Prepping for the nose and tail blocks

 Last post discussed cutting the front and back of the board off to the blocks. After gluing the top deck, I cut off excess top deck and planed any excess on top and bottom so that the deck ended at the edge of the rails.  I glued strips of birch and cedar (another trip to Owl Lumber plus using scraps and lots of glue and clamping) to get the laminated blocks for the nose and tail.
Using the flat edges of these laminates as a guide, there was a good couple of hours with a 12" mill bastard file, 6" planer, and a sanding block getting board surfaces exactly flat so the laminate blocks would glue down with a nice tight edge.

Pic to the right shows the laminates I'm planning to use for the nose. Note all the shavings in both pics.  Planing the excess decking didn't take a long time with the jack plane and the 6" plane - at this point I'd gotten good at sharpening them and adjusting them to shave off nice curls.
Immediately after taking all the clamps off the board from gluing the top deck it was apparent that the rocker jig had served it's purpose. I needed a shaping stand as serious planing and clamping for the nose and tail was about to begin. 
I used scrap wood including a lot of the 24" 2x4s that I'd previously used to hold things down when clamping. My version combined things found on Swaylocks and Surfboard Design and Construction, modified to use the scrap wood I had as well as having the ability to break down flat to hang on the wall of a backyard shed or garage.