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PostPosted: Mar 10, 2004 7:42 pm    Post subject: Wooden Board Reply with quote

This is the first expieremental board I've built, just because I was bored and had no money. I know what materials I SHOULD use, but I dont know a good shape. Next time I will make it a little longer, probably close to 140 but I'm not sure what kind a rocker, maybe three stage. I weigh 200lbs so Ill need the extra legth, and I'm not very good. Any comments to help me out with the fins, rocker, shape, size, ect.. would be very helpful.
P.S. This one worked pretty good, but I damaged it on the water from one of my painting errors.




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PostPosted: Mar 10, 2004 7:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

thats pretty sweet though, good work
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PostPosted: Mar 10, 2004 8:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

How did you get the board to curve ?
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PostPosted: Mar 10, 2004 9:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That board is sweeet. Molded in fins to?! Im impressed, good work.
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PostPosted: Mar 10, 2004 10:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I was reading your message and I was expecting a plank of wood, but thats pretty sweet, as said, molded in fns, Nice! great job (Much better than I could do)
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PostPosted: Mar 10, 2004 10:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Great job! How much rocker is on that board, from the one picture against the wall it looks like quite a bit.
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PostPosted: Mar 10, 2004 10:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

yeah man...great work. i couldnt even come close to makin a board that good Very Happy keep up the good work. hows it ride?
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PostPosted: Mar 11, 2004 8:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Is that a solid piece of wood or wood laminate around MDF?
That's gotta be super heavy, still it's really cool! How does it ride?
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PostPosted: Mar 11, 2004 10:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah I accidentally got quite a bit of rocker on it, but it still rides fine. I'll do a better job on my next one.

And coreym, its three pieces of 1/4" plywood, sanded down to be more flexible, then bent and glued together, the glue holds the bend. Then the fins are just a block of wood I spent some time with on the sander and bandsaw as welll. What can I say, my dad owns a cabinet shop. And its not as heavy as you would think.
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PostPosted: Mar 11, 2004 11:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

pyrocasto,
Nice work, I have made of couple of wood boards to test different shapes before making a foam core board. It takes some time. What type of glue did you use, and did use wood screws to hold them together to get a tight bond?

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PostPosted: Mar 11, 2004 6:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

thats cool dude, how long did it take to make. thats a pretty cool, good luck with the next one.
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PostPosted: Mar 11, 2004 6:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

pyrocasto, I've done a bunch of woodworking, and I was wondering how did you make all the fins the same shape? Whenever I try to make two identical things on the sander, they end up very different. Also, how did you attach them to the board? Did you use a joint, or just screw/bolt them on?
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PostPosted: Mar 12, 2004 5:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

bluefish86, I just spent some time on the fins, getting them best I could. As for attatching them, I used a strong wood glue, and tacked them on there with a pin nail gun, and then some type of putty/bondo type filler, to make some curve off the fin.
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