Thursday, August 27, 2009
I counted my chickens!!
I've had trouble doing my first laminate coat. I either didn't mix enough catalyst in and the room temp was too low (@18 degrees celsius). Either way it has taken about 5 days now for it to start to cure. In the mean time, whilst I was away at work, Clare had its heaviest rainfall all summer and the shed I was working in proved it wasn't water tight!! I don't know whether it was humidity or some actual rain drops but I now have 3 very small areas of delamination (approx 1 euro coin in size) on the bottom. Is this a sign of things to come with the rest of this laminate coat?? Time to call the experts me thinks!!
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Shaping the Blank
I've finished shaping the blank and put the first laminate coat on last night with the help of a friend.
Bought a relatively inexpensive electric planer which decided to croak just as I was about to start shaping the deck side of the rails, so switched to the sure form to finish off that job.
Made a few tools for the shaping process. Quickly whipped together a calipers from some ply and double sided sanding block as well as a tool for shaping the rails with. I'm very happy with how the blank has taken shape, in fact the whole shaping process was a lot quicker and easier than I thought it was going to be. I say this now, but the board will probably surf like a drowned trout. I did however have some trouble with the stringer inside the fish tail, but it wasn't anything overly difficult to deal with. For anyone who is interested I'll do up a complete list of tools that I used to complete the job.
Also completed the first laminate coat last night. A stress full venture indeed. It certainly is a wee bit tricky to get all the cloth saturated and rails wrapped in such a short time frame, but got it done none the less. Tis looking pretty sweet, apart from the odd paw mark, flies and dirt that I some how managed to pick up on the scraper. Not too obvious though. So I am looking forward to tackling the deck tonight. Will post pics as soon as I can find the usb cable to transfer em!!
Bought a relatively inexpensive electric planer which decided to croak just as I was about to start shaping the deck side of the rails, so switched to the sure form to finish off that job.
Made a few tools for the shaping process. Quickly whipped together a calipers from some ply and double sided sanding block as well as a tool for shaping the rails with. I'm very happy with how the blank has taken shape, in fact the whole shaping process was a lot quicker and easier than I thought it was going to be. I say this now, but the board will probably surf like a drowned trout. I did however have some trouble with the stringer inside the fish tail, but it wasn't anything overly difficult to deal with. For anyone who is interested I'll do up a complete list of tools that I used to complete the job.
Also completed the first laminate coat last night. A stress full venture indeed. It certainly is a wee bit tricky to get all the cloth saturated and rails wrapped in such a short time frame, but got it done none the less. Tis looking pretty sweet, apart from the odd paw mark, flies and dirt that I some how managed to pick up on the scraper. Not too obvious though. So I am looking forward to tackling the deck tonight. Will post pics as soon as I can find the usb cable to transfer em!!
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