First complete board with pictures

General Discussion
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And the process for #1 is complete.

I shaped 2 previous blanks over the past couple weeks, but both ended up having some major issues so they ended up turning into practice blanks.

This one is a stringerless 2lb EPS. It does have a glue line where I glued the blank together. I found having a centerline was a big help. I also found the white gorilla glue doesn't sand or plane as well as the regular brown stuff.

The board is 5'10 x 20.25" x 2.25 Single concave to Vee behind the front fins. Nose rocker is around 4.75" and the tail is around 2". It is set up as a quad and depending on how it rides might get a center fin box. I have been into quads a lot on my smaller wave boards so I'm hoping the quad goes ok.This will be my first diamond tail, not sure if there will be any sort of noticible difference from a square or squash.

Glassing is 2x 4oz S cloth bottom and 6oz E and 4oz S cloth deck. RR2100 Epoxy was used along with the probox fin system.

The learning curve was pretty noticible for me especially in glassing and sanding. When it comes to glassing and sanding you definitely have to develop a feel for them. Sanding through the hotcoat was pretty easy! The biggest problem I ran into was not leveling off the bumpy laps. That led to problems the rest of the way. In the end it came out ok in my book. Most importantly everything is symmetrical and looks like it should work. A little flat black Krylon on the rails and it looks a lot sharper. The asthetics should improve with more experience. As a side note the clear flat acrylic spray does a good job hiding the shiny spots left behind after sanding from the fish eyes.

Anyways here are some pictures.

At home in the stable! It has a 5'6" Coil disk among others for a neighbor.

 

 

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Nice,how far in from the rails are your front and rear fins?If you have them both set the same distance in from the rail with the same tow in you should try 4 degree inserts front and back.

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thats a awesome first effort mate, cant wait to see the next one and how you 9o

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Good question on the fins. I would have to go back and measure again I don't remember. I think the rear dots are 1.25 in. I used my other boards for reference on this matter. I think the toe you are referencing depends on the on the front dots. I used a couple of my coil's for reference and those measurements varied. I picked the average between the two that I liked that get used in similar conditions. The inserts in now are 6 in the front and 4 deg in the back.

Thanks for the compliment di99er. There are some mistakes, you just cant see them in the pictures :)

 

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Hey those boards in the corner look familiar!

Great effort for a first board, my first one was laughable. My excuse is that I was 15 and had no help (or idea what what I was doing, lol).

 

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Hey those boards in the corner look familiar!

Great effort for a first board, my first one was laughable. My excuse is that I was 15 and had no help (or idea what what I was doing, lol).

 

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Cuz you made all 6 of them!

These days us beginners are a bit spoiled with all the knowledge at our disposal. Replicating an established process just requires a bit of practice. The cool thing about this website is all the experimental stuff. A finished board is fun to look at, but so are the disasters. As long as they are not mine!