Fred Tool on EPS

Just checking to see if anyone has used the Fred Tool on EPS. Curious to see if it rips out beads or if it leaves a nice pass.

I’m looking to add a few tools and was just wondering if it worked.

Thanks

Mine works fine, but I have it set up with 60 grit resin bonded paper.

Ahh, thank you. Tool modification to do the job, nice!

i have surform blades on mine and it seems to work just fine as long as you make nice smooth, long passes. just don’t try and work it too hard in one spot, that’s what will cause it to rip out chunks

im with resinhead

mines actually made of eps with sandpaper glued to it

made 20 boards so far

cost nothing

That’s a pretty neat idea–you could hotwire out a rail profile or deck crown in a few minutes

Thank you surf and silly. Just got an idea, I like how my round microplane works on the eps and tail stringers. Might have to get a microplane blade and make my own.

Been using sandpaper on a block and the eye for the bottom edge. The deck bands with the planer. It’s been nice to get more planer control lately. Been using it more and more to shape.

I use EPS 99 % of the time…Don’t have a problem with using the fred tool…Even if you pull a beads hear and there, once you hit it with the sanding screen it cleans up. If you spackle your boards, that will catch all the divets.

Good luck

pbm-mako

Mahalo pbm, I started with Dcell then Corecell and now I’ve moved to eps. Never shaped a polyurethane blank.

I’m starting to see that it is almost for nothing to try and finish the eps as perfect as you can get poly. Been getting really good with my glass bubbles and epoxy seal/fix coat before glassing.

I’ve been doing my bottom rail band with a hard board and 36 grit just to get the angle set. Then after the top bands are planed in I’ll hand tune and screen to get it as smooth as possible. The only problem I’ve been getting is on the thinner tails I’ll lose some beads on the edge line that create air pockets when glassing.