Enviro Concerns with shaping outdoors

General Discussion
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I bought a Clark blank a few weeks ago from a then, local surf shop. At the time i had access to a garage and tools to work with. This is the first board ive ever tried to shape. Because of job troubles and a lack of motivation I didn’t get to even start the board. I am now at school living in an apartment complex with no obvious place I can shape. So I ask this, Would it be ill-advised to work outdoors? What kind of environmental Hazard would I be posing by shaping outside on the grass? I really want to get down to work but I dont want to do any ecological damage or anything that might get me arrested/fined. Any insight would be great.

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You might try setting up a portable enclosure using plastic drop cloths over a PVC frame. Just something simple to catch the debris as you shape. Long term big picture… a few foam shavings aren’t going to accelerate the demise of the planet anyway. I’d be more concerned about what the neighbors think.

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Yeah crooks lay down the plastic and go to town. I just sawed into a blue dow and swept it up. I wonder how much of that foam is plastered behind all the walls?

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You might try setting up a portable enclosure using plastic drop cloths over a PVC frame. Just something simple to catch the debris as you shape. Long term big picture… a few foam shavings aren’t going to accelerate the demise of the planet anyway. I’d be more concerned about what the neighbors think.

For that matter, you could buy a good size mesh tent fully enclosed and be away from the bugs and leaves and dust and still have full ventilation and shade, for shaping and glassing – clean up would be easy too. Rig some lights for that matter…

(http://www.academy.com/…anopies&start=10)

Hmmm. 14 x 14, for $54, or

14 x 10 for $35

That’s my plan for the glassing. I don’t know who the discount outdoors store is out there, but there’s mine.

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I dont know why I didn’t think of this from the start. One of the shop owners near me just offered to rent his space out, and since im low on cash anyways this is definately a better idea. Thanks for all the replies guys