Hey Tux

Have you finished those boards yet? Pics please

I'll knock on his door soon if he doesn't answer!
I know where you live Tux!

hey bro they are finished here is a photo of the Mintie....have been riding it heaps...haven't had the red one out yet

Looks nice Tux. Glad you are enjoying her. Next time try and get the photos up the right way and give us a few more, maybe use a bbq or similar

Thats a lot of pressure bro...I got 3 x 6'2 blanks delivered yesterday

I love getting new blanks, Tux and Ted, what have you guys got on the stands at the moment? I just got a 7'4 gun blank!!

3 * 6'2"s - are you going into production phase Tux? What you making? HPSBs?

Dr Funk - nothing on the stands at the moment - only got back into the country the over day. I have some birthday money from Nov that was allocated for a 10fter with a big thick cedar stringer - want to make a nice nose rider. But there are many other boards that I desire so will five it some thought over the next few weeks. A 7'4" gun blank sounds interesting - will be interested to see how that one comes out. I still want to give a Vanguard type of shape a crack. Weren't you making one of those?

I have been doing an interesting repair job the last few days. My sweet potato is falling part and I have repeatedly had to fix a soft area around one of the fins. And it just continues to get worse. I went to fix it again the other day and it was an absolute mess underneath. So I pulled out all the foam right to the rail and under half the fin box. Fin box is still firmly in place. So I went down to bunnings and brought some expandable foam and whacked that in there. It seems to have worked a treat - will glass over it tonight when I pick some epoxy resin up and give it a crack on Thursday. If this fails I think the board goes into the bin.

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Dr Funk said..

I love getting new blanks, Tux and Ted, what have you guys got on the stands at the moment? I just got a 7'4 gun blank!!

Fooking sweet.....I was thinking of doing a gun but the blanks were on special so I couldn't say no

1 x 5'10 double ender with a quad cluster of fins like one of those Neal Purachase Jr things that have been floating around...double concave into spiral vee behind the fins...flat deck into a 70's style down rail into a modern tucked under edge...glassed in fins

1 x 5'10 Single fin basically as per the above but with a diamond tail like Teds last effort and a single to spiral vee bottom

1 x 5'10 Thruster as per the other two but with a square lower modern rail shape and probably a square tail at this stage


Deatils on the second two are subject to change without notice right up until the outline is drawn....lol....think I will attempt ply wood glass in fins for all of them and am talking to some artist mates about doing a bit of airbrush stuff on them

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Dr Funk said..

I love getting new blanks, Tux and Ted, what have you guys got on the stands at the moment? I just got a 7'4 gun blank!!

Fooking sweet.....I was thinking of doing a gun but the blanks were on special so I couldn't say no

1 x 5'10 double ender with a quad cluster of fins like one of those Neal Purachase Jr things that have been floating around...double concave into spiral vee behind the fins...flat deck into a 70's style down rail into a modern tucked under edge...glassed in fins

1 x 5'10 Single fin basically as per the above but with a diamond tail like Teds last effort and a single to spiral vee bottom

1 x 5'10 Thruster as per the other two but with a square lower modern rail shape and probably a square tail at this stage


Deatils on the second two are subject to change without notice right up until the outline is drawn....lol....think I will attempt ply wood glass in fins for all of them and am talking to some artist mates about doing a bit of airbrush stuff on them

Tux, Wow.........just wow......Really keen for all of those....might have to get another couple of blanks!! haha. I've just started making some wood fins with the end of my last 20lt drum (not board quality anymore!)

Ted, Yeah the vanguard style one is still on the cards but I just finished a 5'3" sweet potato style board (came out great) and I realised that I have 8 boards under 6' at the moment and not enough in the mid legnth - longboard category......so a gun followed by a Log or a D fin Pig is next up for me.

well lads it looks like I need to get busy to keep up with the Jones I shall start my research this evening as the good lady has 5 aside football which leaves me free to have a couple of beers, cook a steak and surf the net. Heaven.

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Dr Funk - nothing on the stands at the moment - only got back into the country the over day. I have some birthday money from Nov that was allocated for a 10fter with a big thick cedar stringer - want to make a nice nose rider. But there are many other boards that I desire so will five it some thought over the next few weeks. A 7'4" gun blank sounds interesting - will be interested to see how that one comes out. I still want to give a Vanguard type of shape a crack. Weren't you making one of those?

I like the sound of that 10ft'er...is it too early to say where is it?

yes its far to early??????spent a bit of time this morning checking out blanks