Thanks fellas for the nice comments - final dims were 10 * 23 1/2 * 3 1/8. I glassed her with 10oz Volan. She will be nice and heavy I imagine.

Ted the Kiwi said...
I like tail patches

Looks like a great Performance LB mate, can't wait to hear how it goes for ya...be careful though, they can be addictive

Managed to glass the top of it on Friday morning before I headed up the coast. Starting to really take some shape. Very hard work glassing a big board like this - having another set of hands was crucial given that it was only 15 degrees in the shed. We used two mixes to set it off. Sorry about the low quality shots - will take some decent ones when the hot coat has been applied. A few things left to do now. Hotcoat, sand, install leg rope n fix box, polish coat and sand. So loads more to do but lots of the tricky stuff has been done already. Thanks for the patch idea Big Spazz. Stoked with how its come out. Glass it with 6oz + Volan on the deck and the patches were 4 oz. Should weigh a bit when its finished.

looks real good Ted !

Ctngoodvibes said...
Wow Ted. That looks like a work of art! Mind if I ask approx how much the material would cost to make something like that? Would love to have a go myself.

It really depends on lots of different things - like who you know and where you can source stuff from e.g. Resin.

As a guide

http://surfblanksaustralia.com/shop-online/shop/surfboard-starter-kits/up-to-9-6-longboard-detail

They say $290. A 10ft blank costs a bit more as you also use a lot more product e.g. cloth and resin etc. If you use Volan class etc it costs a lot more and soaks up a lot more resin.

You also need to buy a few tools. To start you can cut corners - get a pre-shaped blank and then had sand finish it yourself. Will cost more but then you will not make as much mess or require a planner etc. You could get away with just some sand paper, gauze and a hand lane for the stringer. You can make your stands with a couple of buckets, some instant cement and some wood you have lying around. A decent lighting setup is crucial.

Glassing can be pretty cheap in terms of tools required - just a squeegee, acetone (buy it at Bunnings), decent scissors, razor blades and some tape.

Sanding gets expensive. Get yourself a Ozito sander /polisher for $99, soft / medium discs and some decent velco paper. Can add up if you want a really nice finish.

I would suggest you would be spending about $300 on tools to get you going initially - so you need to want to do a few boards to make it worthwhile.

Check out shapers website for lots of info on what they recommend you need. But you do not need to buy everything off them. Although their new blue squeegees are awesome.

Just spent lots of time trying to get them straight - its delicate work LL !

Hey Ted I did make a couple of shortys about 15 years ago out of some unwanted pre shapes from the local shaper. Cost hardly anything coz he almost gave them away. I found glassing and sanding much more difficult than it looks. Shaping wasn't an issue coz they were pre shapes and all I had to do was turn down the rails. Would love shape some from scratch. How many have you done now?

Geez I hope I get to see it in action when next we meet mate, looks great!!!!

Thanks fellas - Vanders - lets hope she is ready by then - hoping so. When is yr new stick due? Can not be too far away now.

Stu - yes lots of fun indeed - as an office worker its nice to be able to do something in the shed for a change

Ctngoodvibes - that one is board number 5 and 6 is in the early stages of production as we speak. Details to follow shortly

Surfbroker - I am sure you have another new stick just around the corner. Where has our other board whore from Cronulla been of late? Any word from him? I miss his contributions.

Chrispy - Thanks bro - when you visiting ?

Hey Ted,

Board looks very nice, love the colour and the shape. You should be damn proud of yourself young man!!

You been slaying that BGB or what ??

Ted bring it to the camping trip and we can share it around a few fellas & the Sydney fellas could possibly take it back with them??

Hoping to have a call from Mr Miller by the end of this week saying it's ready, hoping one of you Sydney blokes might be good enough to bring it up with you, ride in it for ya.... ;)

Mick - that cracks me up !!! I think its time you had another crack. Lots of good info out there these days to help. Youtube rocks

Put the fin-box and leggie plug in today. Had some left over resin pre-mixed with the tint so it should be a neater finish. Now I just need to find some time to start the evil sanding process. Away this weekend so may not get to it till next week.

should be nice and hard for you when you do get to sand it

I think its probably going to be 4-6ft based on what the models are saying right now. Might be a touch bigger earlier. Its looking like 12 seconds so it will not massive. But the offshore winds will be strong. So you might be best to find somewhere with a big cliff in front of it Infact if I was you I would probably be heading to a certain right hand point break that you need to walk () to.

nice work TED looks the goods man well done. The deck patch looks awesome, see knew u could kill it. Cant wait to hear the reports of how she purrs, she looks quite refined for a 10fter nice work i think ur gunna like it