I’d like to splurge and get the EZ Shaping Racks. Is there anyone who has it that can give a solid thumbs up on the quality. I need it to be sturdy. I just bought a similiar stand from a different supplier that I don’t like. The arms are jiggly and just dangerous with a power planer.
My girlfriend just ordered me a set as a birthday & wedding gift. I can let you know when I get them. I was complaining about my home made wood racks that keep loosening up and I have to re-tighten them. She had a problem ordering them and had to tell me so I ended up finding out. Hope they are sturdy and low maintenance.
For what it’s worth from a backyarder, I bought these from FoamEZ a few years ago and it made a HUGE impact on my board building. One of the best investments I made, if you’re serious about improving your end result, I recommend these 100%. great people at that company too.
Bud's right! Your shaping will improve greatly once you get on a sturdy, metal shaping rack bolted directly to a concrete floor. It's a waste of time, motion and money to try to continuously compensate for some wobbly five gallon bucket goof ball set of racks.
I'd like to splurge and get the EZ Shaping Racks. Is there anyone who has it that can give a solid thumbs up on the quality. I need it to be sturdy. I just bought a similiar stand from a different supplier that I don't like. The arms are jiggly and just dangerous with a power planer.
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What's you're goal?...What are your surfboard building goals?
If you want to become the ultimate shaper that rack would be awesome...and a whole bunch of time behind the computer with AKU ,ect.....
I'm a backyard guy. My racks need to be moveable because one day I'm shaping and one day I'm glassing and the next day I'm replacing the clucth in my truck or fixing the gosh darn'd drain in the kitchen.,,,,,,
My stuff is all based on "saw horses".....easy to move...strudy too..............
I took measuments for my racks and made a accurate drawings
then i went to a school where they do welding
and the cost was just the material
prostyle racks for no money
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So you stole the materials ;) I love the idea of leveraging the local Vo-Tech school for the labor. I was thinking about putting expansion bolt sleeves into my concrete garage floor to allow the racks to be non-permanent fixtures. Again, great idea on getting free welding labor.
I like the way you built the angle option into your racks. Clever guy. Yah, 300 bucks seems like a lot of money if your a hobby guy when you can build a solid set for 30-40 dollars in scrap lumber. Mike
My bucket racks worked fine, but from the first time using bolted to the floor racks, I immediately realizied how more efficient & accurate it was for me.
sixty second conversion shaping racks to glassing rack backyard style