Single Fin Woody

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…Lob,

whats glue did you used?

thanx

Well, I should have used a PU glue but I had none.

I could have used resin but, I had none either (I use to rent a glasser for my boards - saves me much time).

So I went to the general hardware store.

To the glues… looked at every tube and found one supposed to glue anything but it was written: PU foams and Woods among the rest.

Si i bought it.

Squeezed the tube, one half on each side, squeeged it all along the foam.

Taped, waited, succeeded.

When dry, the glue became solid, easy to plan and sand.

A good choice to my mind.

For my own fish, I used PU glue. The kind I used to glue my wood floor on the concrete.

That one was fine also, good glueing but more like rubber once dry. It was more trouble working with it.

So… my advice is: if possible test the glue you’ll purchase and choose the one you’ll be able to plan easily. :wink:

Beautiful board mate. Singles are sooo sexy, epecially that one!

there she is…

beautiful! your mate must be stoked!

hey that is a beautifull board

how hard was it to put the fin box in (with that beast of a stringer)

also how much was the balsa

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hey that is a beautifull board

how hard was it to put the fin box in (with that beast of a stringer)

also how much was the balsa

Balsa is a very easy wood to work.

You can dig it as you would do for any board.

And I got the wood for free :wink:

Reading your posts and seeing the photos put a smile on my face.

Simple and beautiful. I love it and am inspired.

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Reading your posts and seeing the photos put a smile on my face.

Then I reached the goal.

I love to shape because I know surfboards can put smiles on faces.

The gift I have is to create happiness out of foam…

I love to share that gift. :wink:

Very nice board mate, magnifique! ( sp? ). Could i be so rude as to ask what the nose and tail width’s are??

lob,

That is a sweet little board. Beautiful work. Mike

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Very nice board mate, magnifique! ( sp? ). Could i be so rude as to ask what the nose and tail width’s are??

Spelling is alright. :wink:

And about mesurements: these are CM, taken each 5cm from the middle to nose and tail.

Feel free to use it.

I’m not much into the “retro” movement but that is one nice looking surf board. That one I’d love to try. I think you really nailed the proportions just right. Congrats! Let us know how it rides.

Thanks mate!

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I’m not much into the “retro” movement but …

I would not like to be rude but…

“retro” does not mean anything.

We live in 2006 and “retro” boards are well alive because they are nothing like dinosaures.

Look at the rails, bottom contours, outlines and you’ll see how far from the 60’s 70’s 80’s 90’s todays boards can be.

I do not shape “retro” boards.

I use my culture and feedback to create fun to ride boards for today.

yep !

in the words of ‘Wildy’ here …

" perhaps they should be called retry boards"

[ie : improved with modern rails , rocker , bottom , with "perhaps " [GOOD ] '70s outlines .]

…Some of the '70s boards were definately NOT worth ‘duplicating’ as they were , in my experience. [Over the last 35 years , I have probably had as many dogs as the R.S.P.C.A. kennels do here after Christmas time .]

cheers

ben

Lob’s philosophy brings him success. Everything seems to be doing fine for him:

God dammit, Balsa just discovered my secret (sweet) spot !!!

Lob, again a beautiful board. You inspire and definatly spread your stoke!! Are you now shaping full time? I noticed you put your prices up on the site that’s pretty recent? Will you be trying any more eps/epoxy boards?

Well, I’m not a full time shaper…

I mean, I am all the time a shaper but not jobwise.

I keep thinking about new boards and so on.

My real job is to be an architect.

In fact I work sometimes on architecture stuffs, sometimes on 3d modeling and also as an architecture teacher.

Shaping has become a N°2 business for me and I shape more boards than I did before but do not intend to become a full time shaper.

The side of shaping I love is to share the stoke with customers.

Fine tune any project so thaht each board is really unique. I take a lot of time for each one, talking about the board and all the rest.

If I had to shape more, I should stop creating unique shapes for each one.

Many shapers offer production performance shortboards… I let them go on with that.

Surftech and other pop-out builders sell more and more… That’s none of my business.

I try to go higher on each board, shape and glass improving as time goes by.

Yes, I put the prices up.

The main reason is that higher prices keep away those who only come to get a fair price board.

It gives me the opportunity to keep only customers that really want a board from me, nevermind the price and time it takes.

To be true, the price on the website is just a “theoretical” price… Most of time, we go on tints, sglass, lokbox fins, leash loops, sprays… at last, it’s never that expensive.

For instance, in France, you can buy a classic twin fin fish with a tint and glass on fins for as much as 800€ (about 1000 US$ or 1300AU$) and I believe it’s far too much money.

The most expensive fish I dared to sell was less than 650€ with tints, Sglass, leash loop and wood keels from lokbox.

I also made a fish for a 16 years old grom who kept dreaming for it and payed 450€ with his own summer wages…

Having a “real job” besides shaping allows me to choose the customers and the project I work on… I do not have to be selling or starving.

Very much a good thing to keep the stoke alive :wink: