Garage Works - 4/29/2025

The repairs on Roland's wing board are complete.

Here are the mast track replacement and the bottom signal window.

This is the repair of the nose cracks

This is the added footstrap inserts

And the top deck signal windows - in case he ends up using this for Foil Drive applications.

New lease on life for this board.  How long that lasts... Roland pushes his gear harder than almost anyone I know - this will be a good test of my repairs.

Garage Works - 4/26/2025

Yesterday I got more work on Roland's board repair.

I sanded the epoxy fill at the bottom deck nose.

Then I sanded the first fill coat on the track box replacement area.

I filled this drain hole with thickened epoxy and a fiberglass cap.

And then I got a second fill coat on top.

I have some honey-do items I have to knock out, but this afternoon I'm going to get the fiber glass patches on the top deck to reinforce the signal windows and the footstrap insert. 

Garage Works - 4/24/2025

I got this board back out to its owner today.

And then turned my attention to getting Roland's board all fixed up.

I sanded the epoxy work from yesterday (2 windows and a footstrap insert on top, window on the bottom), then added a fill coat of epoxy on the bottom work.

I also found some cracks up near the nose and got those opened and filled.

Here's the first fill coat on the bottom work.

I'll do another sand and fill tomorrow.  I'm hoping to get this one back to Roland by Sunday - I've been formulating No.41 in my head and want to start shaping it.

Garage Works - 4/11/2025

I took the day off today (so I can whittle my use or lose down), and decided to get some progress done on some projects.

First up was adding fill to level out the slot for the track block on Roland's wing board.

Then I figured I should fix the 142 rear stabilizer.  This is the undamaged side.

Here's the tip that had a chunk missing from it yesterday.

After I got the carbon laminated onto the stabilizer, I went back to Roland's board.  I used the electric planer to get the foam leveled, so I can use the router to clear the foam.

Since I had all the tools in use, I told Prayot to bring the board he has queued up so he could get the thickness dialed in and the track box routed out.

And here is the stabilizer ready to trim. 

I already got it trimmed and sanded.  It could use a thin layer of epoxy to fill some transition lines - but other than that it came out nice and I even got the other scratches filled and the trailing edge tuned up.

I'll test it first - if it runs quiet and doesn't behave funny, I'll probably just leave it.

Garage Works - 4/9/2025

Roland and I are bartering services.  I am installing a new mast track on Roland's favorite wingboard - and in return he is installing a cutoff valve on my house water line.

I got to work on measuring where the track box will go,and marking out the cut line.

And today I routed out the void where the new block will drop in.

I always get fascinated by what's inside a board.  The foam was wet (so I'll have to let the board dry before adding new foam).

Maybe this weekend I'll add the new foam. 

Garage Works - 12/4/2024

And when I got home, I had enough time to get some pigmented, thickened epoxy on to this repair as filler.

Tomorrow I'll sand this down slightly below finish grade, and add some fiberglass patches and epoxy those into place.

I should be finished with this repair by Friday.