Aku shaper, Board CAD etc...

shapaholic2011 · April 19, 2014, 8:00pm

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Another time honored way to get a templet is to use bender board. Mark out nose tail mid point and wide point on the masonite now hamer in some nails at those points Takea flexable board that you then bend around those nails and scrib the line. You can make ajustments on the outline as needed by hand or by reseting the nails

Stealing or Borrowing a templet from a Board is something that a lot of shapers do But most will never admit to it. I Have done that but always use it asa starting point and blend in my own lines. Blending Curves is a good place to start use the line they ofer and make your own curves from those basic shapes Do a few by hand first before yo go to the computer. This way you will have some knowledge of the basic idea of getting lines to blend and flow. Study the lines of the masters look how they flow. yet each has a slight variance
The Skip Frey lines will look diffrent then those of Mike Hynsen. Yater has a look that is different then either.

where do you find that wood at? I did half templates for a spin template, and used finishing nails, and a flexible yard stick from ace hardware.draw inside the bent stick -it works well! I’m just wanting a pop out template! But I’ll get my grubbies dirty! :/I’ll get on it! Thanks guys.

An idea: use it all!

resinbutt · April 19, 2014, 8:28pm

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Another time honored way to get a templet is to use bender board. Mark out nose tail mid point and wide point on the masonite now hamer in some nails at those points Takea flexable board that you then bend around those nails and scrib the line. You can make ajustments on the outline as needed by hand or by reseting the nails

Stealing or Borrowing a templet from a Board is something that a lot of shapers do But most will never admit to it. I Have done that but always use it asa starting point and blend in my own lines. Blending Curves is a good place to start use the line they ofer and make your own curves from those basic shapes Do a few by hand first before yo go to the computer. This way you will have some knowledge of the basic idea of getting lines to blend and flow. Study the lines of the masters look how they flow. yet each has a slight variance

The Skip Frey lines will look diffrent then those of Mike Hynsen. Yater has a look that is different then either.

where do you find that wood at? I did half templates for a spin template, and used finishing nails, and a flexible yard stick from ace hardware.draw inside the bent stick -it works well! I’m just wanting a pop out template! But I’ll get my grubbies dirty! :/I’ll get on it! Thanks guys. An idea: use it all!

Dudeaholic,

Sticks come from trees. Smaller sticks are made from bigger sticks. Smaller sticks are sold at Home Depot.

Go walk the lumber department at Home Depot. There you can find all the stick your heart can desire. You can find Stiff sticks, bendy sticks, long sticks, short sticks, expensive sticks, cheap sticks.

And I made a AKU shaper machine(CNC) from my moms computer, some left over wire, and a broken toaster I found in the trash can, and some ball bearings. Don’t beleive these kooks that say a fancy shaping machine cost a lot of money…Ha haaa, I made mine for about $50.00 and a little know how. I looked it all up on Youtube, and now I’m a real deal shaper.

shapaholic2011 · April 19, 2014, 8:40pm

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Another time honored way to get a templet is to use bender board. Mark out nose tail mid point and wide point on the masonite now hamer in some nails at those points Takea flexable board that you then bend around those nails and scrib the line. You can make ajustments on the outline as needed by hand or by reseting the nails

Stealing or Borrowing a templet from a Board is something that a lot of shapers do But most will never admit to it. I Have done that but always use it asa starting point and blend in my own lines. Blending Curves is a good place to start use the line they ofer and make your own curves from those basic shapes Do a few by hand first before yo go to the computer. This way you will have some knowledge of the basic idea of getting lines to blend and flow. Study the lines of the masters look how they flow. yet each has a slight variance

The Skip Frey lines will look diffrent then those of Mike Hynsen. Yater has a look that is different then either.

where do you find that wood at? I did half templates for a spin template, and used finishing nails, and a flexible yard stick from ace hardware.draw inside the bent stick -it works well! I’m just wanting a pop out template! But I’ll get my grubbies dirty! :/I’ll get on it! Thanks guys. An idea: use it all!

Dudeaholic,

Sticks come from trees. Smaller sticks are made from bigger sticks. Smaller sticks are sold at Home Depot.

Go walk the lumber department at Home Depot. There you can find all the stick your heart can desire. You can find Stiff sticks, bendy sticks, long sticks, short sticks, expensive sticks, cheap sticks.

And I made a AKU shaper machine(CNC) from my moms computer, some left over wire, and a broken toaster I found in the trash can, and some ball bearings. Don’t beleive these kooks that say a fancy shaping machine cost a lot of money…Ha haaa, I made mine for about $50.00 and a little know how. I looked it all up on Youtube, and now I’m a real deal shaper.

Thanks man. Yeah, I’ll see what they got.

