Hi raggy

try posting this on the windsurfing general forum and you will get more & quicker responses

cheers

puppet

Unless of course he wants the much shorter threaded inserts for a wake/kite board?

If you are after kite (wake) ones, there was a thread in the kite forum about it

If you're setting them into a soft foam surfboard, you'd be better off with the longer windsurfing ones, I don't think surfboard foam will be dense enough to hold the short ones.
I use the chinook ones, in WA Stuart Bell is the agent, I'm not sure if he deals online, but if you can't find any in Vic it's worth a try.

As I said above, fine for wake boards, but I don't think they have enough depth for soft surfboard foam, they'll probably pull out too easily.

These work ok, just drill a large enough hole, fill with epoxy resin and sink the plug into it. Fitted the straps to my foil board with these, had one pull out in a crash but better that than a broken ankle. Quick, easy, cheap and readily available from Bunnings.

Thanks Guys the help is much Appreciated! its kinda two fold the main thing behind the project is to teach 2 young Apprentices standard aerospace composite repair techniques and standards. I could use the inserts we would use on a job but there not quite there yet and the Boss would have a **** fit !. And it's more fun than making stupid random objects that get thrown out!

HaHa hell No! its very basic steps just playing at this stage more getting used to the very general ( extremely) concept of composites. Autoclave,vac bags. and impregnated materials are a long way off for these boys I remember being freshly qualified and only ever repairing rotted out Lavatory floors! MMMM resin and urine !!!! .