No planer, alternatives?
Really.
You want to “SHAPE” a board
Get a fucking electric planer.
Dont turn it on and drop it on ya foot, Hold it man!!!
…I want to shape, but not with an electric planer. What sort of CRAP is That!
What, U want an alternative place to shape it next??? Try Ya Bathroom.
On urethane blanks it is pretty easy to shape a board using a sharp block plane or one of the razor planes as mentioned. Follow with a surform and/or various sanding blocks and drywall screen on a soft upholstery foam pad and you’re good. EPS doesn’t seem to cut as nicely with a block plane for me but surforms cut it OK.
I lost count but pretty sure I’ve shaped a couple hundred boards with a block plane. I’m older and wiser now and use electric when and where I can. My elbows demand it.
Apologies to those who have seen this photo of me skinning a blank with a block plane before…
Hey… Sorry for being a prick.
Don’t apologise Yorky,
Your advice is awesome
i have to dissagree yorky planers are not really required even for production. you can hotwire eps both foil and deck roll . also you can use a router carriage with templates or you can have a blank cut with cnc… i dont need a planer to make myself a board at all. but i do have one but only use it to skin a poly blank . im well equiped but flat board method does not require a planer at all. just a hotwire and surform.
My first shape was made with an disk sander. At that time I was a fin foiler and handy in the art. For a NEWBY I would suggest you hire/rent a planer for a day.
I must have miss read somewhere, I thought he couldn’t afford or was “scared” of one, and I definatlly think "NOT for production style shaping.
You expect hes going to hot-wire shape, or router or heaven forbid, use a cnc for a board if he wont use a planer? Come on be real… It’s Not about You! Paul.
I have read on this forum on a number of different occasions u have used a hot-wire to “shape” a surfboard. Elaborate? Sounds like a pain in the ass to me, So you’re the one who has done that! Oh no, wait John Gillies did. Whatever!
Break it down, all other crap aside. You disagree we me for the sake of disagreeing or is NOT getting a cheep electric planer best, quickest (to learn the craft, and shape the board) and easiest way to get from A to B? (shape the board)!
You disagree do you Paul?
Shall you be in need of the “BullShit Inhititer” hahaha
Haha, sounds like you bought a weapon. I will keep you posted on progress. As you should too.
nope i disagree i made heaps of boards without a planer. i used a surform . insulation foam from bunnings and a refrigderator pump. all close tolerence lightweight composite boards. didnt even need a hotwire. using flatboard technique and pressing in the rocker. easy peasy. i did it in a little caravan out the back with west systems epoxy. no planer.
Ah the smell of BS, and Sway’s often are hard to distinguish. So last night as I said somewhere, I finish shaped 6 EPS SUP’s off a CNC. 2 of them had dry spots where the machine didn’t mill creating flat spots on the bottom. Blending them in or out would be next to impossible without good planer skills; took a few minutes, and I got to charge the big bucks for going back to reshape. 2 others had whooptydoos on the deck that reminded me of those giant fiberglass slides of my chilhood; the planer, plus technique and skill, no problem- outa there. So even in the CNC realm it pays better to have the right stuff and know how to use it.
right bs is is it? . you dont need a planer. they help. read my blog ok so i used a planer for two minutes on this one. but have done many the same way with a surform. flat board method by mike sabin and a few others inc myself. this board is now 4 years old and gets surfed all over taranaki in big waves on rocky shores. still going strong
http://paulgcannon.blogspot.co.nz/
i cut this rail like this plenty of times without a planer. eco friendly. very little vocs.carbon neutral. long lasting
to answer the guys question. YEP
this is a no planer alternative . i got into this method with very limited resources and no surf industry other then some fin plugs which i begrudge.
Point form for Paul.
*He cant afford to buy a planer
*Dallasf has no idea how to make a board (no offense Dallasf).
*You think "close tolerance lightweight composite boards." is what hes chasing
*insulation foam!!!
*a refrigerator pump!!!
*flat-board technique!!!
It's NOT, about, YOU PAUL!
So, You leave me with NO choice.
**YOU** get it... To stop all that verbal diarrhea
The "BULLSHIT INHIBITOR"... ride em cowboy!
**ENJOY**
get an ozito planer from bunnings for 30 bucks, 6bucks more than a surform.
put it on minimum cut and do a million passes over the bottom skin till you realise its just a power tool and its conciderably safe to uses.
I done my first 5boards with one of these and it shit itself mid way through the sixth.
but it taught me how to havea go.
dya really wana play this game yorky ? i mean really?
If thats a threat… piss off. Got that?
is that a yeah or a nah
What ever paully. What ever… fuck it, I reckon your a fool, thete ya go.
Should you stay or should you go?
Its your little piss weak ‘game’.
Knock ya self out.
i disagree
