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1.5 oz Cloth For Board Building

Forums: General DiscussionI frequently use 1.5 oz cloth for ding repair and for over top of my laminates.  Its really thin but has a very tight weave and seems very strong.  I was wondering if anyone...

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A 1958 Thrailkill Gun.................

Forums: General Discussion............Not exactly what you may think.       It's my Remington .22 cal.  single shot rifle, that I've owned since I was 17 yrs old.      That would be sixty years, if you...

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which blank for a Bing speed square style (short and wide)

Forums: General Discussionhowzit ! silly ?My buddy asked me to make a 5'6" (maybe smaller like 5') boogie board shaped like the speed square. he wants to stand up and lay down on it for weaker Florida...

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Strainers for straining colored resin

Forums: General Discussionwhat micron is good for straining resin? Im using epoxy. I see 190 225 and 250

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Hansen 50/50 w lots of dots

Forums: General Discussionmy buddy just picked this one up - toasted like a bagel but pretty interesting. Pics are bad night shots, but I can get better ones from him if anyone is interesting in...

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what is it with all these millennials?

Forums: General Discussion...not a rant but now I have plenty of time to check the virtual ¿? space that is these social networks; so seems that the trendy stuff is to at some point few years back had...

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BoardCad: Can no longer move center-line tail control point

Forums: General DiscussionI'm digitizing my fish template and was able to get the outline traced based of the photo of the template. I want to deepen the swallow-tail a bit but I can't move that...

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Historical surfboard, any ideas?

Forums: General DiscussionLooking for info on this board (the one on the right in the photo). This is the board that started the surfing scene in France in 1957. At the time, Peter Viertel (who was a...

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Increase Drag, for a NET GAIN in SPEED

Forums: General DiscussionTalk about being counter intuitive, eh?      What am I really up to here?     The short answer is: ''Challenging you, the reader, to think.''     First off, is drag, on a...

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The shaper-clip

Forums: General Discussion...I do not know how to upload a clip here but click on the link; great humour.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CQjz0kLRf4

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LEGENDARY SURFER...........BUZZY BENT

Forums: General DiscussionBuzzy was a WindanSea regular, as well as a co-founder of The Chart House.        I was on the SHACC site, and saw Buzzy's name on the legendary surfers list.     I knew Buzzy...

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Is this a real deal Tom Blake paddleboard?

Forums: General DiscussionAny way to even tell for sure? https://norfolk.craigslist.org/spo/d/virginia-beach-1930s-style-hollow-wood/6783342079.html

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MId length rocker?

Forums: General DiscussionI'm about to start making a new mid length, about 7-6.  I was inspired b the recent video of Torryn Martyn riding midlength, channel bottom twin fins.  One thing I noticed is...

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Mega thick board / Injury solution.

Forums: General DiscussionOne of my brothers has a shoulder replacement and he can’t bring his elbow up high enough to paddle . but I could build a mega tthick board that floats him higher. I’m talking...

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Hard Deck Inflatables.

Forums: General DiscussionFollowing on from making mats in various forms, I found mats are fast but essentially uncontrollable in the way other surf craft are. Some of the mats I’ve made had a hard...

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Project 6'6'', 56l Volume, Single Fin

Forums: General DiscussionHello guys, in addition to MiWi's post, I would like you to discuss the upcoming project of mine.The restrictions are: 55 year old, landlocked, surfer, with more than ten...

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Next board design ok?

Forums: General DiscussionHi guys,    what do you think about this design?   Its the second time I shape this board, first one surfs ok but has quite a lot more tail rocker and  a deeper concave ,...

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6’6 six channel single

Forums: General DiscussionHi guys, brand new today to swaylocks from Adelaide,South Australia.im looking to shape a 6’6 six channel single fin. Made to surf six to eight foot south/west Australian...

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Can BoardCad or AKU files convert to Shp3d?

Forums: General DiscussionCan’t seem to find the solution. Thanks for any help. All the best

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