Your kidding about making a SHAPING machine, right?

mako224 · April 19, 2014, 9:45pm

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Another time honored way to get a templet is to use bender board. Mark out nose tail mid point and wide point on the masonite now hamer in some nails at those points Takea flexable board that you then bend around those nails and scrib the line. You can make ajustments on the outline as needed by hand or by reseting the nails

Stealing or Borrowing a templet from a Board is something that a lot of shapers do But most will never admit to it. I Have done that but always use it asa starting point and blend in my own lines. Blending Curves is a good place to start use the line they ofer and make your own curves from those basic shapes Do a few by hand first before yo go to the computer. This way you will have some knowledge of the basic idea of getting lines to blend and flow. Study the lines of the masters look how they flow. yet each has a slight variance

The Skip Frey lines will look diffrent then those of Mike Hynsen. Yater has a look that is different then either.

where do you find that wood at? I did half templates for a spin template, and used finishing nails, and a flexible yard stick from ace hardware.draw inside the bent stick -it works well! I’m just wanting a pop out template! But I’ll get my grubbies dirty! :/I’ll get on it! Thanks guys. An idea: use it all!

Dudeaholic,

Sticks come from trees. Smaller sticks are made from bigger sticks. Smaller sticks are sold at Home Depot.

Go walk the lumber department at Home Depot. There you can find all the stick your heart can desire. You can find Stiff sticks, bendy sticks, long sticks, short sticks, expensive sticks, cheap sticks.

And I made a AKU shaper machine(CNC) from my moms computer, some left over wire, and a broken toaster I found in the trash can, and some ball bearings. Don’t beleive these kooks that say a fancy shaping machine cost a lot of money…Ha haaa, I made mine for about $50.00 and a little know how. I looked it all up on Youtube, and now I’m a real deal shaper.

You forgot to mention the Fetzer Valve. You have to have a number 5 Fetzer Valve. Be sure to prep it with some 3 in 1 oil and gauze pads.

resinhead · April 19, 2014, 10:57pm

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Another time honored way to get a templet is to use bender board. Mark out nose tail mid point and wide point on the masonite now hamer in some nails at those points Takea flexable board that you then bend around those nails and scrib the line. You can make ajustments on the outline as needed by hand or by reseting the nails

Stealing or Borrowing a templet from a Board is something that a lot of shapers do But most will never admit to it. I Have done that but always use it asa starting point and blend in my own lines. Blending Curves is a good place to start use the line they ofer and make your own curves from those basic shapes Do a few by hand first before yo go to the computer. This way you will have some knowledge of the basic idea of getting lines to blend and flow. Study the lines of the masters look how they flow. yet each has a slight variance

The Skip Frey lines will look diffrent then those of Mike Hynsen. Yater has a look that is different then either.

where do you find that wood at? I did half templates for a spin template, and used finishing nails, and a flexible yard stick from ace hardware.draw inside the bent stick -it works well! I’m just wanting a pop out template! But I’ll get my grubbies dirty! :/I’ll get on it! Thanks guys. An idea: use it all!

Dudeaholic,

Sticks come from trees. Smaller sticks are made from bigger sticks. Smaller sticks are sold at Home Depot.

Go walk the lumber department at Home Depot. There you can find all the stick your heart can desire. You can find Stiff sticks, bendy sticks, long sticks, short sticks, expensive sticks, cheap sticks.

And I made a AKU shaper machine(CNC) from my moms computer, some left over wire, and a broken toaster I found in the trash can, and some ball bearings. Don’t beleive these kooks that say a fancy shaping machine cost a lot of money…Ha haaa, I made mine for about $50.00 and a little know how. I looked it all up on Youtube, and now I’m a real deal shaper.

Thanks man. Yeah, I’ll see what they got. Your kidding about making a SHAPING machine, right?

For some reason I think the little guy is serious. I’d love to see what his machine looks like?

shapaholic2011 · April 19, 2014, 11:05pm

Then he should post a vid - otherwise get back to shaping his boogie board.jk. wth ya got then…more bs?

resinbutt · April 20, 2014, 1:54pm

Dude, Don’t call me out. I’ve been making boards for 10 months now, and I’m gettng preatty good. My machine is insane and I’m going to go legite in a few.

