Ahhhhh!
After months of tinkering away in the shed my wave mutant is out of the press and ready for a test trial.
It has 55mm of rocker with 5mm of concave
A micro "kick" at the front.
radiused rails
3mm bamboo ply, tapered 4mm foamcore.
200grm unit carbon at 0 deg and 200gram matt carbon on the 45's on the bottom.
The top sees 200gm matt at 0 and 90 and plus 200grm matt through the mid section at 45's
stringsers of 200grm uni carbon at 0 and diaginals 15 deg
dimensions 145x45
oh yes. This time i used a mechanical press and vac bag at the same time!
looks like your best work to date. Nice one. Do you ride this both ways or just toeside? I would hate to catch an edge with those five fins in front of me.
Dafish,
Its my most technical build to date. Man there was a lot of little things I needed to thick hard about.
I backwards out through the waves and forwards it upwind then toeside down the line.
The 5 fins gives me options for quad or thurster. I've just slapped 5 in for ****s and giggles. lets see how it goes.
I've never landed on my fins before..... Where is some wood to touch?
Eppo.
Its got a lot of mutant influences in there. a Little bit of mako front shape with some cardboards wave micro kick a bit of speedball style tapered tapered thickness, rounded rails inspired by the axis wave.....
Select to expand quotePlummet said...
Dafish,
Its my most technical build to date. Man there was a lot of little things I needed to thick hard about.
I backwards out through the waves and forwards it upwind then toeside down the line.
The 5 fins gives me options for quad or thurster. I've just slapped 5 in for ****s and giggles. lets see how it goes.
I've never landed on my fins before..... Where is some wood to touch?
Eppo.
Its got a lot of mutant influences in there. a Little bit of mako front shape with some cardboards wave micro kick a bit of speedball style tapered tapered thickness, rounded rails inspired by the axis wave.....
That is some VERY impressive work mate, I hope you are sufficiently proud. Kudos to you.
I have a Shinn Wave and it's very similar.. what a job, again
V
Yeh I see the influences. All those boards mentioned are great to. Nice combination. Let us all know how she goes mate.
Hand Lay Epoxy then Vac Bag?
I can see the pump for the Vac but whats with the Gas cylinder? (Are you Heating?)
Great looking board I have been playing around with Infusing and Prepreg (left overs from Yacht Builds). The good old Hand Lay up has worked the best for me.
Very Impressed.
Select to expand quoteHappyG said...
Hand Lay Epoxy then Vac Bag?
I can see the pump for the Vac but whats with the Gas cylinder? (Are you Heating?)
Great looking board I have been playing around with Infusing and Prepreg (left overs from Yacht Builds). The good old Hand Lay up has worked the best for me.
Very Impressed.
The cylinder is a reservoir it helps the initial suck down speed and means a longer period for vac pump to switch on and off.
And yes. basic old hand layup. I don't have the freezer space or hotbox required for prepreg.
Select to expand quotekitcho207 said...
whats your wind forecast lookin like?
when can u get it on the water?
Today!!! oh yes.
And the verdict?
Fanfarkentastic.
It has exceeded my expectations. It sooooo smooth. Like riding a magic carpet even though its choppy as hell. Hold good wads of power. wind peaked at 24 knots and I could easily hold the 13 edge on that. hard landings a super smooth. Floats over white wash nicely ( I wasn't expecting that!) I can get real nose heavy on a step faces and it doesn't nose dive. Boosting as sweet. I was worried about the front "kick" would reduce boosability but no. its sweet.
YEHA.
Plummett
that looks like a great board, be very keen to hear how it rides.
For those of us without the technology/DIY equipment or the skills, it would be really interesting if those of you who build your own boards, (hint, hint) could post a 'step by step' with photos & an explanation of the steps you take to make a board...
Plummet
looks like you've dialed in this mutant version:)
About the building steps, everyone is different I guess.
This forum:
boardbuilders-forum.1077691.n5.nabble.com/
has got many hints for a novice builder.
The general advice is to keep it simple for a first one, using some cheap materials.
