Best way to remove glassed on fins?

General Discussion
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Cleaning out the garage and I have a few broken boards not worth repairing but I would like to remove the glassed-on fins. 

Most likely they will collect dust but may come in useful for a future repair. Should I just snap them off with force and grind

away all the mess that will come off with them? Maybe use a dremel cutting wheel or a saw?

2

Razor knife will do it.

3

Rand

I have used a hacksaw blade with no handle to cut through the glass rope and cloth…then it breaks off with ease.

I’m sure someone on here has a better way though.

good luck

4

can’t remember who taught me this one…grind down next to them with a hard sanding pad or grinder, overlapping circles all around the fin, pad/grinder wheel should be parallel to the bottom of the board (not parallel to the fin). when it’s all ground down snap the fin off from one side with one quick shot of the flat of your hand. 

if the boards are not worth repairing this is definitely the easiest… also a good way to replace/repair a fin but you have to be careful not to go all the way thru the bottom glass.

5

The best way to to me is to use a 4’’ or 5’’ grinder with a coarse disc, like 36, just to keep the heat down, but you can do it with 60 or even 80 grit but it makes the job more time consuming.  Start by knocking down the tabs in the front and back paying careful attention as to not grind into the fin.  then take the grinder around the fin filets and through most of the roving, and then snap them off like a piece of ripe fruit.

Still Titus Kinkmaka had a faster way, back in the day, which though legendary isn’t the nicest way to do it; yet the guy has an amazing style.  Yeah I’ve seen him in action, and Alikai laughing all the way.

6

use a grinder.

grind the rope off/thru.

then snap it over by hand.

comes out clean.

herb

7

if you have one lying around a dimond wheel for cutting concrete,tiles etc works really well for cutting fins off with the bonus that it won’t get smaller as you go if you are doing a lot of grinding

8

Just kick it...It will come off.

9

I once had a pile of old scrap boards to get the glass ons off in a hurry, kicking them off worked just fine.

10

metal cutting wheel on a 4" grinder.

I tried all the above methods except for kicking and the cutoff wheel was fastest and cleanest for me.

11

I think,,, someone arond here used a car to take them off of their board,,,,,hahahahahahahah

12

Hey Ken… I think I remember that! Hahaha!