I am ready for shape my first board.
I am doing a shape3 d proyect. The outline and rocker seem correct but i dont have any ideas on botom and foil.
Whats your opinions? (sorry for my bad english sir)
Slight belly forward, soften through the middle, to slight V from leading edge of finbox, back. Thickest point at widest point and taper accordingly.
As to your outline… Move the wide point forward to roughly 3-4 inches ahead of center. The nose is too wide relative to the tail and the board will ride ‘nose heavy’, very imbalanced. Nose should not be more than 2" wider than the tail. 1-1/2 inches is even better
I like it. I’d make the tail a bit wider and move the wide point just a bit forward as suggested.
I have a 6’4 egg out in the shed, as a matter of fact. I’'l take some dimensions off it tomorrow if I have the time.
Your nose isn’t really that wide - it just looks wide because of the 19.5" overall width. That’s pretty narrow for that kind of design. 21" - 22" would be more common.
For a single fin egg with the low rocker you want a little glide because the idea is to let the board do most of the work. I’d bump the overall width by 1" and just go with what that does to widen the tail, then reduce the nose width back down to where you have it now. That should even out that flat spot you’ve got going in front of the center. I’d save moving the wide point forward for last, and just use that to refine your curve.
I would foil the nose out a bit more too, probably a personal choice but the nose at 1’ back looks kinda chunky to me.
I bumped an “egg” thread for you, 15 pages of viewing enjoyment!
So - you going to have it milled on a CNC, or just using the drawing as a hand shaping guideline?
Start with a blank catalog not a CNC machine. You can buy a perfect egg blank right off the shelf…or copy their numbers…US Blanks has several fish blanks that will fit your needs. Stop over thinking. Buy a blank and shape a surfboard…or steal the numbers from a blank catalog and make your own blank. Can’t stress out about a few nosense details. Hand shape is just that. Hand shape
If you plan to machine shape your blank…thats good too. Even better. How many throw away blanks will you need to set up your computer file?
There’s nothing “wrong” with your shape3d.
Just my opinion…and I know it stinks…Ray…ray egg…
I like the wide point moved up a little as it puts volume under your chest and makes for a good paddler. My current egg is a 7’6" 16 1/2" N x 22" W x 15" T. 2 7/8" thick with thickest point at wide point 4" up from center. Slight belly going to flat with vee out tail. if thickness allows, I like the fin box 5" up from tail. Round rails going to hard in tail, pretty low rocker throughout.
Thanks for all responses.
I am trying to make a good template with shape3d help to do the board hand shape.
First of corrections : adjust the width point 3`` forward the center like the thiker point
Second correction: adjust nose and tail to 14 and 15.5
third correction adjust the rocker
Fourth… not in the plan but in my mind think 60/40 rails, light single to light double to light v and single fin of course
Well i was doing some changes and finally think that looks like a nice board for me and the waves that i surf whith it ( i am 5.7 63 kg 42 years old and surfin since 1987 for onshore musshy junk waves 1-3 feet) Dont like wide and thiker boards, (actually i am using on this waves a “copy” lost subscorcher 5.6 18.75 2 3/16)
Looks good!
Looks really good. I know you said you don’t like wide boards, but for the small mushy conditions you plan on using the board in, I would go a little wider to round the outline out a little bit and get away from the more parallel profile you have. I think it would make it turn better in the slow mushy stuff and free it up. It would also add some volume to help with paddling and wave catching.
put your wide point dead center or a couple of inches back. You will put more curve in the tail and that is really the platform that you work from when surfing. Thats just my opion take it for waht it’s worth.
Neat…you can buy a board like that from Costco…
I love your design. I also understand that my eggs are nothing new…nope …China was on it about 10 years ago…you can hate me but your board is a copy of my boards and my boards are a copy of some other boards…made from real pros…made to sell to kooks that can’t surf like a pro…
yes… I’m a kook and I ride a “fun board”…rails don’t really matter at this point. Hand shaping and hand glassing will kill all of your computer skills…and getting your "shape’ into a computer file and onto a machine will cost $$$$$. Make or buy a blank …get off line…build a surfboard…everything changes when you go to full size…big time…get out there and build a surfboard!
Even hand shaping, it doesn’t hurt to have a good blueprint to work from. As you progress, the blueprint will probably be in your head more than on paper or computer screen.
i like to draw a scale drawing when I am designing a new board.
Yes.
This is correct.
I’m working on my own CAD/3D egg design, which I’d like to post in this thread soon but I dont want to step on playu32’s toes while he’s still getting advice. I think working in CAD has helped me to get a better feel for what my board will look like for the dimensions I’m thinking about. I’m using it to make a template for my handshaped board because it seems like the best way to build your own template. So I guess I’m sayin’ “Don’t knock CAD man, it can be useful to the handshaper.”
…hello man, I build eggs and I tell ya that in real life your outline would be thin, so Phebus is right, you should go a bit wider, mainly in the middle.
I have a question about how to print a half template with that software (or other)?
Thanks
I dug my egg out of the shed today. Here’s what I got.
6’4"
W 21-1/4
N 16
T 14-5/8
Wide point is 5" ahead of center. No calipers handy. Couldn’t take thickness measurements. But bear in mind this is a 1978 shape, so it’s thick by today’s standards.
Outline and profile pics
https://swaylocks7stage.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/egg1_0.JPG
https://swaylocks7stage.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/egg2.JPG