a. if all smooth then template, plane to adj rocker and to desired thickness and clean up
b. if ridged or glued uneven, stringer high/low etc then plane to adj rocker and foil then template and cut and clean up
c. swear at template and promise to myself to scribe my adjustments onto another template
II. Skin deck and clean up
III. Put in bottom contours (depending on tolerance of blank I may do this before I skin the deck)
IV. mark out rail band
V. plane bottom rail band in
VI. plane deck bands (outside in if I can help it)
VII. pay too much attention to the nose
VIII. make the rails… well… rails.
IX. smooth out screen lines, paper trails and stringer
X. say out loud ‘Stop #$%#$ing with the nose!’
XI. mark fine lines and route them out if using system
Serious? Why any one would plane a blank before cutting the outline unless the crust or blank twist was soooo bad is beyond me; especially goin’ as far as planing a near finished rocker before you lay an eye on the proposed outline. Outline Template dictates a lot more than it gets credit for. Gun? Shortboard? Minigun? Fish? Porckchop? Chickenwang? Separate the wheat from the sheet before you bake the bread. I aim for reductive clarity…remove as much of the unnecessary quickly and cleanly, saw those bones, kick em down the hall. When I cut rocker and do volume distribution I want to see how it directly relates to the outline especially if there’s stings or wings or bumps in the outline…i need that reference… its critical. I work the bottom rocker to within 1/16 desired thickness with the still crusty deck cuz I want as much as possible for compressive strength. Add concaves, Vees, Bells and Whistles, and cut my rail tucks. Flip the board thin nose and tail then lightly skin/ plane, and band the rails with 6 to 9 cuts each rail. Block the deck with soft backd block, trim plan stringer. Flip, hard block the bottom contours and trim plane stringer. Pull the rails, mark the fins and sign the P.O.S with an iron cross dagger for drama.
Tombstone! Love that movie. Watched that the other night.
Didn’t you say that gambling was an honest trade?
No, I said poker was an honest trade. Only suckers buck the tiger’s odds. They’re all on the house.
The compy needs some more wood. I only glue up when I mix a batch of resin for something else. Balsa flexes pretty good with a bit of epoxy on it. Kinda creepy in a way.
You need an accurate blank before you can work with it. How you get accurate curves if one side of the blank is 1/8 in thicker than the other? Or accurate rocker bands?
Contrary to popular belief, blanks aren’t that precise . Besides outline is just as important as color IMHO.
As for China . . . until they start surfing they won’t know how to improve . . .
O really, Put the same rocker on a 6-6 mandala fish and a 6-6 pocket rocket. Would you ride the fish at Backdoor and the rocket at Malibu. When that Mandala nose hangs up just go out there and cheat five for China.