Garage Works - 3/25/2023

And yesterday evening I knocked out the sanding of this repair.  I used 40-80-120-180-220.

This was a fun rebuild - but I need room in the garage to build the prone paddle (foil) board. 

Garage Works - 3/19/2023

I got a bunch of errands done today - fun how that happens when the surf and wind are down.  But I also got in a nice nap and after all that, I did get into the garage.

I got the new long prone/light wind winging board cut out of the blank.  And I also got the bottom deck skinned (removed the hard outer foam).

I ran out of battery on the new 12V Bosch Planer so I stopped at the bottom deck.

Now comes the hard part - trying to figure out the bottom deck shape.  Wide and flat provide stability, but narrower would lower drag.  Balancing these and getting the track placement right is a game.

The tape measure is where most shapers are putting the mid point of the tracks (about 30" from the tail).

I'm trying to figure out how to install these Chinook 16" boxes.  That would take away a lot of the worry about getting the placement just right.

And since I ran out of battery, I went ahead and shifted over to finishing off the nose rebuilding on Matt's board.

I cut out the fiberglass cover sheet, got it trimmed and set it aside.  I mixed up 1.4 ounces of epoxy and laminated the 3 patches on each side (to build up some low spots), and then kept going with the cover sheet for the bottom deck.

The laps actually came up pretty far on the top deck - I guess I do this now from using the innegra on my foil boards...

I came pretty far back from where the repairs were, to make sure the repair wouldn't fail.  I had to remove a lot of Matt's paint job to get to the base fiberglass and rough it up (so the new glass/epoxy would bond).

I'm really happy with how this rebuild is turning out.

Tomorrow I'll sand the laps, add the top deck cover sheet, trim it up and epoxy it in place.  That means Tuesday I'll get the fill coat on and Wednesday I should be able to sand it down to finish grade.

Garage Works - 3/12/2023

I'm trying to get these repairs out of the garage -

Here's Matt's board with the new foam spliced on.

Here's the outline of the template he was trying to get onto the board when he reshaped the nose.

I cut this out already but didn't take a picture.  I'll use the surform to get it foiled out, sand it out and then glass it.

On Jim's SUP foilboard, I sanded the middle layer that I had laminated yesterday, added a fill coat this morning, sanded that lightly to scuff it up, and then laminated the cap sheet on.  I'll get the fill coat on, grind open the tracks, sand everything, and spray on a clear coat.

I'll probably have this one done on Tuesday.

Garage Works - 3/11/2023

After foiling, I got some work done on the two projects I have sitting in the garage.

On Matt's board, I cut out the bad parts and got it ready for splicing in the clean foam.

Here it is again all trimmed up.

I also got the track installed on Jim's board.

This was the dry fitting.  I had to put this on pause because I had to go to work for a bit.  When I got back, I went ahead and set them in with epoxy and added the first carbon overlay.

Tomorrow I'll sand the carbon overlay, add some fill around the boxes, then add the cap sheet.  I should be able to get this done early next week (epoxy needs to harden).

I'll also try to rough shape the nose on Matt's board.