Was it a flying objects fin?, my mate bought a new weedie yesterday and it wouldnt fit in his futura.

A slight addition to Minerals good advice. The front of the head is usually longer than the back, so I normally work on the back, (it's less sanding)

I've had to operate on a few tuttle fins like this, and it's usually because the base is a little too long for the box.

Sometimes it's all at the edges, (the fin box is rounded but the fin is square).

Mineral's method will show this up. Try to keep the back vertical edge straight or slightly hollow, if it's convex, the fin can "rock" a bit and not seat properly.

If it's a power box, there's the added complication of tapered sides as well as ends. I've never done one of these, but the same theory should apply, you've just got to check sides as well as ends.

You have a LE Weedy... Wow... Lucky you

a few years ago, I believe the size of the box decreased slightly from boards coming out of cobra factory

silvec01 said...

You have a LE Weedy... Wow... Lucky you
are they especially good?
That's the one that "Santa" dropped off on my doorstep on Christmas Eve...

a few years ago, I believe the size of the box decreased slightly from boards coming out of cobra factory

Just a hint use a file (bastard file) not sandpaper, especially if you have to do the sides. The sandpaper (even with a block) tends to sand the whole thing not just the high spots, whereas a fille just gets the high spots, takes minutes rather than hours.

Happy sanding.