So, I have made 3 boards so far, and the last few months I have been surfing on boards that I shaped myself, the last one I glassed myself. Pretty fulfilling, and enlightening.
Thanks for all the info, encouragement, inspiration.
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They look great!
One of these days I’ve got to meet up with you and copy your template or make another from your 6’2" – I wanna make one exactly that size…
quality.
BEAUTIFUL WORK!!!
I’ve seen longtime shapers\glassers making boards that aren’t as nice as yours.
how did u do the colors on the blue fish?
I guess pigment on the LAM coat, then clear filler coat as a base for the white pinlines , then painted the pinlines , then hot coat…
am i right?
1-2-3, which one did you glass yourself? they all look amazing and I can only hope my first 3 turn out as nice. Well done.
They look great!One of these days I’ve got to meet up with you and copy your template or make another from your 6’2" – I wanna make one exactly that size…
I’ve actually got 2 templates of that board. I didn’t like the wood on the first one that I did, so I redid it on masonite. You can have it.
BEAUTIFUL WORK!!!!!!I’ve seen longtime shapers\glassers making boards that aren’t as nice as yours.
how did u do the colors on the blue fish?
I guess pigment on the LAM coat, then clear filler coat as a base for the white pinlines , then painted the pinlines , then hot coat…
am i right?
Sorry, I should have made myself more clear. The reason they look so good is because Moonlight Glassing did the two on the left (the fish and speed dialer). The one that I did isn’t nearly as good. I sanded through the rail twice, so I am getting good at ding repair.
But, yes. They pigment the lam coat, then hotcoat the board, then sand, then put on the pinline, then gloss coat.
Also, Marlin Bacon made the bamboo fins, I absolutely love them.
Here is an image of the one that I glassed after I laminated.
I was surprised how easy it was to laminate (although I squeegeed out too much resin at this stage) and hot coat. And surprised how hard it was to sand the hotcoat.
your logo is unique and attractive…very cool stuff.
Here is an image of the one that I glassed after I laminated.
I was surprised how easy it was to laminate (although I squeegeed out too much resin at this stage) and hot coat. And surprised how hard it was to sand the hotcoat.
Beautiful boards obproud and I really like your logo. Mahalo,Larry
They look great. How do they surf? Which one is your fav?
They look great. How do they surf? Which one is your fav?
They all surf different. I like them all. I have had the most time to dial in the Fish, since that was the first one I made. Got it back from the glassers in Dec. It is real fast and turns well. I am really getting the fish “hula-hoop” action going down the line figured out. Here are some pics of me surfing it a few weeks ago.
http://eppicsurf.com/rammelkamp
At first I didn’t like the Speed Dialer (the blue one). I didn’t realize until I got the board into the water, but it is ultra down railed, more than any other Dialer that I have seen. The first few times I surfed it I used my 101 Fin Co. bamboo fins (they are big fins; the ones on the shortboard shape in the pictures), and the board was real tracky. It didn’t want to do full round houses or take a high line, and I moved the fins around a lot. It is interesting because those fins work the best in my 6’2" Choice Speed Dialer. Then I put the cutaway Speed Dialer fins (split keel) in the board, and BAM, it came to life. Placebo… I don’t know.
I have only surfed the wide shortboard (the one that I glassed myself) two times in some pretty crappy surf. I haven’t really got any good waves on it, but I can tell that it is fast, comes off the bottom well, and I can go more vertical with it.
I like having all these different boards, I rarely surf 2 consecutive sessions with the same board.
My compliments on the boards, lots better than my first three.
That fish looks like it could use some rail blades, though. (just had to sneak that in there)
your logo is unique and attractive…very cool stuff.
Thanks, here is another view of it. It is supposed to be a right and a left, but my girlfriend thinks it looks like a heart.
And here is the one on the fish.
My compliments on the boards, lots better than my first three.
That fish looks like it could use some rail blades, though. (just had to sneak that in there)
Well, you didn’t have sways… I have been mind shaping ever since I watched Toby make my first custom when I was 11 yrs.
I plan on putting rail blades on it. I bought some pieces of bamboo from Greenlight, and am trying to figure out my approach. Should they be double foiled or single foiled?
just my two cents:
dull
Care to elaborate? I am a fan of constructive criticism.
No no no, the rail blades–the edges–make them dull–all else is secondary–the bits that stick out from your outline need to not, you know, cut your legs open.
You’re swell as far as I can tell!
btw I love the logo and I like your boards a lot.
Haha, that was one of the first pieces of surf advice that my dad gave me when I was a kid. Always sand down the leading edge of your fins. I do it to all my boards.
That is the one thing that I don’t like about Marlin’s 101fins. They are super sharp and there is not much extra glass/resin on the leading edge to dull them.
WRT foiling the blades: My rail blade guru does them out of very thin glass sheets, like about five
layers of 6 oz. Then he glasses 'em on with a layer or two of 4 oz. They’re so thin there’s not much
need to foil them, we just dull the edges.
Experimenting with different shapes, positions, and foils on the blades sounds like a lot of fun to me.
We’ve been working on the first two (see the "L-fins redux’’ thread), but it’s wide open with possibilities.