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tarquin1 > 9 months ago, 9 Mar 2019

tarquin1

954 posts

28 Apr 2019 2:41pm

Deck panels are made. Glued together with a strip of glass under the join. The join is mostly covered by the cork deck pad.

WCC

52 posts

28 Apr 2019 3:24pm

Nice job, that's just gorgeous.

Template made and trace onto deck panel. Then cut it out and vac bag onto board. I will weigh the panel once its cut out.
Any guesses on weight. It's about 3.5m long and 0.75 in the middle. 0.4mm thick. Paulownia wood.

tarquin1

954 posts

29 Apr 2019 2:15pm

Deck glued on.

515

875 posts

29 Apr 2019 3:59pm

Great work Tarquin

lukemin

66 posts

29 Apr 2019 4:23pm

Looks good, keep the pics coming, always good to have look at.

Kami

1566 posts

30 Apr 2019 3:38am

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lukemin said..
Looks good, keep the pics coming, always good to have look at.

Amazing skilled work Tarquin, keep on posting pic of it, Thx

micksmith

VIC

1701 posts

30 Apr 2019 8:02am

11.3 KG AND WHAT DID YOU USE TO JOIN

tarquin1

954 posts

30 Apr 2019 12:57pm

11.3 is bloody close at the moment. I meant the deck panel which weighed 1.8 kgs. A lot of weight to add but looks great.
I used PVA wood glue to glue the strips together for the panels and thickened epoxy to glue it down.
I have started sanding the edge of the wood to fair it in. Easier than I thought.
How is your board coming along lukemin.

lukemin

66 posts

30 Apr 2019 4:27pm

Its coming along.

tarquin1

954 posts

1 May 2019 3:10am

Looking good. How did you make the grooves. Is it graphite powder in the epoxy? I've always wondered how Sunova does that.

lukemin

66 posts

1 May 2019 4:33pm

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tarquin1 said..
Looking good. How did you make the grooves. Is it graphite powder in the epoxy? I've always wondered how Sunova does that.

its Jacquard powdered pigment for the black.I made these grooves with a bunch of cutting discs on a shaft running over a guide for the wood to be fed down.
done a surfboard before cutting the grooves with a set of nails resined into a block and run down the wood which is held in place in the guide, they look more like the Sunova ones as the groove comes to a point instead of being the same width all the way through like the ones in the pic

tarquin1

954 posts

11 May 2019 11:06pm

Rail tape on. Plugs in and glassed.

tarquin1

954 posts

12 May 2019 11:52pm

Building up the epoxy. Playing with the cork for the deck. I prefer with gaps.

515

875 posts

13 May 2019 4:25pm

Hi Tarquin1,

Looking awesome.
You have taped and trimmed the flax over ply!?
The cork looks really good, i guess with gabs you can spread it further back.

Cheers

lukemin

66 posts

18 May 2019 3:06pm

Finally finished my home build, got it wet today but only small waves. felt good though.

FOT

101 posts

19 May 2019 9:52pm

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lukemin said..
Finally finished my home build, got it wet today but only small waves. felt good though.

That is one great looking board! Where do you get it out? It'd be great to see sometime.

tarquin1

954 posts

19 May 2019 10:43pm

Awsome job. What thickness is the balsa. What weight glass did you use.

Kami

1566 posts

20 May 2019 4:20am

Please, what is the final weight, Lukemin?

Piros

QLD

7251 posts

20 May 2019 9:20am

Wow that is awesome Lukemin well done

tarquin1

954 posts

20 May 2019 1:39pm

Getting closer. Looking at different size deck pads.

lukemin

66 posts

20 May 2019 3:47pm

Thanks for the positive feedback people.
FOT, I generally get out around Cottesloe.
Tarquin, the deck is 2.5mm and the bottom is 1.5mm. 125g glass, 1 layer under the balsa and 1 over the bottom + extra around fins
2 layers over balsa on the deck + extra layer from around standing area back to tail.
Kami. it weighs 9.5kg, bit heavier than I like but I guess Im pretty liberal with the resin.

FOT

101 posts

20 May 2019 8:50pm

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lukemin said..
Thanks for the positive feedback people.
FOT, I generally get out around Cottesloe.
Tarquin, the deck is 2.5mm and the bottom is 1.5mm. 125g glass, 1 layer under the balsa and 1 over the bottom + extra around fins
2 layers over balsa on the deck + extra layer from around standing area back to tail.
Kami. it weighs 9.5kg, bit heavier than I like but I guess Im pretty liberal with the resin.

Did you vac bag it??

lukemin

66 posts

21 May 2019 5:22am

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FOT said..

Did you vac bag it??

Yes vac bagged it , about -6 psi

supthecreek

2750 posts

21 May 2019 10:05am

Tarquin and lukemin..... craftsmen!
wow, both of your boards look truly amazing

must be hard to put them in the water, and beat them with paddle's

tarquin1

954 posts

26 May 2019 7:57pm

Getting closer. Deck pad on with 125g S-glass patches under it. Last coat of epoxy on the deck. Sand and varnish next.
The bottom hopefully only needs 1 coat of epoxy. Probably end up being 2.

tarquin1

954 posts

29 May 2019 5:17pm

Peel ply came off easily. Quick sand. First coat of epoxy.

515

875 posts

29 May 2019 7:31pm

Looks awesome

tarquin1

954 posts

1 Jun 2019 7:45pm

Deck varnished. Getting close.

tarquin1

954 posts

1 Jun 2019 7:49pm

Shiney potatoe sack!

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