I just realized that I never created a page for this board. It’s a variation of a Hawaiian Paipo more commonly know in these parts as a body board or…
Today I mounted the fins on this board. I set the toe in to two inches ahead of the tip and cut the mounting grooves with my dremmel tool. I set about…
It’s been a while since I’ve done any work on this board. Today I started to get things moving again. I started off by spending some time setting up the…
I’ve been busy making fins for all of the boards that I have in progress and this is one of them. The concept of this board has been “scrap wood…
Started working on some fins. I’m using the same lath wood that I used on the rest of this board to make fins. I glued the slats together with thickened…
Well, I decided to stick with my original concept and go with a bat tail and sharply raked fins on this board. After all that’s how it got its name….
I popped the tunnel fin out of the mold and it seems very sturdy. I also decided to shape a cut away spitfire fin as well just to see how…
I decided to fit this board with a large tunnel fin. Here is a shot of the mold that I will use to form the fin resting on the board…
Fine tuning the rails. I’m doing this part by hand using a rasp and a sanding block with very course belt sander paper attached to it. This eats wood very…
I hit this board with a few coats of epoxy last night. I decided to do this board with epoxy only. No fiberglass. I love to see how the grain…
I spent some time with the belt sander and cleaned up the lines. I also began working on the rail bands. This forms the basis for the rail profile. I’ll…
A few small gaps to fill then one more final sanding and this one is ready for glassing.
