one needs to pay attention when using large power tools.
It also helps to have feeder tools when using a jointer to plane wood
surprised that SF didn’t have a heart attack after it happened in his shop
I would’ve for sure
pretty close! 6’1" and 145lbs.
-Finger was lost in my shaping bay at my house on a jointer that was all rusty and had a broken gaurd (bad idea)
His name is Fred…
i know this is an old thread but i thought it would be easier to resurect it than start a new one.
im going to the south shore of oahu in a few weeks and i was wondering what type of board would be best suited for the waves around that area, i am staying in honolulu but will be mobile. i’ve never been to hawaii and i am going to make myself a board for the trip but i dont really know what. ive been riding a lot of single fins and 2+1 set ups latelly, some 70’s style boards with down rails, width/foil forward ect. but with more modern bottom contoures (think michel junod-ish… im not that good of a shaper though). mostly in the 5’10 to 6’4" range. would something like that be ok or should i go with the more typical thruster instead, say 6’2" x 13 3/4"/ 18 1/4"/ 11" x 2 3/8" (my usual thruster dims)??
also, with the single fins i usually have pretty low rocker, both nose and tail. i mostly ride them in less powerful waves up to about 6’ or so, anything bigger or juicier i would rather have my thruster. from what i’ve heard the waves around there at this time of year vary pretty widely so i was thinking a 6’4" ish 2+1 with removable side fins so that i can switch it up as needed, but like i said im not sure.
any suggestions??
just bring something you’ll be comfortable with riding behind a local dropping in. It’s summer schools out and you’ll be competing with thousands of locals and wannabee pros.
Something you can catch waves easily with and still turn.
It’ll cost you half the price of your new board to ship it here and back (especially now adays) so think about it
there’s lost of stuff here you can rent or buy around the same cost. Boards are like rubbish here in Hawaii just check craigslists.
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-Finger was lost in my shaping bay at my house on a jointer that was all rusty and had a broken gaurd (bad idea)
Is this your left hand? That means it was leading into the cutter head, and is probably why it went down the finger so far. That doesn’t look good at all and must have hurt badly for a long time. I’ve seen a guy put his right thumb into the cutter head by being lazy and drag off of the back of the board. It turned into hamburger though with nothing to sew back on.
I’m printing this x-ray image and putting in my shop for a reminder.
Keep the Skip!