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.

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Another !@#$-up

so, it's my first time.  Apparently, the care I took in placing wood blocks for the side fin boxes was not well informed. Moonlight hit air when drilling to set the side boxes - a thin slice of moon-shaped air. Next time, I'll get more of a tutorial on the router path for FCS fin boxes - or I'll do glass-ons. 
Wasn't able to pick up the board before leaving San Diego on Saturday.  Will see if Moonlight will send pics of the final look. I can't get out there again until late May.

Have started to plan the next one, however. Am thinking I'll step up the technical difficulty with a bonzer fish. Not sure if I can pull it off, but am thinking through how to construct something resembling a Campbell Bros Octafish, single to double channels, bonzer fins, and wing included.
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  1. D and J Wooden BoardsJuly 10, 2012 at 1:54 PM

    I was excited to see your work. I wanted to echo that (and as a beginner myself) I am a big proponent of glass on fins. I don't like breaking the glass/laminate for fins or even the vent hole, but it's an important feature to the boards especially is it'll be travelling. Great job documenting your work on the blog.

    Dave @ D and J Wooden Boards

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