How much twist is too much?

General Discussion
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I got my balsa skin with redwood false string vacuum bagged on to the eps core, and while in the bag the skin rotated slightly.

At the nose the stringer is about 1/8" to the right of center and at the tail the stringer is about 1/4" to the left. These measurements are over approx. 6’10"-7’. The final board will be a 6’8" tri/quad/five wide flyer like short board. It is based on the clark 6’8"R rocker.

So the question is if I template the board so the false stringer is the center line will this produce enough twist to matter?

or should I template the board on the true center line and allow the false string to be slightly diagonal across the board?

thank you in advance…

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just go.

leave the offset to reveal to the concerned that the board is a faky

and not a real woody,No disrespect intended just astatement of :

honesty and integrity in materials and the working process.

if retemplating effects the balance of the finished board

the optical refrence of the stringer should not be a consideration …

as for my opinion I believe it’s abot how the board works

and nothing else.

stringer offset on a board shape that is basicly flat from rail to rail

changing the template no biggie,

BUT when the botom contour is offset from center by adjusting to

match the skewed sim stringer the shape will be crabbing like a car with a bent frame.

…ambrose…

I have made an alaia with

an offset of about

two and a half inches in the tail

boy is it cool.

enough twist?

I get more twisted

as I age …are the boards an

acurate reflection ?

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ambrose, thanx for the comment. I guess the real question is would that small amount of twist make any difference.

I’ll give a little more information. This is only the bottom skin of a flat-bottom balsa-compsand. The bottom skin has a single false stringer, while the top skin will have 3 false stringers. Keeping the stringer as the true center line would make the rest of the construction a little simpler though if this small amount of twist will have impact I’ll cope with the diagonal stringer.