New shaper- (need help), How to: Rails.

General Discussion
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Hey, Im shaping my third board right now (First one alone), and im having trouble with the rails. I just took my old UM board and scaled it up from a 5'10 18.25" to a 6'3 20", How should I "blend the rails" to make it feel right when I surf it? Thanks-

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Thanks alot! Also when i use my planer it seems that i unevenly remove foam. any tips?

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Try very thin cuts till you are adept with the planer. Start very thin from the tail and slowly open it up. I never mastered cutting rails - hope someone else more experienced will chime in.

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Welcome to Swaylock's!

Read this, it will help a lot: http://www2.swaylocks.com/node/1018545

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What I’ve done is find boards that I like the rail volume on  and make rail templates, one at 18" from the nose, 18" from the tail and the middle, make them 1/16" smaller to allow for glassing, and that should help you get pretty close.