Jim…really good instruction on your vid! Just when you think your getting passable as a shaper you realize how far you have to still go befor you even merit “passable”. I was amazed at the amount you rely on your planer to do most of the work. It occured to me that most of your tools are customised with either a convex or concave modification yet as you look at a board there really are very few straight lines so the modifications make sense. QUESTION #1. Do you grind the blades to your wood cutting tools yourself or have someone do the “hollow gind” for you. What radius would est. the grind to be on the convex stringer tools? I’d be concerned of butchering the blades myself. Question # 2. I also noticed that the primary grit of most of your sanding is done with really corse paper 40-50 grit and rather than stepping down to a series of finer grits you opt for well worn corser grits. Is this an issue of economy or is there some favorable characteristic of aged sandpaper. This vid is so full of content it’ll take numerous viewings to absorb the knowledge and attemt to apply it. What a great archive of info and thanks for putting it out there for us. I guess there’s no teacher like trial and error but the materials are not cheap and this stuff really is helpful. JC
Or should I dust off the VCR ? http://fiberglassflorida.com/2000/
hey jim, where are you residing now?
Jim, since we’re all here bowing at your feet let me put my word in. I have to say thanks alot for that video, it has really avdanced my shapes its amazing how much info is packed into that thing. I saw theres another video coming out, do you have anything to do with that one? are you going to be doing any more? please let us know
The info in that vid is priceless, but quality video and stereo was apparently a little too pricey for Damascus. Hope they did a little better on the dvd.
Normally I keep to myself but I have to come back on mono tone a little bit. I believe and let me know if I am wrong, you are paying for the info, not the sound/picture quality. I would have paid twice that for what it was. Stop pinching pennies and just enjoy what you got.
Normally I keep to myself but I have to come back on mono tone a little > bit. I believe and let me know if I am wrong, you are paying for the info, > not the sound/picture quality. I would have paid twice that for what it > was. Stop pinching pennies and just enjoy what you got. JC, I didn’t have a problem paying for this and the info LIKE I SAID IS PRICELESS and thank you very much Jim Phillips for putting a lifetime of knowledge out there for us to use but from Damascus I expected a little better quality that comes with a professional product. My statement wasn’t about Jim, content or price, just quality. ‘Stop pinching pennies and just enjoy what you got’ I don’t know if that is relevent or makes sense. I should pay more and expect less? I hope you don’t carry that attitude on to your customers.
Jim…really good instruction on your vid! Just when you think your > getting passable as a shaper you realize how far you have to still go > befor you even merit “passable”. I was amazed at the amount you > rely on your planer to do most of the work. It occured to me that most of > your tools are customised with either a convex or concave modification yet > as you look at a board there really are very few straight lines so the > modifications make sense. QUESTION #1. Do you grind the blades to your > wood cutting tools yourself or have someone do the “hollow gind” > for you. What radius would est. the grind to be on the convex stringer > tools? I’d be concerned of butchering the blades myself.>>> Question # 2. I also noticed that the primary grit of most of your sanding > is done with really corse paper 40-50 grit and rather than stepping down > to a series of finer grits you opt for well worn corser grits. Is this an > issue of economy or is there some favorable characteristic of aged > sandpaper.>>> This vid is so full of content it’ll take numerous viewings to absorb the > knowledge and attemt to apply it. What a great archive of info and thanks > for putting it out there for us. I guess there’s no teacher like trial and > error but the materials are not cheap and this stuff really is helpful.>>> JC Yes I do grind my own blades, I first hit upon this idea in 1969. It isn’t that scary of a project, my father and grandfather were both custom tool makers in the wood trade. The idea is to get the corners of the blades out of the work and cut down on scarring of the foam. As for the sandpaper, new paper has rogue bits of grit that can cut the deepest furrows in the foam that take untold work to remove. I usually take a new sheet of paper and run it over a scrap of wood to dull off these rogues and then reserve this particular grit for one job. I don’t use it on tail blocks or ding repair, it has a job, shaping. I’m glad that you see the planer is the best tool for the job, it doesn’t lie, it won’t make dips or go on errant courses, unless it is a case of operator error. I can use it to make 1/16" bands or tear out great hunks of foam.
hey jim, where are you residing now? Teddy, Oceanside, Ca.
Jim, since we’re all here bowing at your feet let me put my word in. I > have to say thanks alot for that video, it has really avdanced my shapes > its amazing how much info is packed into that thing. I saw theres another > video coming out, do you have anything to do with that one? are you going > to be doing any more? please let us know My input is with this new glassing video, but due to schedule differences, I was on the East Coast 2 weeks before the start of filming and can’t be back before January. They are including many types and techniques of glassing and from the experience of the first shaping video, this should go much smoother. Also, getting the word out to the world is harder than it seems. The folks here at Swaylocks have been great on their reception of this video, but there is a whole other world of shapers out there that need to be contacted and the word is slow to get out. The advanced shaping video hinges on how well the others are received. It is great to toot my horn, but if it doesn’t fly, we all go broke and I’m not the one putting up the money. Now about the DVD, I’m cluless about this technology, but from talking with Matt at Damascus, the length of the video makes the authoring very difficult to compress onto a DVD. He can edit the shit out of it and then cram in the info for the authoring. As for music, I had some great original music from Balsa Bill Yerkes that we could have used, very jazzy, but when and where would it have fit in? The sound was done with boom mikes on professional equipment, I don’t know where the problem lies on sound quality, but on my used VHS player it sounds fine to me, stereo, I don’t know?
hi just wondering if they are going to do a pal version on video? thanks
Yes I do grind my own blades, I first hit upon this idea in 1969. It isn’t > that scary of a project, my father and grandfather were both custom tool > makers in the wood trade. The idea is to get the corners of the blades out > of the work and cut down on scarring of the foam.>>> As for the sandpaper, new paper has rogue bits of grit that can cut the > deepest furrows in the foam that take untold work to remove. I usually > take a new sheet of paper and run it over a scrap of wood to dull off > these rogues and then reserve this particular grit for one job. I don’t > use it on tail blocks or ding repair, it has a job, shaping.>>> I’m glad that you see the planer is the best tool for the job, it doesn’t > lie, it won’t make dips or go on errant courses, unless it is a case of > operator error. I can use it to make 1/16" bands or tear out great > hunks of foam. Jim thanks for the reply…for the record I’m not the JC that was haveing words w/ monotone. My name is Jim Cox. I live in Atlantic Beach, Fl. I had a breif opportunity to talk w/ you at the surf expo 2 yrs. ago when all the legend shapers were concentrated in one display area. (the rounf table of excellance) A few of my local mentors are Clay Bennett, Tony Innarone of COS (Clean Ocean Surfboards) Tim Chew, long time freind and contract shaper for Sany Forsythe of Aqua East Surf Shop and Jimmy Dunlop of Mystic surfboards one of the more innovative, creative and resourceful people I know when it comes to cool tools (custom) and out of the box ideas. I’ve been surfing since 1968 and only started shaping in 1997. It was a long time time comming but what was so cool about the whole thing is that I started w/ $200.00 as seed money and thru orders from freinds (eaither unsuspecting or forgiving) parlayed that money into the resource to buy all my tools and set up shop in my garage. (non-commercial) This is a passion for me and not a business…yet. It’s an outlet for my creative side as as far as I’m concerned, sculpture in every way shape and form. I’m sure I’ll have many questions in the future. THanks for all you’re doing here. Maybe I’ll see you at the Expo in Jan. if you’re there. JC
where do I buy the jim phillips shaping videos? Thanks
its at www.damascusproductions.com Check out their new glassing vid while your there, looks pretty sweet.