I reckon Ted's the man for that job.

Fin plugs straight to the repair shop mate.

Fin plugs are a piece of piss...I would be hitting you tube and then saving myself 50 bucks....how did you snap a bamboo laminate? I would be contacting the supplier and asking for a refund

Tassiedevel said..
would be tempted to sell the board chrispy but its only 3 months old .Are some nice boards out there though

question is I could pull the plug out and patch the hole but would it need more reinforcement ? , Fair amount of pressure on the plugs from water pressure on the fins ?

Will check out you tube thanks Tux

Would love to here the story behind how that board was snapped

You can rout the plug and put a new one in but I usually try to get it level by lifting it sand back and the use a syring to get resin in around it...then sand back and put some extra glass over the top....seems to work OK for me

Sooo, not sure where else to put this...

A really big thanks to lex123 - it was nice to meet you, and my little 12yo grom is super excited about getting his own longboard!
(possibly...if dad can patch it back together).

I have stripped off the delamed glass & bamboo back to solid stuff, and had a bit of time this weekend to make a bit of a rocker-bed and start sticking her back togther. I'm following advice from 'the boardlady' and am uisng some expanding foam. The first time I have done this process, so am unsure how it will turn out!

I'm also trying to find some replacement bamboo to repair the deck - has anyone had luck in finding 0.6mm bamboo veneer before?

I'll post some further piccies as it continues along.

And the very best of luck with the rebuild brother I hope the Grom gets stoke from it

I've been away for a few weeks but am now making slow progress with this one -> my grom is perstring me to have it ready for school holidays!

Gaps in the join filled with expanding foam:


Foam cut back & sanded (a second layer was done after this shot to fil the air bubble holes:



A bit of the surrounding glass & bamboo has been ground back to give the first layer of my glass repair something to grip:




I hope to get to the glassing this week. First will be a simple patch of 4oz over the exposed foam bits, which will hopefully allow it to hold its shape and I can release her from the rocker table.

Then I'll do 2 big diamond shapes on each side to spread the load - hopefully this should stop it breaking along the line of the new glass again.
I decided that its too hard to try and replace the bamboo so hopefully the three layers of glass will do the trick...its stupidly light as it is, so a little more weight should not harm it too much!

Only time will tell!!

looks great ..did you dowel the joint

Add another plus

Was thinking along the lines of the Cobra...did you put any dowells into the broken pieces ??

It's no wonder they snap when you look at the air bubbles in the original foam

I've repaired with n without dowel. The extra dowel encourages a new break further up or down the board due to the inconsistent flex created IMO. It is rare for a board to snap in the same place if glue up down reasonably. This is a fun project to watch progressing damo, thanks.

Great work mate... YET you have done all this hard work and made it look easy,more pics next time please

Great job.

The owner looks very happy with it.

Yes great work and I hope the young fella has a great time on it as well.

The new owner is very excited, we plan to test her out tomorrow.

Again, a massive thanks to Lex123.

Absolutely Friggin awesome.......BRILLIANT