I shaped up my attempt at a traditional fish on friday. Everything turned out well. The one thing that was driving me crazy was the spot on the stinger between the swallow tail at the groin. I used a dremel tool to take down the stinger level and blend it into the tail of the board (the diameter off the drum was bigger than I would have liked). But I have to admit it did not turn out as well as I would have liked. Is there a standard tool that one should use for this? A rat tail file maybe? I was looking at a old G&S fish and a old Natural Art fish in my friend’s collection and could not figure out how what they could have used to finish that area off. Both boards had very tight rolled angles blending down into stringer.
Mike: Do a search for “butt crack”, there are some good tips and trivia on this. Those are a pain especially if you have more than a standared 1/12 Bass stringer to deal with. You’ll find good info in the archives. I found on my last one that if I was careful which tail template I chose the round surform worked very well for most of the basic shaping inside the split. Too tight and it becomes a problem. Tom S.>>> I shaped up my attempt at a traditional fish on friday. Everything turned > out well. The one thing that was driving me crazy was the spot on the > stinger between the swallow tail at the groin. I used a dremel tool to > take down the stinger level and blend it into the tail of the board (the > diameter off the drum was bigger than I would have liked). But I have to > admit it did not turn out as well as I would have liked.>>> Is there a standard tool that one should use for this? A rat tail file > maybe? I was looking at a old G&S fish and a old Natural Art fish in > my friend’s collection and could not figure out how what they could have > used to finish that area off. Both boards had very tight rolled angles > blending down into stringer.
I will check it out. Why didn’t I think to look for butt crack in the archive?