[FCA] One more Clark [update]

General Discussion
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My other boards are here: http://www.swaylocks.com/…iew_flat;post=222256

Here is the new one I’working on.

The board will be made for a friend who’s something like 1m75 & 65kg.

Where we surf, waves can be fantastic (long shouldered 1m50 walls) but the can also be mushy and week.

Most of time we surf like 1m to 1m50 and waves are not that hollow or powerfull.

So, we need boards tha can hold many situations.

As we have a lot to paddle te reach the peak, we need comfort.

So, the boards here have to be like skateboard, fast and easy to manoeuvre.

So far, I never really shape a “performance” shortboard (mostly eggs, bonzers, fishes, singles…).

So that one is a challenge to me.

I’ve designed a round pintail:

6’0" x 18"3/4 x 2"3/8 (nose = 11"3/4 & tail = 14"1/2)

wide point 2" back

nose rocker = 5"1/4 & tail rocker = 1"3/4

By the way, the blank is a 6’11"R I ordered BEFORE clark stopped and recieved AFTER…

So it may not be the most accurate blank but I’m afraid it’s gonna be the last Clark I’ll shape (well almost, I still have one shot).

Pictures:

The outline on the blank and my friend with the outlined blank:

The rough Clark blank and the outlined blank:

And this is my way to check everything is flat and regular on the bottom, using the level and an aluminium stick that I position perpendicular to the stringer.

If both lines match all the board long, then it’s flat and regular.

So far, I’ve outlined the blank and started working on the deck.

Tomorrow I’ll shape the rails and bottom contour (sigle to double concave).

Thank’s for reading.

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…thanks for posting !

how many fins are you going to put on this one, Alex ?

Also , are you going with any colour scheme ?

cheers !

ben

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Being a pure shortboard, that one will get 3 standard FCS fins.

About coulor, I may try to do a tinted yellow bottom and rails… my first tint ever.

If I do so, I’ll keep the deck natural… or maybe painted.

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good stuff !!

I was just writing in a pm , literally a minute ago , that thrusters are good boards .

Would you not go with a yellow tint on the deck too, Alex ?

I love the all-yellow tinted Bob Cooper single fin I’ve got…I’ve mainly kept it because of that , the nice blue pinlines work , and the outline . The rest of the board , performance-wise …well… like I said , thrusters are good boards !

ben
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Well, in fact, going on a tint for bottom and rails seem to be a hard enough job for that time.

I’ll see how I can manage it.

If it goes nicely, I’ll think about something else on the next one.

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Some update, I worked on the board this morning.

Things went pretty good I believe.

Some pics:

outline and rocker (the picture is strange and show a kind of “break” close to the tail’s end… I do not see it with my bare two eyes… maybe saturday when I’ll be back to work):

Signature: says:last clark for médoc (where we usualy surf)

number 15.

What rails are like -almost- picture is blur and they seem a bit too fat:

The paint/resin job to come:

yellow = tinted resin

red = paint on blank

black = resin pinlines.

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First step for colours.

The red sprayed center.

Tomorrow, I’ll laminate, tinted and natural resin.

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The board is laminated.

It went rather good.

Images:

Yellow tinted resin for bottoms and rails.

Fiberglass seems to be far to large but has to be cut afterward(cutlap):

The “finished” board, just have to sand, plug (fcs & leash cup) then “pinilne/finish”:

Just a family picture from round to pintail…

And the funny games that come with it:

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I just would like to remind you all that this is Lob’s first ever tinted resin/cutlap combo. How’s that for a first, eh?

I wish my tenth would have looked half as good as that.

(Of course, it was very easy for him since I taught him everything, but still…)

Yeah, kidding…

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Merci Balsa.

The thing is: of course it’s “only” a shortboard, and off course it’f faaaar from being that hype on swaylock’s to talk about shortboards…

But I guess it’s possible to create beautyfull small boards, using tints, sprays and pinlines…

Just wait untill my next realisation:

I’ll probably be the last Clark Ill ever put my hands on.

I guess it deserves something really special.

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More pics:

Close view on the cutlap/spray on the tail zone:

View from the rail:

Seen from the tail, just after hotcoat, before pluggin’/sanding.

Nota: patches are for FCS install:

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hey man,

good for you. that’s a fun looking board. shortboards don’t get a lot of press here, you’re right. but, i think all of us can appreciate a well crafted board. i’d love to give that a try on some of the waves you talked of earlier…

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I’d love to give that a try on some of the waves you talked of earlier…

They can look like (fantastic past weeks):

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Awesome looking board. Doesnt look like you made relief cuts when you glassed? how did you pullt hat one off?

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Awesome looking board. Doesnt look like you made relief cuts when you glassed? how did you pullt hat one off?

Erf, sorry mate, my english is not good enough to get those one: “relief cuts” & “pull that one off”.

Could you just try and make it more understandable for the little frenchie I am…

I just feel stupid if I can’t answer you. :wink:

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Lob, relief cuts are those cuts in your fiberglass cloth to make it drape easier around the rails, nose and tail. Of course, on a roundtail, one cut at the nose and one at the tail seems enough but some people will do many more of them.

“How did you pull that one off?” = “Comment t’as réussi ça?”

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Thank’s doctor Balsa.

Well, I’ve just cut one on the nose and once on the tail.

I just do those cuts on diamond tails, swallows etc… when direction changes suddenly.

The bottom is “only” a 4oz so it’s really easy to fit the shape.

And I managed to do it (pulled that one off) swaring and sweating but on a really zen mode… :slight_smile:

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bonjour Alex !

please keep us updated …this board looks like a LOT of fun , especially in those beautiful waves you photograhed [empty too , tres bien !!]

I love your board making threads !

cheers !

ben

now , if someone can just help me get back on at shaperoom , please ? [my login doesn’t seem to work any more , now they’ve upgraded the forum ??]