Got my copy of the Master Glasser on Friday from Matt and the crew at Damascus Productions. I’ve been through it once since then. Without a doubt if you are interested in making surfboards, both modern and classics you NEED this program. Roger Brucker aka. (Cleanlines to Swaylockians) shares his lifelong experience and tips handling the squeegee, sander and tape roll. He gives a very concise walk through on doing basic laminations (Silane and Volan), the elusive rail lap with variations on wetting laps, free lap, cut lap and all of those in between steps that other videos seem to “miss”. You want to know about hotcoating? it’s all here, he even repeats it for you in case you missed it the first time. Sanding is covered very well as is a detailed section on how to tape off for each step of the board building process. There is an incredible ammount of information on this program including lamination, hotcoat, sanding, taping, retro techniques including swirls, splashes, resin pinlines, resin panels (with some very unique twists), inkline detailing, finbox installtion, cloth inlays, glossing and polishing. Both the Master Shaper and the Master Glasser Series are lifetime achievement type projects. You can buy either of them for the cost of your first screwed up blank, or both for what you will spend in time and materials alone. Adios, I’m heading out to the shop. Don’t forget your mom or the mother of your children today!
Tom S.
