…Anyone else playing around with these ??
I ask , because …
…to be continued…
[one is being channeled , a finless version …the other [already completed] was a shortened , thick , fish-tailed thingy !]
cheers !
ben
This is the nose to tail view , the bottom of the board …
tail to nose view , pre-cutting of near rail area…
stanley ['exacto] knife , to cut along lines …
lift along the lines [a chisel or paint scraper is handy ] …
one strip removed , one to go …
…the tedious work of slowly sanding out the soft foam , for the near-rail channel [ true tedium will be …trying to get the other one ‘identical’ ?!]
Well, the board has now been taken ‘elsewhere’ to be worked on , so …
…maybe the next time I see it , it will be …being surfed by his son ? [ who enjoyed test piloting the modified softboard fish , finished a few weeks back …]
cheers !
ben
That doesn’t look like a soft top, to me. Looks more like a typical soft board of the BZ, Greco, etc variety
I had a couple of Surface boards that fell apart. I was “fortunate” compared to you because the bottom plastic skin unlgued itslef from the blank so all I had to do was peel it off. The deck was pretty easy to peel off too. Used my planer to skin the foam padding and get it to the desired thickness. I reshaped the blank, minimally; re-shaped the rails and then glassed. Used epoxy and am very happy with the board.
Working on another Surface blank that started life as a 9’+ long board. Cut it down to a 7’+ mid range board and discovered “stringers.” They are more like rectangle pieces of plywood that run about 3" off the center of the board, on each side. This is the first time I’ve shaped with stringers other than the middle of the board so it’s been a learning experience.
Overall, it’s a good feeling to recycle a board. I don’t imagine making a performance board out of these blanks but they are good to experiment.
Keep posting your project and any tips that you have. I’m sure there are others who are doing the same thing and can benefit from your experience!
cheers HChou !
do you have a photo or two of the finished [ reshaped , glassed , and finned ] board , please ?
luckily , on THIS one , a small fin was added , for a bit of ‘hold’.
This is from yesterday afternoon [ Tuesday 28th January 2014 ] …
…the back of the board is quite visible in this shot , too…
" [one is being channeled , a finless version …the other [already completed] was a shortened , thick , fish-tailed thingy !] "
This , is the " OTHER " …
" I had a couple of Surface boards that fell apart. I was “fortunate” compared to you because the bottom plastic skin unlgued itslef from the blank so all I had to do was peel it off. The deck was pretty easy to peel off too. Used my planer to skin the foam padding and get it to the desired thickness.
I reshaped the blank, minimally; re-shaped the rails and then glassed. Used epoxy and am very happy with the board.
**Working on another Surface blank **that started life as a 9’+ long board. Cut it down to a 7’+ mid range board and discovered “stringers.” They are more like rectangle pieces of plywood that run about 3" off the center of the board, on each side. This is the first time I’ve shaped with stringers other than the middle of the board so it’s been a learning experience.
Overall, it’s a good feeling to recycle a board. I don’t imagine making a performance board out of these blanks but they are good to experiment. "
hi hchou !
…any updates to report ?
Do you have any photos of the two boards that you mentioned , too , please ??
cheers !
ben