what do most use to get that bit of stringer that goes beyond the foam at the nose and tail of the board? thin strips of sandpaper?
on my first board I didn’t know what to do so I just used a dremel very carefully!!
what did you use on your 2nd board?
Wood exposed, you can sand it or sureform it.
I use a black plane or smaller with razor sharp blade and simply slice it down with repeated passes at a super fine cut using a bit of touch and feel. Instead of a push and crunch through the wood effort, it’s more of a carving approach right down to the finish shape. Actually goes pretty easy if you get your blades sharp.
You can also use a fine wood file, or a piece of sandpaper glued on to a flat stick. Doug
Regarding using a small piece of wood with sandpaper glued on: I’ve found that attaching 80 or 100 grit paper with spray adhesive to a slightly rounded over or convex shaped piece of wood gives me a sanding surface just wide enough to do the final work on the stringer without sanding on either side of the stringer.
Mine is 8" long x 2" wide x 3/4" baltic birch ply (any dry wood) with the 2" x 8" face slightly rounded over down its length to the shape of a segment of about a 12" diameter circle. You can sand by working it parallel down the length of the stringer and cock it sideways a bit as you sand to effectively increase the area hitting the work surface of the stringer. Wrist action up and around and over the ends of the stringers where they exit the nose and tail.
Making specialized tools like sanders to perform specific functions to fit your personal needs is simple to do using plywood, balsa, various density foam (packaging materials) , etc. using sandpaper and various grits and widths of sanding belts (used ones are good) applied with spray adhesive.
Anything that makes the job go better helps you to Enjoy the ride!
there is a number of Exacto wood carving blades that work wonders for that area. they are rather long and the blade is curved inward, sort of like a quarter moon shape.
Cheap but hard to find.
Drew