Roughed out #9 last Thurs/Friday & finished it up Saturday morning. I feel as though I’ve reached a milestone with this one – Very stoked on the way it came out
this morning I did my best lamination yet. might get it hotcoated and sanded tomorrow, surf it Friday!
Want to thank the person who mentioned using a 3" disposable paint roller for laps. I tried this today and although still used the spreader to pull it tight; I avoided pulling all the way out to the edge of the cloth (I was always pulling strands into the flats). Went back over (under) the laps with the tiny roller and it pressed resin into any dry spots (a plus is having the drip tray to keep the roller with resin) as well as made a nice flush edge. no grinding this time - just a few easy passes with the sanding block
Each one of your boards is more flowing & symmetrical than the last. Nice work.
I also like the plumb/level target on the back wall. I’m big on visuals - that’s a really good one.
Nice work!!!
Thanks for explaining how you used the roller, I’ll give it a try on my next few I have in the works… Right now I am making templates for them. The lap almost looks like a cutlap!
JSS
Thanks you guys.
Btw, Max I used the 3" roller with the short nap, not the foam one. I used it on the rails at an angle, same way using the spreader, mid to nose, mid to tail, worked well for me being stingy with the resin runoff & addressing dry spots.
I also tried it a little bit on the flats, it worked well filling small bubbles but avoid over rolling & be careful, try going only forward as it has the opposite effect too - starts pulling up cloth real quick!
another beautifully created shape, bud. very clean, crisp lines & symmetry. good one!
Very sweet looking board. Congrats!
…you re one room factory is lovely…
are you cutting the cloth with regular scissors, that is the straightest cut I’ve ever seen. Great Board
i love it nice board
Nice job man. You’re getting better all the time. Love the one room setup too.
You seem to have gotten the lam down really tight on the futures boxes… I am still having difficulty with that. Always end up with some air bubbles that I have to fill in later. Any special trick to it?
I’m having the same trouble with Futures as well, nice board by the way. I’m assuming it’s epoxy as you mentioned spreader.
Sweet!
Is that an EPS board? How did you do the concave? It looks real smooth!