First board - 6'0 round pin (pics)

General Discussion
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Hey Everybody,

first off you guys are the best. I’ve been a lurker on here for a

while now, and have read and re-read anything and everything I could

lay my eyes on. I must say this site is amazing, and it has helped me

out a ton.

I finished shaping my first board a few weeks ago and I am about to

lay the future boxes in and then glass it. This whole shaping thing is

real addictive and I can only imagine what it feels like to ride your

own creation.

The board is 6’0x20"x2.5+ Its a rounded pin tail with a planned quad fin set up.

Not really sure how it will ride but I wanted something for the

mushier days around RI and Mass and had the shape in my head.

My glassing schedule will be 4 oz S glass on the bottom and 4X4 oz S

glass on the deck with epoxy resin. I’ve done a little test piece and

seemed to work ok, still not really sure how it will come out, but i’ve

read a ton and ready to jump into it.

Im so pumped to see the results and will keep you guys posted as to

how its coming out.

Thanks again to everyone for sharing your knowledge with us new guys



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Here are a few more pics that were supposed to be in the first post…


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still no pictures mate…

whoops… ok now they’re here…

nice effort for a first board

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Let me say be carefull with the quad future set up! Make sure of the thickness of the tail, on the rear fins make sure you use the 1/2" boxes verses the 3/4" Or else you might go right through the deck of your board. Second Make sure of your bottom concave when placing you jig, Hence if you have a single concave and you set your jig, your jig will be angle in toward the concave giving you more of an inward can’t. MAKE SURE THAT YOUR JIG IS LEVEL BEFORE YOU CUT! Just my 2 cents-josh

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Hey thanks for the comments,

I purposely kept the board pretty thick I think tail thickness which (if carefull) should accomadate the fin boxes alright.

I opted not to go for the Futures install Jig and will try and install them without it. I know it will probably be a lot more work/frustration but i’m going to give it a go being extra carefull. There is a slight concave to the bottom that ends flat towards the tail so fortunately I wont have to worry too much about bottom contours messing with the cant/jig.

Also anyone use US composites epoxy before? A friend used it to glass a kiteboard which worked pretty well, but I havent seen anyone talk about it on here.

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I would advise against using 1/2" rear boxes for a quad. Most quad setups use 3/4" bases. I made that mistake and purchased a new set of Futures Vector II Quads and had to sand down the base of the rear fins to fit in the 1/2" boxes. It sucks to spend $60 on a set of fins and sand down the base so they can’t be used on another board.

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You might want to spend the money and get the future set! It will be next to impossible to get the setting right.

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if you’re careful you can set those boxes pretty easy without the jig. A quad is much more easier since your not cutting the stringer (which sucks without a jig) just double check all your dimenions until your certain on how to do it. Just go through it in your head and you’ll be all set.

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A quad is much more easier since your not cutting the stringer (which sucks without a jig)

Stringer is not to bad either if you only cut 1mm depth pr. pass, take your time