I saw the recommended method on the 101 series, but I also saw a shaper use a template that had angles on it for setting this. Is there something on the market ?
I don’t know about what’s on the market.
A simple guide to side fin angle is…set it halfway to the nose of the board.
That accounts for more toe-in on smaller wave boards, and much straighter sets on gun boards.
I have a 6’8" that is dead straight with slight double concaves, and it works fine! Maybe not quite as turny, but definetely faster and huge drive out of turns.
Howzit Dronai, I use a sliding bevel square to set the fin angle. Use it with a protractor to find the angle you want. Aloha,Kokua
Thanks kokua, I think thats what I see in the shapers rooms. A protracter, but a big one with all the dashes and angles. I watched one guy do it before he glassed my first board. He showed me how he kept about 1" or so off the rail then he put that template on there and penciled in the lines. I asked him about the method I saw on shaping 101 and he said that was for kooks ?? but I think that way is ok too from what everyone here is saying. the thing squared up on the stringer and seemed like an accurate a shortcut.
Your other tip about making the laminates on my printer worked perfectly !!! I didn't even need to stick it to another sheet of paper, my printer took it right in. Much thanks. DR
I wasn’t sure if you meant the toe-in or cant… I made this little gizmo for establishing toe-in. It is pre-set for a specific angle. With a little tweaking of the parallel lines along the stringer, can be used for greater or lesser angle.
Thats close, but what I saw looked more like a protractor. Same Idea though. This looked like something manufactured professionally. Thanks for the picture.DR
Perhaps something like this? Stanley Pleskunas once had something available that was very similar. This may be a knock off of his tool.
Thats basically it !! Thanks, maybe just looks like more than it is. For production shapers to have a speedy tool for different size boards. DR