went to mitch’s after a windy longboard session at swarmies, and picked up a 91Y, 62C, 2gals of lam resin, a gal of gloss resin, 2 finboxes, and some uv catalyst. ran out of money at that point, so the cloth and styrene will simply have to wait till wednesday of next week, unless i come across some money.
planning on making, with the 91Y, an 8’6 or so mini-log. something i can take out when its not totally flat, and still do some longboarding stuff, but mostly a board that i can let people borrow who dont have a longboard to use on small days. im planning around 8’6 x 23 x 3, or so, with 50/50 rails blending into a hard rail at the tail, which will probably be a square tail. a slight kick in the tail to turn it easily when standing back, and a shallow, long concave in the thinly foiled, wide nose. not sure about what i’m going to do with color, but i’m sure i’ll try SOMETHING to cover up my mistakes! either 2x6 deck and 6 bottom, or 8oz volan, if its not too pricey.
second up is going to be around a 6’ singlefin disc. wide, round nose, and wide, round tail. flatter on the deck, but foiled thin in the nose and tail. heck, maybe even an ever so slight concave in the nose for those cheater 5’s. a pretty hard down rail throughout the whole board, to aid the fin in the fact that the tail will be so wide. once again, i’ll probably do color, but who knows. if i decide to make it light, then 2x4oz on top and 4 on the bottom, if heavy, probably 2x6 on the deck, and 4 on the bottom (since i have a tendency to ding rails, the rails will be double wrapped from the deck. if heavy, then i’ll go with color, if light, ill stay with clear.
phew. so then, any suggestions? i’ll probably just freehand outlines on both, then transfer them to the other side, using cardboard, masonite, whatevers.
oh, yeah. would you all suggest trying the finbox for them both, or doing glassons? which would be better suited to a first-timer?