Just some photos of the profile table in use and the finished product
Many thanks to Bert and the person who put me on th KRs web page
The system works well I have now done three boards on it unfortunitly
I managed to break the first board on the fifth surf such is life it was good while it lasted . It has now been cut down the middle and is now a set of four book shelves in my son,s bedroom , very good looking shelves I must say
The one in the phots has been surfed more than five times and is still in one piece
It is 6’41/4" 1113/16" 18 11/16" 14 1/4" 2 1/4 epoxy 1 by 5oz bottom 2 by 5 oz deck
The fins are carbon my own to fit in my own fin boxs which allow for a full range from canard to std thruster setup in one neat little box
thats pretty good, thats the little ryobi router right? before we used a machine, we had a rocker machine like so but it used a bigger router with a 1 inch bit, that thing was pretty fast.
The KR web site is at http//groups.msn.com/MyKRSurf/profileplans.msnw
I will post more photos tonight when I get home from work
Mine is pretty simple just made from timber,so far I have done boards from 6’ to 10’6" on it
Once you get the hang of setting up the blank it makes things real easy and you get the shape that you planed not some thing that is a little different because you made a little mistake that has eaten some foam
If you are like me and just make a few boards for your self but like to develop ideas and then see what effects they have its perfect, as what you plan you get
Im sure that the guys out there that shape hundreds of board have the skills to produce consistant results,but I only do maybe five or six a year so I need all the help I can get to keep the results consistant
ROB I am aware of someone selling a more heavy duty setup thats similar to the one in the photos in your area, if interested ill get you the contact info
Thanks, found the KR site. I’m more interested in self-created set-ups than industrial. I do have an industrial strength router and am looking for more surfboard applications for it.
Hi Here are some more pics of my basic profile table
first shows the basic table with board supports you can see the slots where the templates fit ,I hold the board to the supports with a bit of glue from a hot glue gun on to the stringer
second pic shows a bottom template in the slot
third shot is the deck roll jig for the router
fourth is the bottom jig for the router
fifth is a sanding jig to clean up after the router cutting is finished
This whole system is very cheap but works very very well
The deck roll camber remains constant through out the length of the deck only because the deck is narrower in the front and back of the board the camber will be lesser
The same would occur if you did a bottom concave you would have more concave at the widest point in the board tapering off as the board got narrower
If I was doing a single concave in the front to mid sections I would first profile the whole bottom to the rocker i wanted at the rails then I would change templates to the rocker for the concave and just run down the stringer from where it fairs in and out of the rail rocker
That would give you the base for the concave the rest of the foam I would do with a flexi small sanding board running fore and aft but with the board at 40 ish degrees to the stringer
I guess using the profiler any thing is possable it just requires a little creative thinking
The key I think is to use it to establish the limits of what design you shape to then twick the bits inbetween as you would normally
That way there should never be any reason why you cant end up with exactly what you designed