I am curious whether anyone has constructed an eps/balsa ‘skinned’ board with only exterior glass and how that panned out durability-wise.
In the spirit of POS surfboard building, I think I’m going to try this out and will post my results here on this thread. In particular, I plan on embarking on the following:
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construct rocker table inexpensively
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apply taped balsa sheets to sheltersheath ‘blank’ on rocker table using PU glue and sandbags (hehe–I love this crap!)
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glue on balsa rails (C method)… If you understand this reference then you need to click the little x immediately because you spend too much time here.
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shape rails and deck
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glue balsa sheets to deck in same way as bottom.
I’m planning on using 1/16 inch thick ‘skins.’ and rails to 5/8 inches thick.
Exterior glass… six top/ six bottom with another 6 oz deck patch.
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Surf and break it.
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glass heavier next time.
I have a HD blank board where I did the deck only this way and the deck is crazy strong. I can punch it as hard as I please without consequence. Of course, it has 3 layers of 6 over it.
However, it occurs to me that I surf really weak beach break, and I feel no real pressing need to punch or jump on any of my surfboards.
Thoughts, comments, threats, insults, and pseudo-scientific engineering nonsense are all welcome.