Here are some pics of my hollow wooden I recently started, it’s my first board ever.
It is 9’6, 18" nose, 23" mid/wide point, 14 1/2" tail, 6" tail block
and of course inspired by Paul Jensen and the whole swaylockean community!
First things first! My new shaping racks! I actually wrote “swaylocks rules” and “ROBBO” in the wet concrete in the buckets! (bored?!)
Laminating ply to get the length required for template, jig etc… (yes that IS half a pallet of bricks clamping it all down!!!)
getting some nice curves going on my 1/2 planshape template using my brothers old flyfishing rod!
planshapes (minus rail thickness: 45mm) for jig top/bottom
clamping holes
jig blocks at nose
finished jig
there’s a first time for everything! note safety gear!
mixing up epoxy to laminate stringer to achieve length required. (Damn those 8 foot sheets of ply!!!)
HERE GOES NOTHING!!!
hi-tech clamping device for stringer, it’s under all that SOMEWHERE!!!
Looks like you’ve done it before…!!!..
Keep us posted…
great sequence Robbo !!
brings back memories of Hicksy’s shed, from when I first met him … [ like some kind of mad scientist in his lab , surrounded by all KINDS of wood working gear …]
thanks , I really like the step by step photo threads ! The main reason I come to Swaylocks on a daily basis …to SEE what people are doing / making / riding! (I’m more a visual learner , and it’s great to see how people do stuff . )
I like those shaping stands …a solid bit of wood , much easier and more sensible [and accurate] than the metal I mucked around with for mine .
I’m looking forward to seeing the next stages !
cheers mate !
ben
Go Robbo go…
Great to see you keeping the aussie tradition of using bricks going.
Keep up the posts, I like seeing how others do their thing…
cheers Hicksy, yeah well we’re just Aussie’s doing what we do best, making do with what we have in our “come-in-handy” piles! Under my house is FULL of come-in-handy’s!!!
more pics to come as soon as I decide on my rocker profile and get into it again.
finished jig
Nice bit of jigging there Robbo, better than my old wardrobe (my “it’ll come in handy” pile) jig that I’ve used for all three HWS’s so far. As for your clamping, you just can’t beat gravity can you!
Keep the piccys coming.
Jase (MMM)
hey guys, have been a bit busy but here is the latest progress on my hollow wooden,
clamping and epoxying two layers of bending ply together around the jig to form the sub-rails
jig nose profile while laminating the rails.
one rail finished, strips for other side ready.
after MUCH reasearch and deliberation I finally decided on a rocker profile, here’s me cutting out the stringer with jigsaw and then smoothed out with hand plane and sandpaper.
marked cutouts for the stringer to save on weight, also for attatching the interior rails using something like a halving joint.
finished stringer on top of the jig ready for the next stage.
forgot to add a pic of a little disaster that took place while lamming the first side of rails together, this is what happens when you leave your box of epoxy gear in the sun for 4 hours and then mix up on a 28C degree day!!! (90F) it started smoking and turned purple in about 2 mins! had just finished the last of the rail before this so the board was not affected… THANK GOD!!!
Hey Robbo
getting all exciting now innit? Your intrnal rails look good, no spring back when you unclamped? Mine sprung out loads so needed re-bending around the frame after I took them off the box. Looking really good so far.
Jase (MMM)
hey Fat, I didn’t have any springback when I unclamped, they sit perfectly around the jig on their own.
Robbo,
Do you want pics of the contraption I came up with for laminating layers of wood/plywood? Perfect if you are using Gorilla Glue, eliminates glue lines, you know the way it expands?
R.
I’d be keen to see it , Rolly !
cheers !
ben
Here you go, cost $23.00, the steel was scrap, the plywood was a left over, two layers of 3/4" on the bottom and on the top, all I had to buy was 5/8" threaded rod, washers and nuts.
hi Rolly !
click onto THIS next …
then inline image [click inside the circle]
then click inside the circle [next to image’s name ]
then ‘submit’
…hope that helps mate !
cheers !
ben
