I am sure it comes with practice, but can anyone give a suggestion on tips to help get a very clean cut on the edge of the glass where your lap is? If I could do it like in this video at 2:57 , I dont see why there would ever be a need for a cut lap. Just lay it on and laminate.
Maybe a different board?
Sharp Scissors and experience. A clean cut like that is pretty much standard practice for pros doing freelaps. Though there are still lots of reasons for a cutlap, mainly for color work
At 3:05 you can clearly see that board is taped off for a cutlap.
As for cutting the cloth cleanly first. sharp scissors and practice
Woah you’re right! My sleepy eyes didn’t catch that this morning when I first watched it. Scissors or large sheers? They only stay sharp for so long when cutting through the fabric.
Yeah and as Deez pointed out, he is actually doing a cutlap in this, which makes sense with the color on the bottom.
Watching that video about sustainability made me think about what I’m working on now. My wife gets meds sent to our house in boxes lined with EPS foam and ice packs. I started collecting the foam and had enough to make a board so I cut pieces and glued them together. I made a thick balsa stringer from wood I bought years ago from a widow of a model balsa airplane builder. I’m trying to make this board with the least amount of waste. I also think the process of grinding up old foam to make new blanks uses a lot of electricity. I’m hoping the end product will be worth all the work involved.
Very cool shark! I have seen those pictures on another post before, and now it makes sense what you’re doing there! Looks fun, looking forward to seeing the finished product.
I think surfers and the industry are failing to grasp the concept of Sustainability. No matter what types of materials we use to make boards last longer, or bio resins, or recycling products to make a new one, the foam used as a core is still unsustainable no matter how we do it. The methods used in todays market claimed as sustainable are just a misinformative business. Unless its made solely from wood, or something where you can replant equal or more than what you took, it is not a sustainable model. I think reducing and recycling are great, but it is not by definition sustainable. I am honestly surprised we have yet to come up with a bio foam made from a renewable resource that is decomposable , and doesnt produce a lot of nasty by products. Anyone know anything about laminating a board with hemp fiber, or another plant based fiber?
This is another cool eco board by Gary Linden. http://cuervo.com/cuervo-stories/agave-board/
My brother and I have used Bamboo cloth, but any of the modern fabrics use a lot of processing. This agave board is the closest thing I’ve seen to a sustainable, biodegradable surfboard.
I would still love to know where to get the right, lovely slightly stretchy bamboo fibre -
(not the cotton mix or the woody stuff)
Everyone needs to now grind up their old surfboards by hand using an old hamburger grinder and then make foam packing blocks out of them to be reupcycled for greener shipping purposes, so that the cycle of smugness is complete.
Sorry, I don’t know where you can get the bamboo cloth. I think we got it from Greenlight when it first came on the market. We didn’t like it because it seemed to soak up resin. I think it would be great for vacuum bagged laminations where you can control how much resin is in the cloth.
Some of the Australian guys use Hemp, they may have a source for you.
Keith, just give your old unwanted boards to the groms, and let them ride um to death.
If you do choose to grind up an old board, try to keep the glass intact when you strip it. The glass makes a great flexible waterproof template. Some of my masonite templates are getting too much humidity and falling apart.
thanks for the advice but it was a joke. I have no plan to grind up old boards…and I do give away quite a few to kids.
Yeah, I know you were joking.
How are you?
We missed seeing you when you were here last time. Funny how I’m retired now, but seem to be busier than ever doing nothing. Bernie’s been doing 80 hour work weeks and is just about burnt out.
Hope to see you when come around again.
Recycling packaging foam is a great idea. Rob Machado not clocking up thousands of miles on commercial airliners every year to go on surf trips would be a great idea as well. I hate to be the one who puts a negative spin on something good like recycling packaging foam, but I get irritated by people who live outrageously unsustainable lifestyles trying to play the role of an environmental saviour. If you’re going to talk the talk you should walk the walk.
Devils advocate on virtue signalling or whatever. The reward is in making something that has certain properties all the way though, sustainability included. It doesn’t have to make sense any more than a sports car in a city or a prius driven by a globe trotter or making so sure that the inside of your HWS is immaculate… emotional smoke and mirrors maybe. A guesture is better than nothing?
Is hemp as good as that nice bamboo fibre from green light that doesn’t fray and has a slight stretch to it to hug the foam?
When I do exactly the same motion with the squigee at 3:05 I always get frayed fibre. Learning to introduce a sideways movement helped but the ease of which it is done in that video does not compare.
You can get cheap long scissors and sharpen them. You need to sharpen scissors regularly anyway right?
Right On Brother! And a big Amen!
I recently got a set of Ghinger shears and they have made a huge difference in how clean my cloth cuts are.
In this case I reckon a gesture is worse than nothing. Being hypocritical in your actions probably does more harm than good for a cause like this. If he really wants to make a small gesture he could cut down on his international travel a bit.