I’m working on my first board right now. I have just finished planing it and sanding it out so now I am wondering what you would recommend for a fin system. I am a little worried that I cut the tail too thin and that when I cut the box it will go through the board. It is about 1" thick at the tail. Is there a certain system I should be looking for that will require a more shallow cut or should I just give up on this board and start a new one? Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.
1" should be fine for any system I can think of, although just to be cautious measure the thickness where the fins will go. What type of fin setup are you doing? Thruster , quad, single, etc…
Better yet what type of board did you make?
For me I choose to go with futures because I had a lot of futures fins. It costs some money to get the jig, but I like them and easy for me to install. FCS and probox have cheaper jigs.
Doing a single is relatively easy, stingray has a very detailed, and helpful post on how to do a single.
I’m making a 6’2" Fish, quad fin with a swallow tail. I was thinking of going with FCS for the sole reason that the jig seems to be cheaper than any of the other ones i have seen online. I’ve been leaning more specifically too the FCS 2 system because I like the keyless tech.