the current batch , awaiting cutout and foiling …
okay , here’s the inside of the fin panel …
outside edge …
inside …
outside …
inside …
[hemp , with blue tint outer edge ]
carbon fibre [blue tinted outside edge]
cheers !
ben
…bonus swirl [mixing cup sized ] …
I think you should change your tag to something like Ben-Fin-Again…
You still at the same address?
I think I need to send you some exotic japanese rice paper to play around with…
You probably go through more cups than a starbucks…
nice…
Good stuff ben will be placing orders with you in the future.
Beautiful work as usual Ben!!
Oneula, I’ve still got 3/4 of the ricies you sent me a couple of years ago!!
the current batch , awaiting cutout and foiling ...
okay , here’s the inside of the fin panel …
outside edge …
inside …
outside …
inside …
[hemp , with blue tint outer edge ]
carbon fibre [blue tinted outside edge]
cheers !
ben
…bonus swirl [mixing cup sized ] …
Nice.
Those panels, before they’re cut up, look like works of art. You could hang them in an art gallery as they are and sell them for thousands of dollars.
thanks for the comments , guys !
yep i’m still at the same address , bernie , GREAT to see you on here again !
yes , i go through HEAPS of cups !! [an average of five , minimum , per panel [and you can imagine how many panels i've laid up over the last five years , yes ??]
did i mention my saw finally fell apart the other day ?? [overuse , is my guess , eh !]
…so now i need to buy another , of course , and get back into it .
guys , your fins are still being worked on [ie : the guys who replied to my “anyone want fcs fins ?” thread]
cheers !
ben
…got some green pigment
and resin
now i’m just waiting on the cloth
… to be continued …
i think i’d be one of the only perth surfers who doesn’t mind our summer flat spell…as long as i have fin making supplies , that is !!
cheers
ben
I was thinking it had been a while since one of these threads. Those are truly goregous fins. can’t wait to see them all foiled out. you should make some sort of collage or mosaic from all your resin cups, sell it as modern art to FINance your new saw.
regards,
Kyle Dexheimer
cheers kyle !
yep , i still need to get me a new electric saw , before the foiling can begin …
i’m thinking the next batch might be green yellow and blue swirlys , but …you never know …once i start sniffing that resin , things often can chhhhhhaaaaaangggge !!
ben
Austin Saunders (frequent poster in the Show Us Your Resin Tints thread) makes jewelry made from cut up resin swirl leftovers. They look pretty cool.
I was thinking it had been a while since one of these threads. Those are truly goregous fins. can’t wait to see them all foiled out. you should make some sort of collage or mosaic from all your resin cups, sell it as modern art to FINance your new saw.
regards,
Kyle Dexheimer
Chipper,
Great thread as always! You have some really amazing color combos. From your experience, can you do the center of the fins in clear lam resin, and then swirl the color work on the outer layers? Or is it better to keep the color work in the center and lam clear over it? or work the pigment work all the way through the fin?
good stuff…
Bob
hiya Bob !
these are all single foiled side fins
so , the swirl is on the INSIDE five layers of the fin
then 30 plus layers of clear over the top , so as not to foil into the colours , and remove them
if i do double foiled , i just use the one colour [tint or pigment]
thanks for asking , reverb pm’ed me pretty much the same question , by the way
So , here are the next ones …
first five layers coloured…
[after thirty five layers of clear were added over the top . Filler coated, then …]
this is the inside edge’s colour …
some medium sized sideys [?quad sets?]
Chip,
THanks for sharing some sound advice…One of these days im gonna slapp down some colors and build me some longboard fins… Keep the pics a comin!!!
Chip,
I think I’m gonna make a pair of template #25s for my 5’9" fish. Any word on how they perform?
hi mate !
please refresh my mind which fins they were , i’m sorry but i lose touch with which fins i’ve done / ridden …
cheers
ben
This one:
oh right …
thanks , kim !
well, because of their small size , i only used them as thruster side fins
a deeper version of them ‘may’ work okay as keels , though …
maybe i should add to that ‘keel templates’ thread , eh ? [i’ve made SEVERAL more , since then !!
cheers
ben
…next …
"making a multi-coloured fin panel " …
supplies…
red , yellow , green , blue PIGMENTS …
spread coloured resin on glass , one colour at a time …
add cloth [40 layers of 6oz in this case …clear resin on these layers …]
with a roller applying the laminating resin …
[etc … ]
tip …wait for each colour to dry. Also , BRUSH on resin [this allows for consistent width colour bands on the fin’s inside edge …]
cheers
ben
…inside edge …
You still at the same address?
I think I need to send you some exotic japanese rice paper to play around with…
hiya , Bernie !!
yes , please feel free to send that , i’d LOVE some !
coloured , patterned , or textured rice paper inlays would be FUN to play around with , for sure !
cheers mate !
ben