I’ve put my order in for the blank, it arrives tommorow, with plenty of goodies. I wanted a blank which I could shape a 60’s style board from, which is why I’ve gone with this one. It’s a chunky blank with plenty of volume, and I was wandering what would be a decent thickness to take the board down to. I want plenty of float, but without it feeling to corky. Cheers guys
I’ve put my order in for the blank, it arrives tommorow, with plenty of > goodies. I wanted a blank which I could shape a 60’s style board from, > which is why I’ve gone with this one. It’s a chunky blank with plenty of > volume, and I was wandering what would be a decent thickness to take the > board down to. I want plenty of float, but without it feeling to corky.>>> Cheers guys What a blank to pick, a lot of volume to redistribute and still get a reasonible looking board from. You should pick out the name Corky for it now, unless you mow off a lot of the foam. I reserve it for beast boards, you know, the guys who are over 250 lbs. and out of shape.
I’ve put my order in for the blank, it arrives tommorow, with plenty of > goodies. I wanted a blank which I could shape a 60’s style board from, > which is why I’ve gone with this one. It’s a chunky blank with plenty of > volume, and I was wandering what would be a decent thickness to take the > board down to. I want plenty of float, but without it feeling to corky. 31/4" seems to work good.We have used that blank to make 7’8" boards in order to get correct rocker and volume. > Cheers guys
“good paddler”, “corky”, etc. are relative terms that are difficult to quantitate. For some kid that is used to a 5’10" X 19" X 2" a step up to a 6’4" might make the 6’4" seem like a boat. What if a longboarder used to surfing a 9’ performance model stepped down to the same 6’4"? Just grab a few rails on boards you like and start carving.
What a blank to pick, a lot of volume to redistribute and still get a > reasonible looking board from. You should pick out the name Corky for it > now, unless you mow off a lot of the foam. I reserve it for beast boards, > you know, the guys who are over 250 lbs. and out of shape. Jim, I see what you mean!! The blank arrived sat morning, and it is a monster!! Still, its on the shaping racks that I made on Sat, and I’ve cut her out, and have started to plane the bottom down to get the right thickness, I havn’t touched on the deck or rails yet, that’s a job for tonight. It’s starting to come to life, and I’m lovin’ it!! Peaman
Peaman Before you start mowing on the bottom, you need to get the deck all straightened out. Once the bottom is what you want, there could be problems in losing volume with a deck out of whack.
Before you start mowing on the bottom, you need to get the deck all > straightened out. Once the bottom is what you want, there could be > problems in losing volume with a deck out of whack. Ooops! I’ve already sorted the bottom out, but I’ve left a little room for the unforseen. I left the deck alone until now, because I was under the impression that you should take as little off the deck as possible, to prevent denting and deformation. But, I see what you mean, about it being out of whack. Out of interest, what is a safe depth to skim the deck down to?
Peaman, I used to just open the trottle and mow away, but over the years I have found I get much better results by running my planer with enough depth to whiten the foam. his way I am still near the crust and get a strong deck also the planer will skip the dips and hit the highs, when on 1/8" open cut, it plows its way through all. It gives me truer lines by going shallower.