Curved Japanese Block Plane

I'm trying to get the last bit of shaping done on the first three boards so I can get them painted and glassed and wet.

The regular block plane was too big and gouges too much when you're down to the fine sanding. So I finally broke this out - a curved Japanese block plane that I bought when we were back in Japan (duh).

If the blade were just a smidegon narrower, it'd be perfect, but closer is better than butchered.

I've just got to slap some spackle on the boards to fill in some gaps and it'll be time to paint.

In the meantime, I'll work it out with the kiddoroos what else they want on the boards (drawings of plesiosaurs, butterflies, sharks and horses no doubt).

Shaping Bay Operational

The Lightwind Kiteboard is pretty much done, but I still have to calculate the footstrap positions and the finboxes.

I've already foiled out the kid's mini-SUBs and I'll be cutting out the railbands in the next day or so.

Shaping is for the weekdays - after work, after having seen flags wave all day - teasing me with what kiting, sailing, SUPing or just 'beaching' possibilities are out there while I'm pounding the keyboard and reading every piece of administrative correspondence my unit pumps out - yes shaping helps dissolve all those woes and pent up stresses away. There is no way I'd shape on the weekends and ruin my pressure relief valve.