dental floss sounds like a plan for wetties. hey keith i like the the idea of a survivalists boardbag
. i was just discussing with my wife about weaving a flax board bag and gluing canvas to the back of it as a reinforcement. i hope this one sees the light of day
hey mick what are your thoughts on diamond tails?
This is what my wife and I do for our living.
Family produce hand woven fabric for us on backstrap weaving looms and we sew them into a myriad of things…even do surfboard carrying slings that people use to lug their longboards around to Ti-tree and Granite at Noosa.
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I’m at work in our stall right now.
Not a lot happening so Sways is helping pass the time.
We found a classic old Singer sewing machine at my mother in laws house when we cleaned it up. I don’t remember what we did with it, but it was an old electric one.
A few years ago I was part of the group heading my daughters school fund raiser. One project I worked on was getting better signage for the bus locations. I decided to make flags based on the way a lot of us make surfboard shaping racks. I made concrete bases with a pvc pipe to hold a longer length of pipe, then I bought some cheap plastic table cloth material, and cut out large rectangular pieces. When I went to sew the pieces so I could slide one end over the pipe, I did it all “free-hand” no pins holding it together. The damned plastic was so slippery that it was hard to keep things together, but I wanted to jam this project and do it fast.
My wife and kids were rolling on the ground laughing when I showed them the first 2 finished flags. It was no longer rectangular, or smooth, but I didn’t care. My wife took pity on me and re-did the flags the proper way.
Shoots when I made my board bags, I just grabbed the ends and sewed the damned cloth together. Made sure the seam was solid then turned it inside out to hide the seam. Didn’t seem like a big deal.
We do the same re pins.
Who needs em…freehand.
My wife always used a Singer treadle until we moved to Australia 6 years ago.
No power to run an electric machine in a dirt floored, bamboo walled, rush matting roofed hut in the mountains.
Now we buy metal bodied Singers and Elnas to use with elec-trickery.
Hey Paul
I love the diamond tailed boards I’ve had over the years , generally I feel they ride pretty much the same as a square / squash / bat / baby swallow tails of similar dimensions but with an extra inch or two snuck into the tail past the pivot points. My first ever custom board was a 6’7" diamond singlefin so maybe it’s a nostalgia thing I have with them.
The diamond stubbie at 5’8" probably has an effective rail equivalent to 5’4" board , either way it’s heaps of fun.
Now I’ll have to sew a board bag for it.
Cheers
Mooneemick
I made a 9ft performance mal last year, sewn together 4 old towels and threaded an old piece of bootlace through one end, it makes a great board bag and changing bag (if your a little prude) too!