...it begins...

[chippy61]

....new username [but not TOO different , really !] , after three years as 'chipfins' , and a few more as 'chipfish' [I thought about 'chip pics', or 'chipshots', or 'chip photos' .... but , nah ...]

 

new big bag of glass offcuts [ MANY thanks , Chris and Josh ! ]

 

new resin needed , next ....

 

then , more fins , this new second half of the year (' all going well' , of course ?!)

 

the templates,  for different sized panels....

So far , I have cut out enough cloth for one 4"x6" panel , one 5"x7" panel , one 6"x8" panel , and I'm 21 layers into an 8"x10" panel . I use 38 layers of four ounce cloth ,  to err on the side of thickness , for F.C.S. tabs ...

I will finish for this  week now , while my brother Simon is here [he is scheduled to arrive tomorrow , tuesday 14th june] .

 

 For me , a respirator is DEFINATELY needed , cutting this amount of cloth [I was at it for nearly four hours]. The material fibres , when airborne , can get up the nose , in the throat , on the mouth , tongue , skin , in the eyes .... not to mention how they stick to clothes and shoes and floor ! ....I had forgotten !!  [it's been at least six months , since I last had this amount of cloth to cut out !]

 

 cheers !

 

  ben

 

 

[ambrose]

an air filter in the room 

would yield a ‘what have I been breathing?’

moment .Ventilate ventilate ventilate.

Silicosis is not just a word for coal miners.

Coal miners call it black lung.

…ambrose…

[chippy61]

so, now , 12 days later ....

 

  20 hours worth of cutting out panels , it's all finished !! ...

 

it was at least a 10 litre sized bag of cloth offcuts , and it yielded

 

five 4" x 6" panels , four 5" x7" ones , five 6"  x 8" panels , and one and a half 8" x 10" panels ...

 

 Anything from 17 to 26 or more fins can come from that , depending on the fin sizes , obviously ...   the 6 x 8" panels can yield a 5 1/2 x 7 1/2" keel each , for example , or two GS or bigger fins each ...the 8x10" can be a thruster set , or two twinnies , or keels .....

 

  Next ,  I've just got to get another litre of resin , more catalyst , more tint  or pigment or 'glo' powder . When there is a window of opportunity here , I'll be frothing to start the next step ...  laying up at least 15 fin panels ....yeehaaa  ...let the fun begin !! [fairly SOON ,  hopefully ?]

 

    cheers !

 

      Ben

[HerbSpitzer]

yep brose,

but before you die it petrafies your organs,including your skin.

 

but what the heck............in the 60s they said it was safe........................it is safe ..................isn't it?

 

herb

 

[chippy61]

just layed up an 8x10" glo in the dark panel , and have enough glo resin left to do at least a 6x8" panel too

 

yeehaa !

 

....it begins , indeed !

[kokua]

     Herb,Sure it's safe and we don't need any gloves or masks or protection of any kind to work with the chemicals involved. In between making a board here I will turn you on to a secret spot on the lake that gets DOH and it's a perfect peak with long rights and lefts that go all the way to shore. Aloha,Kokua

[tommorth]

looking forward to seeing the fins

have been lurking here a while now

 

my father used to tell me of a job spraying ddt in peoples cuboards  to kill roaches  while the food plates etc still in there   safe harmless they said…

[pirate_agenda]

any chance i can call "dibs" on a set of fins chippy?

something along the lines of futures controller quads, but in fcs tabs would be awesome!

or perhaps you could send me (or someone else) a random set of fin(s) and they can make a board to suit the fins?

[chippy61]

hiya pirate man !

 

  sure ,

 

  if you show me what futures controller quads look like , i'll see if i have something similar already made up , otherwise i guess i can have a go at making some ?

 

  meanwhile , here are some shots of the panels i made over the last two days while "access to swaylocks ' was 'forbidden' , for some reason (?!) ....

['glo' [ in the dark ] powder .... mixed into lam resin]

2 of the three 'glo' panels made ...

   

 

[chippy61]

red background , white starry panels [like in the 'Kong's Island ' quiksilver boardshorts ]....

seen here dried , separated from glass , along with orange / gold spraypainted glass centre fin panel , and also the glo panels ... 

 

 ..... to be continued .....

 

  cheers !

 

   ben

[HerbSpitzer]

ben,

tried out the hockey stix yesterday.....................they work good my man.

i'm going to mod them abit if that's okay with you.

herb

[chippy61]

 

....good on ya herb !!

 

.....sure , by all means .... feel free , mate !  I'd like to see the results [?photos please , herb ?]

 

.....did they GLO for you , when you got them home ?

 

  cheers !

 

  ben

[HerbSpitzer]

glows like a torch ,ben my man !

you'll like what i have planned.

very greenough.

herb