First one shaped glassed sanded in my new tiny sideyard shed. At 6x12, just enough room to move (I’m 5’8" x 135lbs) - won’t be making any SUPs here!
5’10" x 18" x 2-1/8"
Bennett foam, ‘ultra yellow’
4+4x4 4oz glassing (UV cure)
Futures fins system
oops! side boxes knicked through the deck on my super tapered rails. I was wondering why I felt a resin drop on my foot when I was pasting them in! At the least, since the small holes are identical I guess it shows my rails are even as well as my routing?
My fiberglass cloth dispenser (rolling garment rack), drip catch and shaping rack glassing extensions worked very well. Lammed bottom & deck & hotcoated - No resin on the floor!
Very cool! I remember your quicky shaping room in the garage to see if you’d take it further… Nice new room! Your board looks like it’ll rip… Looks like you’re glassing too… Right on! I’m stoked for you!
Thanks for the words… Carvenalu, one board amonth for the past 5 months; After I’d had a try at shaping I think you might have been one of those who advised ‘never say never’ when I said I’d never want to glass myself! Now I actually look forward to the extra challenge of glassing & sanding … and seem to be learning from my mistakes.
I remember #4 in the garage, it’s great to see a chronology. I see you have commandeered the garment hanger permanently.
I am wondering, how do you like the system you have set up for the removable glassing stand? is it stable enough? I am wondering if you have just used those brackets to secure the female part, or if it is cemented as well? I would like to know how you constructed it/costs.
I am considering adding something to my stand, and I would love to hear your ideas.
just chiming in with everyone to say: killer shed! i thought your temp one in the garage was pretty impressive but this is definitely a step up. clean, organised, well lit, & great multi-task racks.
I remember #4 in the garage, it's great to see a chronology. I see you have commandeered the garment hanger permanently.
I am wondering, how do you like the system you have set up for the removable glassing stand? is it stable enough? I am wondering if you have just used those brackets to secure the female part, or if it is cemented as well? I would like to know how you constructed it/costs.
I am considering adding something to my stand, and I would love to hear your ideas.
Nice Boards!
Thanks all for the encouraging words .
As far as my pvc glassing extensions, they work very well for me. the cost was for the pipe, brackets and screws was probably less than $10. The female/sleeve is not set in the cement as i added it afterward. Knowing what I know now I still would have done it this way. The flex is nominal & ‘springyness’ is not bad at all, has not been a negative factor, (for small light shortboards); Movement is comparable to the long plumbing pipe style production racks. I found that 1" pvc fits nicely inside the 1-1/4" as a sleeve. Keep the sleeve long and the slider short for best stiffness. Slides out and easily put away for using shaping racks. One thing I would do different is NOT to put the screw tightneners in line with each other - the slider portion will split. Or maybe used another type of screw down
The ‘system’ is basically a shop vac … lucky I happened to have this great quality super flexible, soft rubber extension hose for hand tools from an old Kenmoore vacuum, that was still in the original sealed package. fits perfectly into teh planer exhaust port and stays put with a couple screwdriver turns of a rubber hose clamp (plumbing section) I found. attached with another hose clamp, the other end goes onto a 3 foot hard plastic tube extension wand from my older shop vac, which is attached to the ceiling, then finally clamped to my new shop vac hose. I loosely wire tie the power cord to the hose. it worked quite well - here is what it looked like in my previous set up, before hose clamps and new shop vac
though, now that I have my little shed. I’m not using the vac, just letting it fly. feels gooder.
I really like your shape room too. I just built one too about a year ago 12x12 so i understand the small space, but it is sure nice to have a room dedicated to surfboards…
…I bet you that you have a torrid climate inside that shed…
Yeah, my first time sanding fiberglass in there I was expecting fine powder white out conditions, but surprisingly not bad, esp w/tradewinds blowing through the open door and the little window on the other end. Of course even after just this first board everything inside is covered with powder. One or two boards a month I hope won;t cause a riot in my neighborhood
Yeah, but you didn’t include any pictures of the board. How will we know what it looks like?
Hey wassap BB808… looks like my server was down for a while, but back up now. the pics should be visible?
I owe many thanks to this dude - taking the time to give me a crash course- help/teach me about glassing, sanding… never would have been able to be where I am now
I slapped together this drip catch and it works really well.
1x2’s, some tempered hardboard and liquid nails. lay it on the racks then slide the glassing extensions through the holes to glass. when pau take it off lay it out in the sun to harden the drips then lay it up agaianst the wall to store it. no drips on the floor or racks!
I was being a smartass, Bud, I see the pictures, all 101,928,293,972 of them.
Bud’s a quick study and was far less work to teach than most of the meatheads that have come to me to learn. Now move onward and upward to epoxy, Bud. Now is the time.
