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DIY board building - budget style

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Created by col5555 > 9 months ago, 7 Nov 2016
col5555
WA, 384 posts
7 Nov 2016 9:49AM
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What do you think of his blank ?

swoosh
QLD, 1928 posts
7 Nov 2016 12:26PM
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looks good.

only thing going through my head, is how did barn travel back from the future?

barn
WA, 2960 posts
7 Nov 2016 11:58AM
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If he sells out and uses a mast track purchased from a faceless corporate windsurf company, it's defiantly not me from the future..


forceten
1312 posts
7 Nov 2016 12:43PM
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Watched all 8'videos, amazing. Music needs some work, except # 8.

i thought he would sail in the same overalls and sweater.

remarkable. I love the hot wire jig cutting the rails

Mark _australia
WA, 23433 posts
7 Nov 2016 12:46PM
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I'd like to know what glue is used for the styro, that the hotwire will still cut?
I know some use PVA or a polyurethane but first is weak and second may be too rubbery for hotwire?

I like his style though

R1DER
WA, 1471 posts
7 Nov 2016 1:52PM
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I want one of those things that does the magic.

PeterHazael
QLD, 50 posts
7 Nov 2016 5:51PM
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Is the glue expander foam????

col5555
WA, 384 posts
7 Nov 2016 4:40PM
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Yes expanding foam!
would the blank be weaker with his method ?

swoosh
QLD, 1928 posts
7 Nov 2016 6:44PM
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less homogenous for sure, but probably not weaker in any way that'd matter. you need to maintain the shear strength in your core, and with the way the bonds run, it shouldn't get compromised.

might be a tiny bit better to have the blocks in a single layer?

Mark _australia
WA, 23433 posts
7 Nov 2016 4:49PM
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I like

half the reason I have not built the SUP I wanted to do, is that the blank is so damn huge...................
as usual, seabreeze is a bad influence upon me

forceten
1312 posts
7 Nov 2016 10:22PM
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Col5555

are you the builder.. ? Seem no but..?



What is he using to insert the footstrap inserts ? A white putty looking substance

Te Hau
493 posts
8 Nov 2016 5:16AM
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Mark _australia said..
I'd like to know what glue is used for the styro, that the hotwire will still cut?
I know some use PVA or a polyurethane but first is weak and second may be too rubbery for hotwire?

I like his style though


Sounds as though you (like me) have been there and found out about the glue line problem when shaping

barn
WA, 2960 posts
8 Nov 2016 11:03AM
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Mark _australia said...
I like

half the reason I have not built the SUP I wanted to do, is that the blank is so damn huge...................
as usual, seabreeze is a bad influence upon me


If you want I have 15kg EPs just send a profile and outline in dxf form through or a full model(shape 3d). Don't go gluing foam together like a pleb lol.


Mark _australia
WA, 23433 posts
8 Nov 2016 11:34AM
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OK PM me your email again I have a file for you



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