Hi Guys,
I am planning to shape my first surfboard, a MOTE one, single fin, but have been strugling to find blanks in Norway. First question is, does anyone know about a blank Supplier in Norway?
And the second option would be to make one, using EPS that I can I buuy on a construction shop? what are the specs that I need to look for ( density, etc) ?
I would appreciate any help.
thanks
Alex
Hey Haavard,
Tusen takk for the help!
HI Emilgaston,
do you shape them without a stringer I guess? and to cut the blank Like you show on the 2nd picture), can you do it manually, is it too hard?
and where do you find these road blocks? they seem good for a mini-simmons or any other flat shape.
cheers,
Alex
Hi,
I have some blanks, sent you a PM. Also Kristian Breivik of Frost surfboards(http://www.frostsurfboards.no/) may have blanks. Might be easier if you are up north.
If you are gonna buy EPS, try to get the highest denisty you can. The usual insulation denisty is very light and require massive amounts of glass. Road blocks and insulation for concrete floors are good. Ideally you also want exceptional bond between the beads but that’s hard to come by. Alternatively you can use XPS which comes in blue, purple and yellow. Much harder, but has some issues with delam.
Road blocks for me! Hello from Oslo
Looking good! I’ve almost run out of roadblock, need to get a new one.
I’ve never seen the “road blocks” in my location. What are they used for?
Suppliers of EPS billets are non existent where I live. I can only get 2’ x 4’ foot blocks shiped to me from the closest supplier.
I have only made two boards so far. Both stringerless- but adding one would be straight forward i guess… Roadblocks are huge in every dimension,
so any shape is possible. I don’t know what manually means, but they are cut by hotwire. All the info you need is somewhere here on this site…!
Look for construction-sites, both roads and buildings.
For EPS hotwire cutter info these links would be a good place to start:
http://www.swaylocks.com/forums/which-variac?page=1#comment-1478297
http://www.swaylocks.com/node/1019361#comment-1171294
http://www.swaylocks.com/comment/1171318/Re-surf4fins-hotwire-bow-plans
Thanks for all the info
I will start my frist project this week and will post some pictures on a new thread.
This not spam, I asked the same question of “Google is my friend” and found this:
http://www.geosyscorp.com/noframes/documents/BASF/BASF_800.pdf
Any engineers present that can review that scan review Styropor description to see if it has any different properties from eps that is available in the rest of the world?
MrT
emil ! kudos for shaping in a halfpipe!
This is a first for my photographic memory!
I make your nomination for academy award
for 2013…
…ambrose…
praise be to those who make
the best of what they have…
emil ! kudos for shaping in a halfpipe!
This is a first for my photographic memory!
I make your nomination for academy award
for 2013…
…ambrose…
praise be to those who make
the best of what they have…
Do you mean STEAL them? hahaha.
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I have the same problem, getting blanks to Norway, shipping costs are insane.
where did u get hold on high density EPS in Norway? I checked around in shops and they don’t have blocks that are big enough.
any suggestions where and which epoxy to get in Norway? I only found west systems epoxies …
Thanx
Here in California I was able to purchase a 4ft x 8ft x 3 inches thick sheet of 2 pound EPS from a construction supply store (White Cap) at a good price ($48.00). I built a stringerless paipo board and it workout really well. My board only has a 2.5 inch rocker so one thickness was fine. But you could glue two layers together. I used 3 layers of 4 ounce glass top and bottom with Entropy bio- epoxy. Very solid no dent or cracks yet.
Could be a solution! Did u glue them with epoxy or some other sort of glue?
I didn’t have to glue 2 layers, because I didn’t need that much rocker. I think people use Gorrilla glue here in the US to glue layers. Also note that there is difference between EPS and XPS foam. Some say that it is harder for epoxy to adhere to XPS. www.surfersteve.com talks about this. I didn’t trust XPS. So I stayed with EPS.
It is definately true that XPS delaminates easier, I made a few.
But it still is a very nice foam. If you take care in building and using your board, the delaminations aren’t that bad.
The fact that you don’t need to take a repair kit on a trip is a very nice plus with these boards. You can keep surfing the board when damaged and repair it when you find the time.
Definately not the foam to start a business with, but a very good foam for the DIYer.
And they ride great too!