speedneedle in 'the hot seat '?

… are Aussies allowed ?

 

  Because , it seems to me that Josh does UNREAL stuff !

  cheers !

    Ben

Eh fins

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I had night mares after seeing that lam job!

Josh +10k

yep !

Erle Pedersen , up in 1770 , lams them . Not many others here that I know of , at least .  [ ? Glenn Catt  Collins , perhaps ?? ] .

 

Maybe big bazza  [ Barry Snyder ] thought twice about it , because of the lam job , eh ?

 

  I’m still hoping that HIS  'spring board challenge ’ WILL be a “jet bottom”  though , as two years have now passed , since he said he would make one …

 

  dot dot dot dot dot …

… so …

 

  … maybe "Speedneedle "Josh Dowling … you could be the south-eastern australian  jet bottom  [ ?vac bagged?]   guy ?

“Jet board”

Eh

like dis?

Love ya Fins


Are Aussies allowed…to …what? I missed something - I have’nt been on sways for ages. Has there been a Jet bottom build-off?

 

I’ve long thought about what’s actually going on with them…and have’nt figured it out yet. I would however consider it for a bit of fun, maybe mill the grooves in a flat sheet to bag onto a shape. 

I have to assume that the people who shape those also glass them.  It would amount to cruel and unusual punishment to walk one of those into a glassing shop and expect them to do it.  

That’s one trippy looking board. Looks like an H.R. Giger artwork! How in god’s name diod you shape it?

Word from someone who knows someone is that there’s more brush work, no squeegee.

 

I would be approaching it as I do 6 channels - wetting the board first, resin on foam as if it were a hotcoat, then roll out glass, pat it into grooves with a brush in each hand, positioning one to hold the loops in place as I work alongside it, then cut laps ala channel bottom. Hey presto!

 

That’s not to suggest that I think it’d be easy. Word was also that there’s minimal sanding involved - which also makes sense…two hotcoats perhaps.

 

Likewise that’d be akin to how I do channels - deck hotcoat includes a lick over the channel area before flipping to do deck. On cure, a little scratch up before bottom hotcoat, so no weave gets hit in final sand. For the jet bottom, you’re probably hoping to fill all weave and brush marks entirely, then not sand it at all. 

Skilled fingers come in handy too…don’t pull the lap too tight!..

yep Matt , that is the very same board , on our loungeroom floor. Simon still has two others , but this , the triple flyer , is the single fin one he has.

 

He also had a 5’ 5" jet bottom [ single fin ]  kneelo ,

 

which is on http://www.surfresearch.com.au/00000000.html

 

Jeff [ who used to post here ] , bought it . He helps run that site , I think .

 

here it is … 1978 …

 

http://www.surfresearch.com.au/00000223.html

 

  cheers !

    ben

… or free-bag with low micron continuous plastic tube… with the vac gauge on low… no RSI to the fingers.

Love the craftsmanship you show everyday Josh.  Your an artist!

Yes he is !

 

I wanna know what paint he uses to cover up the stringer. He probably won’t tell me though :slight_smile: