for 'sir w.al.' , consafos , and 'silly' ....

General Discussion
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hi guys !

here’s the latest hemp four fin setup/s …

if i make some more , would any of you guys like to try any of THESE in your multi plugged boards ?

…it would be good to hear how they go in N.Z., Hawaii, and cali surf …

cheers !

ben

[p.s. -

YES , they HAVE been foiled since these photos were taken !]

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I am so ready to try some hemp fins, and if I could get away with it I’d try to get a quad plugged board for them- maybe one of those pintailed Jeff McCallum ‘Quaggs’…

the missus would kill me. Still, I’ll try the fins with thanks.

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i dig those front ones ben

i still havent foiled the ones you sent me yet

hopefully this week

have you got a puter yet???

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For sure. I’d like to try some out. I might be tempted to smoke them though.

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don’t smoke , eat , snort , or otherwise imbibe [them] , but you are more than welcome to SURF them , guys !

hopefully my brother will take some to indo for the next 6 weeks ?

cheers

ben

…stay tuned …

nup , ‘w.a.l.’ , no pooooter … just internet cafe visits

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more importantly ben

when are you going to go to indo

get some decent waves for a change eh mate

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heeheehee

…I have ‘no clue’ [to quote you] . I guess I might have to move to your homebreak , ‘panties’ , instead , eh ?!

meanwhile …

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hi ben

i tabbed the fins today

i just wanted to post a few pics

no offense intended but i noticed your tabs are pretty wonky

i imagine because you are cutting them out with an angle grinder or a jisaw

there is a better way!

if you are to use a jewellers type coping saw and good blades

you can cut tabs accurate to the mm

a good blade will cut out some tabs in about 5 minutes

then after they are cut you can tidy them up with a 1 or 2 cut flat engineers file

the file will cut through the fin material quite easily if it sharp

just do it on the edge of your bench or table

i marked the tabs using a fin as a template

i scribed the outlines with a sharp metal pointer

i guess if you cut outside the lines with a jigsaw

then clean up with file, you could get them pretty neat

surf this morning shoulder high



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there was no one out btw

and sunday was fun to a bit bigger and longer rides



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cheers paul !

…those look fun waves !

yep , i suck at tab cutting sometimes !

i use a carborundum blade on a jigsaw .

what i noticed recently is i am not standing straight above the tabs when cutting , so was tending to cut crooked tabs .

also , like you , i cut a mm outside the outline and file them down . i notice my hands have been a bit shaky lately …might be to do with the nerves in my spine playing up lately .

anyway , i will clean up my tabs on the ones i send you …was it the ‘conventional’ fcs ‘G6’ template you wanted , for the front sides on your fish’s quad setup ?

here’s yesterday here , by the way …pascal [‘popeye’] had this , for the most part, to himself…

and , from the day before …

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maybe you file needs to be a sharper or courser cut

maybe a 0 or 1 cut would be better

do you have a bench vise

that would be very handy for tiding up bases and tabs

maybe a twin fin size fin would be good??

those waves look pretty nice to mate

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cheers paul !

how are the ‘canards’ coming along ?

my current panel is drawn out for a set of hemp cutaway keels [a replica of the pair Simon is taking to indo ]

cheers

ben

soon as nod brings the glass , i’m good to go again

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ive partially foiled one of them

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…i sent you a pm too by the way mate , asking about the hemp fins to send you …

cheers

ben