Hey sorry I haven't replied / up to my ears with work. I've got a few specs for finishes are pretty fail safe. PM me with specific queries and I'll fire back solutions.
Cheers,
Adam

Yeah would be alot of work making up all those templates.. makes the $150 for them look cheap..

Im still doing the rails on mine, taking for ever. doing a hollow strip rail so taking forever.

Would love to hear some info on the finishes manoverboard. Ill send you a pm once i get ready to purchase.

One of the really nice finishing touches I do for my customers are custom leash loops. Generally I create something with whatever material I have to hand and to compliment the board. Not always easy but heaps of fun and the results speak for themselves!

1Bonehead said..
Mate they look amazing!!!!!! Hope mine turns out even half as good!!!!!! I have an even greater respect for the guys who shape boards now! Gone back to cutting templates with a jigsaw and then will have to sand them back, long process. Never let a lack of skill or ability stand in the way! Just gotta be patient.

Hey mate those boards have been built and shaped by guys who have never shaped before. I just finish them off. Obviously I have a few tricks to getting the best definition and shape from sometimes less than ideal rails and fairing - I refuse to reshape any of the wood beyond a light touchup.
Have fun you'll do just fine mate!

Totally agree with Makintracks if you can get the frames laser cut or done on a CNC its worth doing, Pawlonia stringers are a bitch to cut out!

EToriginal said..
Agreed. Setting out and cutting 22 ribs, the spine and 2 perimeters was a nightmare.
Slowly getting there now though.
Getting rails looking right is a lot of fun - not.

Mate that looks NICE!!!!!!!! You are well on the way. Good looking shape hows the weight of the board going? Rail shaping is still a future nightmare for me

Thanks guys.
It's funny, I've really enjoyed the challenge so far (although it was a damn awful about Geoff)
I've suddenly gotten a bit tired of it for some reason, so I sanded it all smooth and painted a coat of resin over the lot. (looks nice up on the rack for now)
My garage looks like a war zone, so I needed to stop and clean up.
No idea if it's sensible or what, but I think I'll leave it for a while now and look into how to glass it properly, make fin/s for it etc in a few months time.
I would really appreciate any advice on the "UV" issue (I am a complete novice still ... but hopefully learning)

In meantime, I have a "cut in half" sup I'm keen to have a go at putting back together.
(it was an awesome board that I really loved surfing and windsurfing)
While working on my wood project I've worked out that epoxy resin seems to glue EPS foam together really well.
So I'm thinking, how about glueing it back together, then wrapping some carbon fibre around it, then normal glass on top - would that work?
All thoughts welcome......

ET

Yeah..…the rails….. in retrospect I would try them differently. With Geoff gone, and nobody to get advice from, I just cut them out roughly, glued them on one at a time until I had 6 on either side, then tried to shape them – using hand planes/grinders/belt sanders, etc. Looks ok, but I’m not 100% happy.
If I ever do it again, I would try to hollow them out a bit. I think that the 12 solid chunks added to either side has added a fair bit of weight to it - (with a coat of resin all over it – it now weighs in at 13.7kg. And I’ve still got to put glass on it yet + fin, vent plug, leash plug).
Not going to bother installing plugs for fin/s at this stage (although I did put in blocks for them) I think I’ll just router out a hole to glue in a paulownia fin I made up myself. I also toyed with the idea of making a handle out of paulownia and drew up a few plans for it, but subsequently gave it a miss this time.
1bonehed, your design seems to have a lot less ribs than mine? Mine has 21 or 22 ribs (can’t remember exactly) – with a concentration around the middle of the board.
For the record, I think the wife would rather see me get back into it again… (she enjoyed having control of the remote for all that time)

Great thread, though a little scary. My son has just decided to make a hollow wood board for his HSC so the info here is a great help.

Yeah NNSUP. It's not scary, it's great fun. Just gotta not rush anything. I made that mistake, but thoroughly enjoyed experience so far.
I've stopped for a break away from it, while I fix my broken board, and while I find someone to help me with the final glassing & fitting fins etc.
I'll put up more photos of the process I went through - may help others with ideas?
ET

Nice job my only comment is about using that foam filler , it won't last and will break down with pressure especially being on the deck and cause a soft spot .You would have been better off to shape a foam block. Maybe put a couple more patches over the top of it. I was hoping you were making a 2 piece board. Now there's a cool project

Thnx Piros, if it falls apart I'll do that next time.
1Bonehead, I had people suggest dowels, then others said the sheet of carbon fibre wrapped around it would be more than enough.
It's cost me bugger-all anyway, so if it doesnt work, or snaps in two - no real loss.
I've already had a couple of quick windsurfs on it and it was fine.
Just finished painting it & sticking some deck grip on now - so ready to try a sup surf next.

Getting there ....hollow strip rails to battle with next

Holy crap 1bonehead that is sweet!
You've inspired me to get my half done job down off the wall and get into it again.
New year's resolutions - surf even more often, and get wooden board finished pronto!

1Bonehead said..
Agree with you 100% the rails are painful!!!! WRC doesn't like bending but it can be persuaded eventually!

Man yours inspired me to get going!!!!!