Thanks Rog

fangman said..
Thanks Rog

Its your kids that should be thanking me, no child exploitation over the holidays required

fangman said..

Swindy said..

fangman said..
Thanks Rog

Its your kids that should be thanking me, no child exploitation over the holidays required

It sounds like you are sayin' that like its a good thing??

For your sanity, yes. I remember what my kids were like as teenagers.

Storm Ahead said..
I made this case for the Fangyfin out of some leftover EVA mat. The edges are glued together with Kwik Grip and the fin sits snugly, fully enclosed and protected in the case. Cost was $0.00 as all materials were at hand.

Nice one,that's such a cool idea. Much better than my bubble wrap!

choco said..

Swindy said..
Too right Mike, time is money. Have just put Ross on to a product that goes from 60 grit emery to this in about 10 minutes. I will let him rant about it.

I could polish all the fins while cultivating lol just need some way to attach to the tynes, this point was polished after around 3 hours working the ground

Nice bit of polishing, and the fin cover looks great. I need to make some for mine, not to protect the fin but everything else in my van as the edges of the fillet are so sharp. If they get near the sails it will look like slasher has been let loose in there.

Looking forward to watching your progess Peter :-)

looks fantastic waricle have you thought of making a copy of the foil with a profile gauge before you start sanding so you don't change the foil shape

fangman said..
Thanks for all the photos Waricle. I impressed with that belt sander. I wonder if I can make/buy an attachment to fit on my bench grinder to make it like yours - any ideas? I can send you the foil data file to be print out if you need it too.

Found it here :-)

http://www.linishall.com.au/Products/Grinding/belt-disc-grind-attachment.html

our just buy Ryobi version of the whole thing at Bunnings.

www.bunnings.com.au/ryobi-370w-bench-grinder-sander_p6210415

Got the Ryobi one, not enough grunt and too enclosed to get the fin near it. The one above is perfect with no guard around it. On wish list.

Looking forward to hearing how you go on the 28

Took the 28 out for its inaugural voyage today. The tide was 1/4 high and some weed. Wind was 8-10 with the occasional 12kts
I Used my Thommen xxl course board with a two cam 8.6 turbo and the 28 with a foam gasket.
I had about 1/2 an hour on the water and was on the plane 60-70% of the time.
I couldn't detect any assy on the fin, initially I was light on the back foot but in the gusts once I got some momentum I gave the fin some back foot pressure and had no spin out problems. It's not as early to plane as a 58 pointer but much earlier than my other weed fins.
Its early days Ross but so far but I am more than happy with its performance with the 8.6 and I'll also use it with the 7.8. . I'm really looking forward to finishing and trying out the 24 on my 75wide slalom with a 7.3 and 6.6. Upwind performance was as good as expected.
The tide was pretty low on the way in and I managed to find rocks among all that mud. To add insult to injury the board stopped dead,I came off the board, stubbed my toe and stone bruised my other foot. The fin should should clean up easily. I'm glad I used 8mm bolts though. Forgot to take my gps so no data though I didn't get anywhere near 20 + knots.
ill post pics before and after I clean up the fin damage.

It's a bit early to give a definitive comparison with the 58 as I was being tentative.
Some pics of today's damage and repairs. The fin fitted with the foam gasket on my foil board








Started to polish after giving the edge a lick with the file.

I have started to notice a small amount of variation between different Tuttle boxes in the placement of the bolt holes. On some boards, my directly threaded bolt holes do not align perfectly. For that reason, and I have decided to investigate Iain's idea of using Delrin rod as my barrel nut. This will then allow some bolt angle of insertion latitude between boards and avoid the corrosion issue. I have ordered some rod and will try it out - the material is cheap and easy to get on Ebay. I will report back on how it goes.

decrepit said..

fangman said..
>>> I have decided to investigate Iain's idea of using Delrin rod as my barrel nut. This will then allow some bolt angle of insertion latitude between boards and avoid the corrosion issue. I have ordered some rod and will try it out - the material is cheap and easy to get on Ebay. I will report back on how it goes.

If it's good I'll have some too, Brass is so hard to work.

No worries, I bought 60 cms, so I have enough to ping you some.

waricle said..
What diameter Delrin are you using Ross?
Still loving my 28

Glad to hear your 28 is doing the job Peter I am going to try with 12mm and see how that fares. I found this supplier on Ebay - a large range of sizes to choose from and seems pretty well priced:

http://stores.ebay.com.au/Warlond-Plastics/Acetal-POM-/_i.html?_fsub=11815858012&_sid=812400812&_trksid=p4634.c0.m322