I'm a guy outside Chicago who spends a few weeks a year in San Diego surfing, am an ok surfer but have never shaped, don't have cabinet-makers skills, and have no nearby surfboard shops to go into to ask advice . . . the last one whose first project should be building a hollow wooden board. I tried it nonetheless and now that I'm done it was awesome. My understanding of board features, characteristics and trade-offs as well as my appreciation for those who actually know how to do this has skyrocketed.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Venting

Hollow boards need to be vented since air expands and contracts with temperature.  The plans called for a zinc insert with a nylon screw, but in a Swalock's discussion,  Paul Jenson showed how he drilled out a screw to make a banjo bolt. After visiting a couple of auto parts stores, I couldn't find a banjo bolt of the right size. I have a drill press, so I made my own.  The advantage is that it only needs a few turns to vent the board. I may regret placing it in the middle, 2/3's of the way up, but I'm hoping the brass head actually looks good 2/3s to the top of the board.
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