Lightning Bolt Tom Eberly Surfboard help

[Billbarnfield]

@$1

…we all know that you re a very good designer and fine shaper

Thank you reverb, your very kind.

@$1

and Im not a gizmo guy, etc (talking about that…there re some threads in which you pointed many of those gizmoes theories…)

I think I have always included myself in the Gizmo Guy category by saying things like “us Gizmo Guys”.  I am a passionate gizmo guy.  I can spew out theories as fast as anyone.  But as I get older and more experienced, I am more capable of controlling this passion.  I am still creative, just not as obsessive about details that don’t really matter.  

I realize you don’t think you are a Gizmo Guy Reverb, and maybe there is some confusion in the translation, as to what that is. If we are honest with ourselves, pretty much everyone on Swaylocks would have to admit to being Gizmo Guys of varied intensities.  

Being a Gizmo Guy is not an insult nor is it something to avoid.  But recognizing what we are, and the dangers in it, allows us to be more gracious in how we channel our energy and opinions of others.  Obsessive compulsive behavior is common in all Gizmo Guys and it can stray us off into antisocial behaviors that aren’t healthy for anyone.

@$1

also, like I said in the other comment, most glass shops put out boards that barely resist in the tail and nose a minimum hit.  but this is the STD and by no mean is the best way to do the glass…

This may be true in your world.  And I agree more could be done if there were no economics to consider.  But thousands of consumers seem quite happy with the Standard glass job.  Maybe it is different in Brasil.  But there is little demand elsewhere for these extras you are putting into the nose and tail of your boards.  Don’t get me wrong Reverb, I commend you for doing this.  But others aren’t irresponsible craftsmen because they don’t do it.

@$1

so, in my stupid book of REALLY make boards from start to finish including making fins, etc, doing already now not only 30 years ago, to make a living and seeing and repairing a lot from differents countries, with customers travelling everywhere including Hawaii.  I prefer to put the rod side to side instead of parallel cause I really see those bars pulling out

Are you still currently seeing the rods pull out?  If so you guys need to get new plugs or… leashes that handle the shock better.  It isn’t nice to call other glassers “clueless” just because they align their leash cup rods differently then you do because they aren’t having similar problems of rods bending.  The Eberly board was quite old and, wrong as you may have thought it was, the Leash Cup had held up just fine all those years.

@$1

may be the ones that I saw and/or repaired were from crappy plug brands or made with cheapo materials I dunno.

I am pretty sure that must be the case.  The common Leash Cups used in the USA don’t have these problems.  As you have seen in the comments, leash plug failures are very rare.

@$1

seems that you should keep the plug brand that you had got.

I have used the same brand Leash Cups for a very, very long time.  I have tested others but am quite happy with the ones I regularly use.

@$1

your analogy about the forces…another gizmo reading could be that the forces distributes 50% to both sides so better than 100% pulling from one extreme.  it s ok for me that you say to your glasser or not say at all to put parallel or whatever there s room for all

I agree, there is room for all opinions to exist but not for all of them to be correct.  :-)

[reverb]

…hat off to you for your very diplomatic answers on my semi rude sentences…

[Billbarnfield]

Thanks reverb.  I enjoy your contributions on Swaylocks

 

[GregTate]

manny is going, “WTF?”

[keithmelville]

my 2 cents worth - the only leash plug I ever busted (i.e. the metal bar pulled out), was when I tied the leash on with Spectra cord instead of the normal nylon “parachute cord”.  I attributed the breakage to the fact that the Spectra has NO stretch and NO shock absorbing capability, so went back to the old style cord and have not broken one since.

[Billbarnfield]

That’s funny Greg!

Poor Manny.  Hope you found some answers you needed in spite of the hijacking of your thread.

[kokua]

    Howzit Bill, I am and have been a Gizmo guy for forever and am proud of it. It's amazing how many problems Gizmo guys solve just because we look at problems from different angles til we figure out how to fix or make something work. All my plugs were installed inline with the stringer and usually in the stringer, can't remember having any break. Aloha,Kokua

[atomized]

Ask Tom Eberly which direction to line up the pin in a leash cup, this would likely be his answer:

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[steiny]

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/spo/1763346736.html

i am a sucker for the red and yellow bolts

[lokbox]

Ha ha where'd you get that photo Atomized?

[atomized]

That’s from an old thread in the surfermag BB. I think TFAD originally posted it there. Classic Eberly pic for sure!

[SammyA]

I have three Eberlys (Hot Stuff) . All have the leash cup bar placed horizontally. These pics are of a 9’4" noserider (pic 1) and a 6’6" channel bottom (pics 2 and 3).