I'm getting ready to start one of my favorite kind of projects. A workhorse gun for big Sunset, and big Tavarua, and anything else of size you would wish to tackle. (Big Laniakea comes to mind) The board will be 9' 0'' x 21'' squaretail, single fin, classic gun. The board is for a fellow with 45 years of surfing under his belt, that still rides sub 6 foot HP shortboards. A 2 inch wide RW and Bass chambered T-Band stringer, with tailblock, and clear glass. Gloss and polish. Very simple yet with an elegant no nonsense built for purpose look. This is going to be fun!
Sounds like fun!
Post pictures and give lots of details please.
Cant wait to see!
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...2 inch wide RW and Bass chambered T-Band stringer, with tailblock, and clear glass. Gloss and polish. Very simple yet with an elegant no nonsense built for purpose look. This is going to be fun!
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Sounds interesting, especially the chambered stringer. Should be a nice board - from the master shaper! Hope you can post up some pics of the finished product.
That'll be a beauty to show with side lights on the foam.
Have you ever chambered a thick stringer and then filled the voids with foam prior to glue up? Or, are the t bands thin and not chambered?
The stringer will be two one inch Western Red Cedar, with a 1/8th Bass between them. Glued together, cut to rocker profile, then chambered before being glued in the blank. My method of chambering reduces the stringer weight by about 70%, and leaves plenty of surface area to glue to. And no, never put any foam in the voids in the stringer. There would be no structural advantage in doing that, and an increase in labor. Being lazy, I didn't go there.
bill,
need anything ?
just ask.
stoked that your shaping a workhorse gun.
my best to you and yours.
herb
Thanks for the answer Mr. Thrailkill. Just wondered about glue surface area. In woodworking , we always worry about enough on joinery. Thanks for the explanation.
Aloha Herb,
Thank you for the offer. As a fellow member of the Makau St. gang, it is most appreciated. (I lived there in '67 and '68.) Do you remember the kid with one leg named Lucky?
Hey Bill, You need any help??
…Just kidding.
Stoked can’t wait to see it.
Cheers
If only every board was approached with stoke and anticipation. I derive a higher satisfaction for doing boards for big waves; double checking the lines, feeling the rails, truing the bottom, they all need careful attention - because the stakes are higher.
Of course its nice to think about the special days when its on, where by having the right equipment, excuses are limited.
bill,
no,that was before my time i guess.
i do remember a surfer/local with a prosthesis.
could this be the man you're talking about?
i just remember buffalo giving the makaha surf reports on kiki,he always said makaha was 2ft and blown out.........lol.
after awhile they stopped letting him do the surf report.
herb
Will be following this thread… big wave guns have so much passion behind them.
I hope you post some pictures, Bill. If not you, then someone! Take it easy and have fun, Crawford
Bill-------------- Nice project. Can't wait to see the results. Chambering the stringer is a good idea. I've got a Brewer 9'0 gun in storage on Maui that I hope to get back in my physical possesion this winter. I'm hoping to copy it. I don't think it will be that hard. Pretty straightforward downrailer, with a concave to double. Brewer's typical bottom.
Herb,
If the fellow in question lived on Makau St. north of 84-246, it may well be him.
On the gun project, I chambered the stringer today (3+ hrs), and will glue it in the blank tomorrow. Shaping to follow soon thereafter.
There will be photo's of the finished board at a later time.
Two fins will be provided. One, a classic redwood/glass longbase gun fin. The other a more contemporary ''Brewer style'' glass fin. The board will be fitted with a 10.5 inch Fins Unlimited box.
My progress got derailed by a domestic household project Now I'm back on track. The single fin gun, and a sister board, a 6' x 21'' twin fin, will be processed together. Both boards are for the same person, and address the two extremes of his surfing interest. With any luck, both boards will later be on display at the upcoming Del Mar Sacred Craft. The difference in the two boards are so great, that it adds to the enjoyment of shaping them. It seems to bring out a ''freshness'' in each of the boards. Just a lot of fun. The way surfboard shaping should be.
go get em Bill!!!
you got to throw in some progress pics,,,,,,,, come on,, dont be a tease,,, LOL
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''you got to throw in some progress pics''
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Photo's of the finished product only. The in between stuff is top secret!!! (Hee, hee, hee....)