Than decide if building rails or not. If you do, a router is needed 99% of time.
A jigsaw can help but I prefer a hand tools, a decent hand plane and Japan made Razor saw. Much less error prone.
Then sanding, a belt sander is good but orbital is better in general. A belt sander can eat everything in a sec.
That's about it. The layup and building technique differs.
Select to expand quoteJuddy said...
Plummett
that looks like a great board, be very keen to hear how it rides.
For those of us without the technology/DIY equipment or the skills, it would be really interesting if those of you who build your own boards, (hint, hint) could post a 'step by step' with photos & an explanation of the steps you take to make a board...
Yeah man. dbabicwa advice is solid.
My main advice is research, research, research.
What do you like about your current board? what do you want to change about it? what other boards out there have features that you want? what have the done in the build to make those features? test ride as many boards as possible to get an idea of the different features.
The key is finding out what specs you want then trying to figure out how you are going to put that into a board.
Start easy and work into more complex builds. EG a big light wind door sized board would be a good start.
It is very satisfying shredding on something you have made yourself. Particularily if it works real well.
The big advantage of building your own board is you get what you want. When you buy a board you have to settle for what someone else thinks is good for you.
In my instance I want a board that can ride up to monster waves steep faces and be able to boost BIG. So though long and hard about what I would need to change about my current board and used the influences of other boards to settle of a set of specs that I thought would work. Then after months of tickering I finally get to see if it really works!!! A nervious time. But man does it work well. My stoke level is through the moon right now.
Hey bros,
Here's a quick vid of my new mutant in the waves.
The angle doesn't do the size of the waves justice.
There's some house sized monsters rolling through.
Awesome looking board and sounds like it performs too! Great effort.
With that footstrap setup and surf fin at the back I am surprised the fin doesn't catch? I had a similar setup but used 3 surf fins in a thruster arrangement - could not ride it backwards with any speed unfortunately. Still great for riding directional though, it holds fiercely in the turns.
Select to expand quotePlummet said...
Hey bros,
Here's a quick vid of my new mutant in the waves.
The angle doesn't do the size of the waves justice.
There's some house sized monsters rolling through.
testament that a middle aged man should never own a go-'pro'...
Select to expand quoteChaps said...
Awesome looking board and sounds like it performs too! Great effort.
With that footstrap setup and surf fin at the back I am surprised the fin doesn't catch? I had a similar setup but used 3 surf fins in a thruster arrangement - could not ride it backwards with any speed unfortunately. Still great for riding directional though, it holds fiercely in the turns.
Its not the center fin that's the issue for backwards riding. Its the edge fin angle. To ride backwards you need to straighten the edge fins to a point where they are similar to a TT otherwise you get that twitchy backwards feel.
I've got these fins at a sweet angle for backwards. In fact i was running all 5 fins in backwards at full speed hitting those wave lips with no warries. The down side is that it makes it slightly harder to pivot turn like a surfboard.
Select to expand quoteglaucus atlanticus said...
"Jesus built my Kiteboard!"
Great work!
hehehe!
What no boosting from wave face to wave face plumdog?
or riding in the pocket?
or MASSIVE boosts off wave faces?
C'mon the crowd needs to see it!
Awesome piece of work mate. RESPECT.
Just curious why you didn't use those little fin screw plastic washer support thingys (or whatever the hell they are called) on all of the fins above deck instead of only the rear centre fin?
I've learned (the hard way) that without those, (especially on the outer fins) inevitably the pressures on the screws will crack the board. (tears usually follow) (yes, tears as in crying, as well as tears, as in broken board...)
Select to expand quoteRobbo2099 said...
Awesome piece of work mate. RESPECT.
Just curious why you didn't use those little fin screw plastic washer support thingys (or whatever the hell they are called) on all of the fins above deck instead of only the rear centre fin?
I've learned (the hard way) that without those, (especially on the outer fins) inevitably the pressures on the screws will crack the board. (tears usually follow) (yes, tears as in crying, as well as tears, as in broken board...)
Well that's all I had lurking in the garage. I've never had any problems before. Hmmmmm food for thought.
