Check Out…
http://www.driftmagazine.co.uk/issue2/flipmag/Default.asp?bhcp=1
…pages 56 -59…
THANKS PAUL.
Very interesting reading and magazine.
Downloading also issue nr.1
Thanks for the heads up Paul, really good magazine (woody’s been a busy boy!!)
Saw this post yesterday but didn’t have time to chime in. I got a few pictures in issue 2 on pages 166/167 of my shaper for their photo contest, stoked.
But more importantly, wanted to drop a link to an interview with Howard Swanwick, the Editor at Drift Magazine, to shed some light on what they are doing and the relevance of thier digital-only format.
Here’s the link:
As far as the woody article, I’m still fascinated every time I see the different stages of a HWS construction. Good to see credit given where credit is due as well. Seems like a simple concept, but it’s not always the case.
Good stuff, Paul. Do you have anything new in the works?
JSS
PS - Note that I finally called you ‘Paul’
John,
Thanks for asking...Here's a preview...
Length - 7'11"
Nose - 17.25"
Wide - 24.5"
Tail - 18.25"
Tips -13"
Nose Rocker - 4.5"
Tail Rocker - 1.25"
Thickness - 3"
Weight - 12# not yet sanded...
Basic 1/8" ply interior...
Balsa deck, bottom & rails...
No cork...
Fins are basswood...
Nice one Paul, interesting width and rocker dims I bet it’s fast.
What’s the fin thickness ?
PS Does anyone know how to zoom in on the fine print on the mag without being confined to one corner of the page ?
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i wish i had one with out the month or two I’d spent fiddling around to making one
but looks great, good job
Nice!!
How did you do the balsa rails? Tried and true contact cement and cleanup with a flush-cutting bit, or something different?
Let us know how it rides…it sure looks fast…and very light! What’s the glassing like under/over the skins? Also, are you planning to go the IMRON route for gloss again?
JSS
Thanks for posting it Paul,
Too embarrassed to put it up myself, I’d already posted all the pics last summer when I made the board, its taken quite a while for the article to come out. If remember rightly you can only advertise in it if your heading in an environmentally positive direction or make a donation to the S.A.S.
Bit surreal seeing pictures of yourself the shack next to an interview with Wayne Lynch, but that’s why I like the mag, its has a lot of grass roots and artistic stuff in it.
I’m glad they didn’t edit too much out and kept the credits in for you ands sways. Howard is a nice guy, bump into him every now and again. He’s passionate about being “carbon neutral”. I think the magazine
There’s a forum on his website, I’m sure if anyone had any questions for Howard he would be only too happy to answer them.
BTW – Nice fish Paul,
Paul, I’d also like to hear your approach to the all-balsa rails. Clamping moulds? Built-up sticks? Wood softener?
I’m sure you’ve read all the trials all of us hackers have been through with those things. And I also am sure that you had a plan & executed it well before taking on such a task…so if you could share your approach, I would appreciate it very much.
Board looks great, btw. Did it come out lighter than your others?
Thanks
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Nice one Paul, interesting width and rocker dims I bet it’s fast.
What’s the fin thickness ?
PS Does anyone know how to zoom in on the fine print on the mag without being confined to one corner of the page ?
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CLick the zoom button, then you can drag the view around inside the frame to read the entire frame
I concur with Benny, more thought provoking technique demonstration of rail application please.
Nothing much different using all balsa...
The same old dry balsa / contact cement method...
No steaming or pre-bending...
Cork between the layers is definately easier to use, but I was looking to do something different...
(above) On this board the nose and tail lams are 1/4", and on the outside of each layer,
I taped some "filament tape to prevent the balsa from splintering...
It worked great...
After the glue on each layer was well set, I pulled the tape then did the next layer...
Here the final tail lams are on and there is a lot of tension wanting to release...
The filament tape says "no"...
Later after the tail wasa shaped,
I cut out the "butt crack" and inserted a "stringer" extention with the leash loop built into that...
Pictures of that on a later post...
(above) For the tail / mid board I used, 1/2" thick laminations...
It goes faster that way...
(above) I kept all but the last two layers stairstepped creating a "hollow rail"...
Considering the board's generous volume it is light...
It's now hot coated and will be sanded in the next few days...
Final weight is still to be determined...
I'm cetrain that it will be real fun in the water...
It's going to float unreal and all that width will pick up waves like a much bigger board...
The bottom has full belly, ala a "hull"...
Just how that will work with the quad set up, I'm waiting to find out...???...
Since it's a bit of a design departue for me, a friend suggested calling it the 'Blind Faith Board"...
I like that...
My wife, in a similar vein, suggest it be called 'Woodstock"...
Again, very clever I thought...
I was gonna call is something more predictable...
The "Big Fish" or something similarly mundane...
