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Huerta twin fin
Forums: General DiscussionMy wife bought this Huerta twin fin on ebay, I picked it up today in Brentwood, near where I'm currently working in Pacific Palisades. Its gone yellow and the color on the...
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Hello and thankyou
Forums: General DiscussionHi all,Been lurking a long time and shaped a couple of boards from all advice here and I finally got around to making a shaping bay. So I thought I would just share, say hello...
View Articleshare your easy to make gadgets / tools
Forums: General DiscussionOver the last twenty or so years ive picked up on some nifty ideas that make diferent parts of surfboard production easy.Im sure allot of people that contribute to swaylocks...
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Am I on the right track? Sanding hot coat on 2nd build
Forums: General DiscussionI'm working on my second board, laid down the hot coat and started sanding in preparation for gloss coat. I've sanded up to 220 and want to make sure I'm on the right...
View ArticleMaking a template of a favourite board
Forums: General DiscussionG'day Great forum you have here. I'm a first time poster and first time at having a crack at shaping a board. Wondering if anyone has advice in regards to templates. I'm gonna...
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newbie shaping 7'6""egg" single fin advice
Forums: General DiscussionHi - This is my second shaping attempt (first went relatively well - and learned a lot). I want to shape a board that will help me catch a lot of waves in mushy summer surf up...
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Swaylocks T-Shirt 2005
Forums: General DiscussionBack in 2005 I created the design for the Swaylocks gathering t-shirts in Big Sur and had a few dozen printed up. I've worn these two shirts a fair amount and am ready to pass...
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Another: How is this lam done?
Forums: General DiscussionWould like to know how these are done?Do I mix all at once and pour the different tints out and then squeegee?Or pour one spot, squeegee, pour, squeegee one by one? Is it...
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Just won't bottom turn!
Forums: General DiscussionFirst board... Terrible build haha. Seemed alright on small waves... Tried bigger... Wouldn't turn! At all! Fins: http://i.imgur.com/D0uhNqn.jpgNot much...
View ArticleFin makers
Forums: General DiscussionGreetings all. This is a first time post but I have read off and on for years. I was wondering if anyone had suggestions for getting some fins made. I'm looking for 10 or...
View ArticleAirbrushers that can't surf
Forums: General DiscussionSince this is what Sways has devolved into I've got to ask, does your airbrusher have to surf? I'll start the Sanders who can't surf thread tomorrow.
View ArticleKelly's perfect heat
Forums: General DiscussionI know a lot of you don't follow the contest scene, and I don't generally either, but I've been tuning in for a lot of the Billabong Pro Tahiti.Kelly is always exciting to...
View ArticleBill at Bird's
Forums: General DiscussionBeautiful, Bill:https://instagram.com/p/BJdp0I_DQ-j/
View ArticlePainting EPS Blanks
Forums: General DiscussionI am trying get some opinions about the durability of boards that have painted EPS foam and then glassed. Have you seen more problems with delamination with painted foam...
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My Greenlight Surf Supply Quiver
Forums: General DiscussionThank you Brian for great shaping tools and great service. That Z shaped thing is one of my favorites I use it to true up the outline after cutting with a handsaw. It will...
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Here's a tool you didn't know you needed-Giant Gum Eraser
Forums: General DiscussionYou use sand paper. You can't get enough of it. This thing can double the life of your sandpaper. Buy them at HarborFreight for about $7. They last years. Spin your sanding...
View ArticleCreative Shaping Space
Forums: General DiscussionRecently moved into a town house situation, lost shaping shed, area we live in very$$$ so finding space, any space for a part time builder is tough. Was thinking about getting...
View ArticleOrigin of the Hawaiian fabric inlay.....
Forums: General DiscussionHello there all. Im loving doing fabric inlays and I thought I would just throw out this question for those in the know..." Where does the fabric inlay come from " Cant...
View ArticleLiddle Hangs up the Planer
Forums: General DiscussionKnew it had to happen sooner than later; Greg Liddle will no longer be shaping boards after October. His boards will be produced by Kirk Putnam and Scott Anderson under the...
View ArticleKrylon question
Forums: General DiscussionOkay so this is a simple question...if I use krylon spray over an epoxied surface (I.e..spray artwork over glassed surface) and then gloss coat over that)....will it work...
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