After some limited success with vegetable resin with the first balsa paipo, I am pretty stoked with my latest balsa board. We played safe and went with epoxy this time. I am itching to try it out but this one is off to Hawaii. Thanks to Tris, Gareth and Maf Homeblown in Cornwall at for helping me with the project.
More shots can be seen at:
http://paipoglide.com/news.aspx
Cheers
Andy
Cheers
Andy
great board, looks fun!
great wood texture, keep 'em coming!
Andy,
Will be interested to hear how it rides.
Bob
Thats a really nice looking board, love the book matching on the deck
1 question that is intreguing me, why make the rails from seperate material, It does look very nice and adds and extra element to the design that I really like, but it seems like a lot of extra effort if the board were made from solid wood.
So is the board a comp sand? or hollow, if not whats the reason?
Hi Andy!
AMAZING!
greetings,
Eef
Hi and thanks Eef, Bob and Surffoils - hope all going well with you guys?
Woody - to answer your question - the boards are hollow hence the rails. The deck, bottom and outer rail strip are all from the same 4.5 foot balsa log grown at the Eden Project (giant greenhouse) here in Cornwall. the inner rail strip is from another log again from Eden. the wood is probably less than 5 years old. The link will give you an idea of the stages. Believe me, its still a lot of effort even though its not solid. the bottom has a slight single concave.
http://paipoglide.com/orders.aspx
cheers
Andy
Cool - I’ve made hollows, so I know that there is actually quite a lot more work involed than making a solid board.
I think Stevie 2-Fins had some of the balsa from Eden last year to make a fish with, I’m not sure he ever got round to making it but I saw the timber in his rafters. But that was 6’ timber
I think the work being done at Eden is fantastic, I guess you must work there. Are you using the same linseed resin and hemp cloth used on there eco board?
Were you taking photos of one of these outside the blue bar a few weeks ago? Hopefully see you in the water on one, I’m interested to see how they go.
Woody - I think Tris has some kind of deal with the Eden project balsa.
Thanks Woody
I don’t work at Eden - Tej is right, Tris obtains balsa from Eden. I still find it incredible that I’m making a board from wood grown in a large “greenhouse”. I have already made a paipo from the log. (see Eden Balsa Paipo on my previous posts). The balsa with these boards is very soft - you really have to keep your fingernails short using it! Because of this I didn’t use the linseed resin as it is uv cured and I wasn’t sure how the absorbed resin would cure?
I have enough from this log to make another paipo. I have set up a frame for a paipo fish and am going to venture into making fins for it.
Cheers
Andy
Hi Tej
Yes that was me. Perranporth is my local but Porthtowan isn’t such a paddle out - I’m not getting any younger! I get a better ride from the boards than I ever got from a sponge - but I’d say that wouldn’t I? There is just something special about riding a wood board…you’ve heard it all before but it’s true. I don’t have the proficiency or physique to bust any airs, the concept I have isn’t about that, but I’m confident the boards would do really well in the right hands.
Give me a shout if you see me - have a go if you like.
Cheers
Andy