Some picks of a foam core woodstrip surf shape board i am building at the moment.Bought the board at a garage sale for $5, had been snapped in half and very roughly rejoined and a base fitted as a coffee table.If nothing else i wanted to salvage the stringer to use as a template for another project, hollow wooden board (chambered)With the stringer removed i joined the two halves back together and started shaping it down.
With the shaping done i glued on a cedar nose and tail block, got the rail laminates cut and started building up the rails.
Scrounged up a variety of timber and started glueig up pannels at 7mm thick,did the bottom in three panels and top in two then put them through the thicknesser and took them down to 4mm bottom and 5mm top and joined them together.
Good job, it is great to see what people are capable of making. I thoroughly enjoy looking at your project's progression. Well done sir!
That blank was in good condition considering what the old board looked like, great starting point for a project like this 
Rails have been sanded to deck contour,no actaul rail shaping until top and bottom decks are glued on,deck recessed and 3mm inserts glued in at foot strap locations.This is the bottom trimmed ready to glue,disaster with the top when i was clamping it down to mark for trimming and it started to let go on one of the joins,had to separate it and re-glue. Think i will mist some water onto it next time i go to mark it to see if it makes it more pliable,the urethane glue i am using is activated with moisture so it shouldnt hurt.Bottom to go on today and hopefully the top tomorrow, then the fun begins with rail shaping
Went to bunnings to get some clamps for a job ,they said the was a worldwide shortage, I think I know why
Hey Pirrad,
Brilliant job, well done.
That polyurothane glue is the stuff, I wish I new about it when I tried to laminate balsa strips to a surfboard deck - I tried to use poly foam which over expanded and destroyed the top.
If you are using the poly glue to stick the strips together for the top deck I would rather use waterproof pva wood glue or epoxy as you try to stick the deck down it would most likely split with the poly glue - which it sound s like it has. I used pva glue to stick the strips of balsa together and the wood gave way before the glue.
Nice job, now I am thinking of how I can revive my stuff up.
Keep the pics coming.
Rich
Decks are on and tidied up around the edges,a bit of a bevel done but heaps of work left to finish the rail shaping, pretty damn STOKED with the way its looking Weight at this stage 6 kg.
The bad news is, got a wedding next weekend so not much is going to happen for a couple of weeks, i bet its windy as well. Will give me a chance to get a fiew thing organised though, fins, fibreglass etc.
Foot strap plug inserts are in and bulk of the rails shaped down, lots of fine sanding and fine tuning to go (more pics in profile)
First coat of polyurethane, pre glassing sealer has bought the colours through nicely. Foot straps and pads fitted to see what they look like.
That is looking awesome. You have done a great wood selection. Even if you don't ride it, you now have an even better coffee table.
holey clamps batman!
looking very smooth. bet there some sanding hours in that puppy!.
hav'nt even ordered them yet.
Awesome pirrad - looks beautiful. I'm all inspired now. I have an old 6'4" at home that I almost took to the dump on the weekend that I may keep to build one of these.
