hey,
does anyone have any shaping video links? I dont really want to spend $30 bucks on a video im only going to watch a few times ya know? Ive seen the ones on expert village, but theyre all out of order and its just not very useful. or even if anyone has old videos at home and dont need them, ill buy it off you. i would appreciate it!
thanks,
tim
hey logger 33 get the john carper one, its good… he shows you like 3 ways to do each step… hey i know its 30 bucks but if your really into it , you should help out another fellow surfer/shaper…
Funny you posted this.
I’m looking for a copy of Greg’s Glassing 101 video to swap for my copy of Shaping 101.
Or if anyone would just let me borrow theirs for about a week so I can watch it a couple of times.
Greg told me to ask around Sways because he gave all his copies away.
I should just go kidnap him and force him to make a board or two under my watchful eye! HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA…HAHAHA…HAHA…HA HA…ha ha…ha
Just kidding Greg
logger33 there are some good ones on youtube.
let me find my links and I’ll send them to you
hey thanks man, but the ones on youtube are all scattered and out of order, so its not very useful. thanks though!
also, if i could borrow a video from someone that would be rad!! send it to me, after a few weeks ill send it back, it will be a swaylockian netflix.
This one in particular I really dig. It is 25min long and runs through shaping a board from start to finish with no brakes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WA6YPF1oA4
I use to think the same thing bro. You’re just not looking in the right place (and they’re hard to find)
I’ll send you a couple more links a little later.
I have both the Shaping 101 and the Master Series. In the begining I found the 101 to be easier to understand. You really should watch the videos more than a “few” times. After watching many times, I still find little things that I missed the first few times. At $30.00 its a cheap education.
Spending a few $s on one of the good vids is well worth it for a beginning shaper. Jim Phillips’ has the best ‘‘technique’’, IMO.
Most of the youtubes I’ve seen have been really bad. If you can find one by a proven, experienced shaper it might be worth watching,
but I haven’t seen any.
There’s a lot of good info here on this site. Barnfield’s "tapered rail band’’ how-to should be required reading. Planer methods have been
discussed (I know I’ve contributed on a few of those threads). Some of the planer-use stuff you’re not going to understand until after you
use the tool a little, so get a couple of reject blanks or strip a trash board and hack away, THEN study up on the vids, etc.
The MASTER series is just that. You will cruise through it and think that you know “the WAY”. Only to find later that you need to reference the video as you come across any “issues” during your build (this makes borrowing it not much help). I see new things every time. Jim, Roger and JC learned it the hard way after many years and boards. So you can spend the 70 or so on the vids or more than 70/?? bucks wasted in your materials and time. I truly am thankful for this site and those dvd’s for speeding up the learning curve. If there is a part of the process that you need help with… (search… if not found ask!!) Good luck and post your end result!!
Hey surfifty
Thanks but I have the Shaping 101. I am looking for the glassing vid.
I would like to see the Master series though. I’ve heard it’s great.
Hey Logger33,
I bought the Riley DVD (http://www.balsasurfboardsriley.com/shape-your-own-balsa-surfboard) which was really detailed and informative. I know it’s a lot of money but when you brake down the cost of the DVD to every session you will enjoy on your board than it’s a very small price to pay.
It really helped me shape a board (see pics here: http://magicseaweed.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=14562) and I’d gladly pay that price again before spending money on materials and then getting a shitty result. When I ran into trouble they even helped me then by answering my stupid questions.
Good luck with your project!