Since I am trying to take the leap into vacuum bagging/compsand boards, I just read through Bert's major thread on the topic. https://www.swaylocks.com/groups/vacumn-forming-sandwich-construction
As you all probably know, it's very informative and encouraging (for me).
While reading, I kept saying to myself "this was posted 14 years ago" and I couldn't believe the kind of information Bert provided. Yet currently in the present, there doesn't seem to be a huge bagging, compsand explosion of board/brands flooding the surf market. Why is that?
Also, throughout Bert's thread, he kept saying over and over 'this technology isn't new, you should see the new stuff I'm working on now'. Well, now 14 years later, what have we discovered about Bert's 'new' stuff? Was it cerex, carbon, cork, etc?
And how about his contour mat. Does anybody use contour mats like he created? Again, why/why not?
In my area, every local shaper makes boards pretty much the standard, hand shaped, hand laminated way. And although there's nothing wrong with it, that technology is 50+ years. And sure, if it ain't broke don't fix it, but I would have thought new technology would move the process forward by now, and that vacuum bagging + compsand boards was that forward movement.
So what can we take away from Bert's mini time capsule of a thread? I would love to know your opinions or other observations that I've missed.
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