Finally had some time to take a few pics while shaping a board for my 3 year old son.I’m not a pro shaper or glasser,but my boards are good enough for florida waves.I’ll start off with the AKU file to give you an Idea of what I’m shaping,you’ll have to ignore the slices.
I hit print outline,then print profile,and the printer spits out the template on 8.5x11 sheets of paper.I usually find a place to line them up and make sure they are all there in order.
How do you calcul the volume???
Please excuse the photo quality,my digital camera is so outdated if I were to buy a new one with similar pixels it would cost 20$.
Next I spend half a day trying to round up all my tools hah.I throw a sheet of 1/2" ply on the saw horses and my sheet of masonite on top.I mark the sheet of masonite where each sheet of paper from my template will go.
Looks like its going to be a very sweet little board!
Before I cut the profile a slide a scrap piece of masonite underneath the piece to be cut,and clamp or nail them so the 2 layers are secured together.I reset the depth of the saw to 1/8" deeper than 2 layers of masonite.
Normally I would fair the curves and remove any humps with a block and 60 grit,but I’ve used a makita saw enough times in my life that I’m able to skip that step.Don’t worry,I’ll start messing up as soon as I touch the foam.I peel the paper off of my profile templates,then I apply this double sided tape to opposing sides of my profiles and trim with a razor.
Peel the wax paper from the tape and stick a template to each side of your block of foam,I measure when needed to keep things square with the block.
Hotwire close up,a guitar tuner,a gator clip,some 120 pound stainless steel fishing leader,and an old power cord.
You get a better cut with a person on each side of the hotwire,you run the wire along the masonite and it cuts like butter.
I set the power planer to zero depth and make straight passes from nose to tail or tail to nose or whatever,it trues up the blank and knocks out the ridges I made with the hotwire.
Same profile,different blank.The side that is cut all smooth and perfect are from my wife,the side with all the ridges and bumps was from me staring down my wifes shirt the whole time hah.
