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Post by offbeat on Aug 3, 2012 13:28:15 GMT -5
It is not glued down yet, when i get home I will measure the height of my stringer and subtract the amount I need to shave off to calculate how much volume I would lose. If it is a lot I will go your route Steve.
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Post by offbeat on Sept 18, 2012 13:04:12 GMT -5
Hey guys sorry I fell of the forum and lacked on posting for a while. After my previous issues we discussed I added some strips to the ribs to make up for the gap difference. Thanks for that advice. The board is now completed as far was wooding working goes. Just have to do some final sanding and install vent, center fin box, and side bite plugs. This picture is of the bottom and rails all shaped up awaiting the deck. Oh and also the paddle I made. Attachments:
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Post by offbeat on Sept 18, 2012 13:06:53 GMT -5
Here is the top deck on and sanded down, waiting for the nose and tail blocks to be attached. I used whitewood (I think its just a high grade pine from Home Depot) down the center and then out lined in red cedar which is what the rails and bottom are made of as well. It looks like it will really pop once the fiberglass is on. Attachments:
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Post by offbeat on Sept 18, 2012 13:08:28 GMT -5
Tail block shaped up. I used the same white wood as the center and and one strip of red cedar through the center. My idea was to follow the white wood from the center through the nose and tails and adding the red cedar stip to go along with the boards color pattern. Attachments:
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Post by offbeat on Sept 18, 2012 13:10:25 GMT -5
Here is the nose block I did the same thing with the cedar strip as the tail. I cant wait to get this thing fiber glassed to see how great the wood colors and grain patterns look against each other. I have a little gap in the nose block from some uneven gluing that I will fill in with some natural color wood filler during the final sanding. Attachments:
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Post by offbeat on Sept 18, 2012 13:15:35 GMT -5
I am from deep South Louisiana (Pointe A La Hache) and alligators are as common as dogs and cats running the streets of any other city. So I found it fitting to create a name for my boards (YES i will be making more of these) using something from where I grew up. I used a simple wood burning pen to burn the logo into the board. Attachments:
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Post by offbeat on Sept 18, 2012 13:16:23 GMT -5
A shot from the tail looking to the nose. Attachments:
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Post by offbeat on Sept 18, 2012 13:18:20 GMT -5
and from nose looking towards the tail. I really enjoyed this build! At times I was screaming a few choice words but all in all it went smoothly. I will post more pictures after this weekend hopefully by then i will have had time to start and finish the fiberglass, between work and grad school i dont have much free time. Attachments:
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Post by wyatt on Sept 18, 2012 14:47:35 GMT -5
Looking good man
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Post by vilanobeachsurf on Sept 18, 2012 18:23:54 GMT -5
Awesome offbeat!!! I'm betting that once the cheater coat is on it will require sunglasses to view it in the sun!!! Can't wait to see the photo's, good luck!
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Post by offbeat on Sept 19, 2012 9:58:22 GMT -5
Maybes so. I am thinking about using polyester resin in the essence of saving time and cost. They sell a brand at the local hardware store called "evercoat". I saw that you Vilonabeachsurf used polyester as well. What brand did you use? Any issues with cracking I keep seeing that all over the net.
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Post by vilanobeachsurf on Sept 19, 2012 15:24:56 GMT -5
Hey offbeat,
I had planned on using polyester resin, but when she who will be obeyed remembered some polyester resin stuff I did a couple of years ago (and the smell of it) I was banished to the outside.
But I didn't want to deal with leaves and bugs so I bit the bullet and got the epoxy. Not having to deal with the environmental consequences was very nice. Mixing was a bit easier with my cave-man measuring devices.
After talking with ericden my concern about how much spar varnish to use disappeared. In fact, maybe this was a problem with epoxy, even in the gloss coat of epoxy resin I ended up with some small bubbles that I had to sand out. Spar varnish brought the gloss right back without bubbles.
The epoxy was probably 130% of the polyester resin cost but I'm not too sure that there was a time savings or loss with working with the epoxy. Hope this helps and GOOD LUCK!
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Post by claytonplunkett on Sept 20, 2012 8:57:48 GMT -5
Hey Offbeat, Like Vilanobeachsurf I use epoxy. The kind I use sets slow and wets out very clear. It also has UV resistance so if you don't varnish for a while no problem store.raka.com/uvepoxysystem.aspxThis is a link to what I use. No smell at all like polyester. Clayton P.
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Post by offbeat on Sept 25, 2012 12:02:04 GMT -5
I did some glassing this weekend. this is a photo of the bottom after two coats of poly resin. I dont think im going to put any cloth on the bottom. In the essence of saving weight and being as you dont stand on it i dont think it needs any added strength. Attachments:
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Post by offbeat on Sept 25, 2012 14:35:25 GMT -5
Here is the top with one layer of poly resin. I am going to run 6oz warplite cloth along the length of top and in the center where I will be standing mostly put down another piece of 6 oz. After its all done im bringing it to a body shop having the entire board covered in a clear coat to give it a nice shine Attachments:
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