Gearbox 2 install and fin cant
Forums: General DiscussionHi GuysLooking into the Gearbox 2 fin boxsStudied the installation guide and very informative But - cant check the fin cant to make sure its right while curing.I guess with...
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Price for used Infinity Surfboard 10' x 23 1/2" noserider
Forums: General DiscussionA friend of mine passed away recently and I'm trying to help the family sell off his extensive collection of modern longboards. He was a big guy and excellent surfer.Can...
View ArticleThat poly perfume
Forums: General Discussionmy wifes been complaining about how i bring the poly smell home.i have separate clothes that i use at the shop, but my regular clothes are stored in the glass room, so...
View ArticleGloss Sanding, Grit Schedule
Forums: General DiscussionCurrently doing:320 dry, by machine400 dry, by machine (rails, nose, tail by hand)My question, when do you guys switch to by hand and wet.600 dry or wet? Machine or hand?...
View ArticleUsing Fused Carbon tape
Forums: General DiscussionDoes anyone have any experience/advice on how to use this tape? https://shapersupply.com/collections/web-fusedI laminated a board today and used some on the deck near the...
View ArticleI miss an old board. Shouldn’t have let it go.
Forums: General DiscussionYeah, your first board. Whatever. (Mine was a Harbour Cheater and I want that one back too.)But I have had some really stellar boards that I have let slip through my fingers...
View ArticlePre move project build
Forums: General DiscussionIt's been a while since I've read or posted here. It's been a while since I've done any board building. How's it going?Last June I had a flight booked for a trip to the...
View ArticleAustralian Timber for stringers
Forums: General DiscussionHey fellow AussiesWhat timbers are you guys using for stringer material? (besides plywood)The norm overseas (balsa, basswood,cedar,spruce etc) seem to be non existant here in...
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Last 2020 Project Board For Me
Forums: General DiscussionMy last project for 2020 is a mixed bag of all of the things I wanted to play around with. Just about everything on this project was repurposed. Building this made me feel...
View ArticleFin Glassing Screw Up
Forums: General DiscussionSo I was glassing some wooden fins a buddy made, and I screwed up. I forgot to put a layer between the glass panel and the fiberglass cloth, so now my fins are glassed onto a...
View ArticleBrisbane or Sunshine coast small creative fibreglass job
Forums: General DiscussionAnyone here located in Brisbane or the Sunshine coast who could do a small but out of the box job? I wanted a piece of foam shaped to the nose contour of a bellyboard, to...
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Skil 100 Armature Bearing
Forums: General DiscussionHey all,Just removed the armature and stator from a new (to me) Skill 100 Type 4 and the far bearing didn't come out with it. Any idea on how to remove this? The back end is...
View ArticleSize of the Original Future Router Bit
Forums: General DiscussionForgive my ignorance but when I started installing Future fin boxes, they already had the one pass bits. I have a few application where I can use the reversable donut with...
View ArticleBlank bottom curve
Forums: General DiscussionSo how good are the bottom curves that come on a blank?Do they work if kept in the finished shape, or a they just a starting point for the shaper to fine tune?Can I be...
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Looking for Comments for first board, Midlength egg.
Forums: General DiscussionHello,I have always wanted to try to shape a board, and was thinking about wanting to get a midlength, so decided to see about shaping a midlength. I am 45 y/o, 175lb, and...
View ArticleWhat is an LP top coat?
Forums: General DiscussionI love the Board Lady. Upon researching her site, almost all of her repairs require some sort of paint to match her repair to the existing board. On almost every single one of...
View ArticleBit off more that I can chew with this 6'2 quad
Forums: General DiscussionI designed this 6'2" x 19.8" x 2.8" two years ago, pics below. I wanted to be able to launch my 49 year old body into walled-up beach breaks. You warned me that it might be...
View ArticleFiberglass layup as a stringer
Forums: General DiscussionAnyone made a stringer by laying up fiberglass? I guess in the same fashion as a fin layup. My thought process here is of the Ibeam methology.Would creating the ibeam from the...
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Boogie Foil Board II
Forums: General Discussion4’6” x 28” x 3.75”. This was a full on collaboration between master shaper Rex Kashinoki, test pilot Sam Pa’e and myself (project coordinator, glasser). This started off as...
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Longboard Design Critique - intermediate logger
Forums: General DiscussionHello, all. Just joined, but been reading a lot of older posts. I was wondering if you could help critique this longboard design. I'm mostly worried about getting the foil...
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