Tell me/us - if you would - a bit more about the glue-up of the foam/stringer, the shaping with the sander, and the color you created - please. How’d you create rocker, what was used to clamp up the foam to the stringer when glued? How did you control the sander - sounds like it would be very easy to dig in to the foam with that…!? Is the color in the lam? It looks good from here! Thanks, E.Jorgensen PS: I think my Grandfather lived near Stravanger as a child…
Tell me/us - if you would - a bit more about the glue-up of the > foam/stringer, the shaping with the sander, and the color you created - > please.>>> How’d you create rocker, what was used to clamp up the foam to the > stringer when glued?>>> How did you control the sander - sounds like it would be very easy to dig > in to the foam with that…!?>>> Is the color in the lam?>>> It looks good from here!>>> Thanks, E.Jorgensen>>> PS: I think my Grandfather lived near Stravanger as a child… A nice one! Sounds like you really built the board. We all make our first couple boards that look good at 10 feet. Ya put some wax on it and surf it - a thing of beauty.
Tell me/us - if you would - a bit more about the glue-up of the > foam/stringer, the shaping with the sander, and the color you created - > please. This is a real garage/basement project, so don’t laugh…>>> How’d you create rocker, what was used to clamp up the foam to the > stringer when glued? I got the numbers for the templates from Noodle and drew the rockertemplate on a piece of “huntonitt” which I think is similar to masonite. I then cut the rocker template along with the stringer. Glueing the stringer to the blocks was a real mess since I didn’t have big enough clams, so I used weights and rubber staps, the kind you use on roofracks. Of course it twisted and left me with lots of voids to fill. Bdw. it’s was glued with epoxy with lightweight filler. I then rough shaped it to the shape of the stringer with the planer and went from there. The glue between the blocks was a bit annoying since it didn’t shape very well with the sander. I had to use a small planer to knock the glue down, lots of work. I’ll use some other kind of glue next time… Oh, yeah and I’ll hotwire a blank as well.>>> How did you control the sander - sounds like it would be very easy to dig > in to the foam with that…!? Yes. But since I dide the rough shape out of the block with the sander as well, I had plenty of time to learn. Just go slow and be careful.>>> Is the color in the lam? Yes. In one of the layers on the bottom. It’s actually a splash, I tried to mimick a cooperfish splash. Well, I should have used more color pigment. I’ll upload a picture sometime. The varnish I first used on the bottom sucked and made a mess, so I didn’t take any pictures. I’ve fixed it now, sanded the entire bottom and used a different brad of varnish. Much better.>>> It looks good from here! Thanks a bunch. I’m VERY happy about how it surfs…>>> Thanks, E.Jorgensen>>> PS: I think my Grandfather lived near Stravanger as a child… I guess, with a name like that. Lots of people moved there from around here, some stayed, some came back. My dad have a bunch of uncles living in the USA. Funny, you share the last name with the guy who runs the surfshop here. regards, Håvard
Thanks for the reply Havard. Sounds like the best kind of project to me. it may not be perfect but the end product works and you learned more important things about the process than the person who has all the ‘regular’ materials to work with at hand. Don’t be ashamed of it not being perfect, I promise you that the next one will be better (I’ve only built a few boards and the process gets easier each time) - and if it works - who cares if its perfect! Surf better on your own board and smile at the guy riding the Rusty that he dosen’t even know the dimensions of. About the clamps, I saw in the Surfers Journal (the Yater interview) where they had a picture of a stringer glue-up where these huge rubber bands were used for the clamps. I’ve started collecting big rubber bands whereever I see them since I plan on doing a glue-up one of these days using insulation foam bent and glued into place. It might be a genetic flaw in the Jorgensen line that makes surfing a problem we cannot shake…? Say hello to the shop manager for me. Someday I’ll show up and try to get a discount for being family! (then again, my name is about as common there as Jones and Cohen are here in NY). Best to you. hope you get to go somewhere warm in the winter. EJ>>> I guess, with a name like that. Lots of people moved there from around > here, some stayed, some came back. My dad have a bunch of uncles living in > the USA. Funny, you share the last name with the guy who runs the surfshop > here.>>> regards,>>> Håvard
Try to find an auto/truck tire inner tube… slice it up and you’ll have some big rubber bands that might help.
Try to find an auto/truck tire inner tube… slice it up and you’ll have > some big rubber bands that might help. I use plastic tape, 2". I flex it and tape the 2 halfs together. The tape shrinks a bit and pulls the halfs together. I use my shaperack too hold the halfs vertical so you can easely bring on the tape. Dun about 10 boards this way. I can send fotos.
Try to find an auto/truck tire inner tube… slice it up and you’ll have > some big rubber bands that might help. I actually found huge(1m+) clamps a few weeks later on sale(!). regards, Håvard
Surf better on your own board and smile at the guy > riding the Rusty that he dosen’t even know the dimensions of. I had great fun riding it on a pointbreak where the shortboarders was struggling while I rode all the way to the beach. Longboarding is a different game entierly.>>> Best to you. hope you get to go somewhere warm in the winter. EJ Me too. On the other hand the landscape is covered with 4" of fresh white powdery snow and the mountains is only a short drive away… regards, Håvard
regards,>>> Håvard You say the landscape is covered with new snow. And that makes you feel good? I’m frezzing my a*# off in Santa Cruz, telling a guy in Germany name Marcus how great it is here. I have not seen your board but I’m sure it is a stoker. I was in France a few years ago, and talked with a guy that layed up his own fins. He parked his car on the mold to get all of the bubbles out. I though that was kinda neat. We are spoiled over here in CA with all of our technolagy. You guys over their have all of the new stoke. Keep it going. Bagman
Better cold with snow than cold with rain regards, Håvard