batch of fins on their way across Australia to their new owners and more to follow soon, I thought it would be good to have a FF Community page where our collective experiences and knowledge should be able to benefit all. I would really like this project to be open source. I will provide the 3D CAD files to anyone who is interest on the basis it is personal use only. ( not for commercial exploitation please).

I would love to see; a gallery of finished fins, a Q&A because I am certain there are sailors out there who have far more metal working know-how than I do. Tips and Tricks to get the job done faster, Get out jail tips for when you stuff it up - I have a few of those already ;-) , better ways to seal the hollow and finally finishes: polish, anodised and paint.

I will start it off with FF used for wood splitting. This was a FF20 that I finished and then managed to drop on the concrete garage directly on its tip...Solution, careful bending of the tip back to original shape ( it was looking a bit Free Willy) OR cut it off and make an FF18. Off with the tip and a quick polish and voila the "block splitter" was born



So don't leave me hanging here peeps, as you finish your FF or need some collective wisdom please post :-)
cheers
fangy