Heres the machine:, so shut up.

rooster · April 20, 2014, 6:04pm

Actually, I probably said something to the effect that if the CURVES don’t match up perfectly with your navigation marks, don’t worry about it. We want clean curves. This piece of advice is something I picked up from Bill T. several years ago. Mike

shapaholic2011 · April 20, 2014, 7:00pm

I was jk -relax. But I did think you were bs’ing… my aplologies. How is the machine working?

shapaholic2011 · April 20, 2014, 7:10pm

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Another time honored way to get a templet is to use bender board. Mark out nose tail mid point and wide point on the masonite now hamer in some nails at those points Takea flexable board that you then bend around those nails and scrib the line. You can make ajustments on the outline as needed by hand or by reseting the nails

Stealing or Borrowing a templet from a Board is something that a lot of shapers do But most will never admit to it. I Have done that but always use it asa starting point and blend in my own lines. Blending Curves is a good place to start use the line they ofer and make your own curves from those basic shapes Do a few by hand first before yo go to the computer. This way you will have some knowledge of the basic idea of getting lines to blend and flow. Study the lines of the masters look how they flow. yet each has a slight variance

The Skip Frey lines will look diffrent then those of Mike Hynsen. Yater has a look that is different then either.

where do you find that wood at? I did half templates for a spin template, and used finishing nails, and a flexible yard stick from ace hardware.draw inside the bent stick -it works well! I’m just wanting a pop out template! But I’ll get my grubbies dirty! :/I’ll get on it! Thanks guys. An idea: use it all!

Dudeaholic,

Sticks come from trees. Smaller sticks are made from bigger sticks. Smaller sticks are sold at Home Depot.

Go walk the lumber department at Home Depot. There you can find all the stick your heart can desire. You can find Stiff sticks, bendy sticks, long sticks, short sticks, expensive sticks, cheap sticks.

And I made a AKU shaper machine(CNC) from my moms computer, some left over wire, and a broken toaster I found in the trash can, and some ball bearings. Don’t beleive these kooks that say a fancy shaping machine cost a lot of money…Ha haaa, I made mine for about $50.00 and a little know how. I looked it all up on Youtube, and now I’m a real deal shaper.

Thanks man. Yeah, I’ll see what they got. Your kidding about making a SHAPING machine, right?

For some reason I think the little guy is serious. I’d love to see what his machine looks like?

Well, the way he came out -without pics, board etc… I just thought he was pulling my leg. I still would like to see a board shaped w it. There’s a lot of pranks online, so ya never know. Laugh a little! I think there’s way too much seriousness on swayz. I think we all need a pbr!

hippo008 · April 20, 2014, 9:30pm

A CNC shaping machine?!

Somebody get the blessed ocean water and rid us of that demon!

shapaholic2011 · April 21, 2014, 2:37pm

I just wonder how many blanks get screwed by cnc per year? Example:Board was set up crooked by dopey half asleep shaper, Board comes out with a rail in da sides, but not da other side…blank is now history…Or shaper hit wrong buttons and nose rocker is pencil thin…anyone know of any cnc blunders outhere?

hippo008 · April 21, 2014, 8:37pm

in all seriousness i can respect the CNC world. im sure back when foam blanks started if they could have made them on CNC like they do now, they would have. At the time maybe the skil 100 and a trained craftsman was the best option cough cough still is cough cough

CNC is cool though, you could probably make some crazy stuff on cnc that you couldnt make by hand.

finsOUT4theBOYS · April 21, 2014, 9:29pm

How many blanks get fucked up per year by people who think handshaping is a walk in the park…???

I watched a mate destroy 4 blanks in 3 days be cause he was too pig headed to be shown any simple tips onhow to go about it.

shapaholic2011 · April 21, 2014, 9:45pm

Damn, you’d think he’d call it quits after ruining one blank - let alone 3! The guy should have listened to you. That’s worse than goin on a bad date! hope he atleast learned how to run the planer -Jesus!

shapaholic2011 · April 21, 2014, 9:49pm

Id use cnc - but I can’t afford it! Its 65 k for a cnc shaping machine!
Dunno, but there’s no purpose in having one unless you have booku customers buying ur board’s. If you’re only selling ten or twenty board’s a mos - you really don’t need a shaping machine.

hippo008 · April 23, 2014, 1:12am

you can make a CNC machine through a kit for about 5k that would behave the same way a professionally made CNC machine like the AKU machine.

https://www.buildyourcnc.com/Item/cnc-machine-blackFoot-v4

Youd have to make the gantry higher with a longer Z axis, and extend the table by a foot or so but hey its still CNC! It includes all the electronics and a basic computer too hookit all up too.

60k? i dont think so.

shapaholic2011 · April 23, 2014, 3:44am

yes, I’m serious, it’s 65k. That said, I think you get training on how to run it. Not sure of a warranty bcuz I didn’t ask. Like I said, I can’t swing one.to get one I’d have to start sellin sum serious board 1st… anything’s possible!? But I enjoy handshapin!

finsOUT4theBOYS · April 25, 2014, 5:40am

why would you pay that for one when you can just save your board file to a usb and have it cut at aku or one of the other companies that cut boards lol

And no , my mate didnt learn to use a planer at all, infact he never even put one near a blank, just rasped away with a surform and shit til no foam left.

luckily only 20dollar blanks but still coulda been used to actually build a board.

shapaholic2011 · April 25, 2014, 12:27pm