When doing volan lamination (bottom only), is there a way to make relief cuts (for the lap) so that they don’t show on the deck? On a longboard, I usually do one V relief cut on the nose, at the stringer and two on the corners at the tail (for a squash or square tail). I’m contemplating coming back to the lamination, after it has started to gel, and cutting small V shaped pieces of volan to fill in the gaps on the deck?
When doing volan lamination (bottom only), is there a way to make relief > cuts (for the lap) so that they don’t show on the deck? On a longboard, I > usually do one V relief cut on the nose, at the stringer and two on the > corners at the tail (for a squash or square tail). I’m contemplating > coming back to the lamination, after it has started to gel, and cutting > small V shaped pieces of volan to fill in the gaps on the deck? …Yeah,you might have to cut some patches,but if you cut your points to fit by cutting a slice then matching the edges of the laps first before lamming you’ll find that this is easier.Herb.
I have been corresponding with magic man about my fish, and he was very helpful and gave me bunch of good pointers. I am getting ready to set my fins on my fish and have been unable to get a hold of him. The board is 17"x21"16 5/8" with a 6" deep swallow. I made some fins and magic man suggested a 1/4" toe. This is what I am use to but these fins I am using are huge (7 1/4" base by 5 1/4" tall) and when I plot out where the front and back of the fins will be, it looks like the fins are pointing right to the tip of the board. As opposed to the approx. 2" out that I am use to (if you were to draw an imaginary line from the fin points to the nose of the board). I have never had a board like this, and have never made fins this big. I guess because the fin base is so much bigger, that 1/4" makes a much bigger difference in the toe. It looks like this setup would cause more drag but more lift in the tail. Is this in the ball park? If I were to draw an imaginary line from my back fin point thru the front fin point up to the nose, where would that line end up on the front of the board?
I have been corresponding with magic man about my fish, and he was very > helpful and gave me bunch of good pointers. I am getting ready to set my > fins on my fish and have been unable to get a hold of him. The board is > 17"x21"16 5/8" with a 6" deep swallow. I made some > fins and magic man suggested a 1/4" toe. This is what I am use to but > these fins I am using are huge (7 1/4" base by 5 1/4" tall) and > when I plot out where the front and back of the fins will be, it looks > like the fins are pointing right to the tip of the board. As opposed to > the approx. 2" out that I am use to (if you were to draw an imaginary > line from the fin points to the nose of the board). I have never had a > board like this, and have never made fins this big. I guess because the > fin base is so much bigger, that 1/4" makes a much bigger difference > in the toe. It looks like this setup would cause more drag but more lift > in the tail. Is this in the ball park? If I were to draw an imaginary line > from my back fin point thru the front fin point up to the nose, where > would that line end up on the front of the board? …Mike,with a classic Dyno fish the fins should point to the tips.This seems a little overly exaggerated,but within it’s combo of fin size,tail width,thickness,the distance the trailing edge is from the rails,depth of swallow,etc.will bring about a good riding fish.However,you can straighten you fintoe out abit if you feel that it’s too much for you.Herb.