Funny, because I was just thinking that if he isn’t that steady with a low RPM drill; How nervous is he going to be with a high speed router???
Hey Lowel did they make these FCS leash cups in the 90’s? the OP is specifically asking about the FCS pre-glass leash cup, the one with the built in cap. I have never seen the need for a guide for this particular eash cup at all, it’s really easy maybe 15 seconds 1/2" deep hole with a drill
“The FCS Leash Cup is a molded plastic cup with a stainless steel pin and capped off design. The plug is made to be installed under the fiberglass saving a step and add strength. Just drill the hole directly into your shaped blank, resin the plug in, glass over it, and sand off the cover.”
One trick I learned with drilling leash plugs with a fostner bit is that you run the bit backward at first so it scores the glass and then take the glass off. Then put it back and run it forward for your hole… It was an accident at first, but it works really well… Go figure.
Thank you for the excellent video Bud!
McDing, your way is pretty fool proof but I don’t really want to have to use and buy two different drill bits (poor college student).
My plan is to find a good forstner bit and drill some practice holes with it. If I still have trouble, i’ll just make a router template.
Surfboard building is full of ‘‘happy accidents’’, the Velzy&Jacobs Pig, foremost among them. Very good tip.
I used to be a rigger and built boats. Always ran drills backward to get through surface of gelcoat prior to going forward and running them through… Prevents grabbing and chipping and bit doesn’t want to wander.
No they didn’t. But the install can be done exactly the same as an FCS plug. A one inch hole is a one inch hole. I’ve done FCS Plugs after lam for years using the method I mentioned above. I never use FCS leash plugs. I use NWSP and they are an after lam. But you are absolutly right!! You should be able to just free hand the drill. Some folks though aren’t as handy with power tools as you or I may be. So— some sort of guide is a good idea. Conduit slipped inside a circle cut made by a hole saw is a non-slip easy way to do it. But if everybody is more interested in new and harder ways to do things; to each his own. Lowel
PM me your address and I’ll send you a hole saw and a piece of one inch conduit. Cost------free. As long as you are in the U.S. Lowel
i like the ol ofishl leash plugs…got a grip of them. put them in under or over the glass. hole saw is the best way to go in my opinion…i use a plywood jig…mc ding’s method is very sound as well.
ps…i 've used the glueon types with no problems (ofishl,con,nose guard… types).
herb
Herb, where you getting those Ofishl plugs?
Always loved 'em.
Surf Supply can’t get them anymore.
Been having to use those FCS plugs instead.
Very generous of you McDing but it doesn’t feel right to take another man’s tools. I’ll find some work over my Christmas break to pay for the new bits and conduit.
Barry,
Basham’s was the last place i got them(a grip of them to me… is a days worth to you.)…since ofishl went out ,most have switched to the fcs jobs.
i got about 20 or so of the ofishl glue ons(used).
most of the ofishl stuff i got/bought,i got from Mel Ross…the good ol days.
herb
Plunge router and a bit like this: http://www.swaylocks.com/sites/default/files/Router%20Bit.pdf . Has carbide cutters on the sides and bottom, very clean about $20.
Yeah I’ve got a glue on on My classic Lauren Yater. Had it out at Malibu a few years back. overhead and kickin’ out at the Pier. Got all tangled and wrapped around some Shortboarders neck. Seemed to hold pretty good. The guy was “chokin’ out”. Lowel