Converting thruster to quad.

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doggie > 9 months ago, 10 Oct 2012

doggie

15849 posts

10 Oct 2012 10:01am

I have an old 6,3 swallow tail Dave Mac and Im about to give it a new lease of life and fix a few old dings and compressions.

Has anyone converted a thruster into a quad? Did it work?

Its a single into double concave and Ive seen a few quads like this but generally with more concave in the rear between the fins.

Cheers

katana

644 posts

10 Oct 2012 10:40am

should work just fine!!

doggie

15849 posts

10 Oct 2012 11:45am

Cool, I will give it a shot maybe this weekend if Im not mowing the lawn or weeding

Cheers Chris and Dave

jbshack

6913 posts

10 Oct 2012 2:24pm

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doggie said...
Cool, I will give it a shot maybe this weekend if Im not mowing the lawn or weeding

Cheers Chris and Dave

Call the weeding women for that job

doggie

15849 posts

10 Oct 2012 3:24pm

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CMC said...
Doggie,

Do it mate. Drill the the holes, use an old fin as a jig. Get some of the FCS powder from a manufacturer and some laminating resin and sand those babies down. Piece of cake.

Drop them in the right spot for your board with the formula as below.

~~http://www.mckeesurf.com/brucemckee/multisystem.htm~~

Just downloaded the June 2012 specs of that site CMC, very interesting

That should make things easy

Ted the Kiwi

NSW

14256 posts

10 Oct 2012 8:18pm

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doggie said...

Just downloaded the June 2012 specs of that site CMC, very interesting

That should make things easy

I did this to an old board of mine a few years back after a few beers....only had some epoxy resin to play with and we made it too hot and set the thing on fire! Very funny at the time. Managed to salvage it but I have a few extra channels in it now where the foam has sunk

You will be fine so.....

doggie

15849 posts

11 Oct 2012 11:21am

Yea I am going to give it a crack Ted, I will take some pics as I do it.

We have just had a death in the family so I will have to start it next weekend

Ted the Kiwi

NSW

14256 posts

11 Oct 2012 9:35pm

Sorry to hear that Doggie - you have had a rough run lately. Thinking of ya.

Scotty88

4214 posts

11 Oct 2012 6:41pm

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Ted the Kiwi said...
Sorry to hear that Doggie - you have had a rough run lately. Thinking of ya.

+1 take care mate.

doggie

15849 posts

11 Oct 2012 6:44pm

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Ted the Kiwi said...
Sorry to hear that Doggie - you have had a rough run lately. Thinking of ya.

Cheers Ted, both aunties on my mums side twins died within ten months of each other.
My mum is not dealing with it well

On the up side the funeral is Tuesday in Busselton so I might be able to get a surf in as Ive got three days off for it. My mum always says look on the bright side. Im going down with my dad so its sort of a road trip of sorts.

Ted the Kiwi

NSW

14256 posts

11 Oct 2012 10:38pm

Jeepers. Well lets hope u get some fun pits at fav wave of mine down there. Would be interested to know if the vegetation has grown back any since xmas. Take some pics of it if you get the chance

doggie

15849 posts

11 Oct 2012 8:03pm

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Ted the Kiwi said...
Jeepers. Well lets hope u get some fun pits at fav wave of mine down there. Would be interested to know if the vegetation has grown back any since xmas. Take some pics of it if you get the chance

Will do mate, I hope I can get that far down

Daneli

QLD

1538 posts

12 Oct 2012 2:55am

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doggie said...

Ted the Kiwi said...
Sorry to hear that Doggie - you have had a rough run lately. Thinking of ya.

Cheers Ted, both aunties on my mums side twins died within ten months of each other.
My mum is not dealing with it well

Sorry to here that Doggie, hope it improves for you and your Mum.

The Quad conversion sounds fun.

Prawnhead

NSW

1317 posts

12 Oct 2012 10:40am

try simon anderson's facebook page there is a bit of info on him converting a thruster to a quad but making the back fins closer together to give more of a thruster feel rather than the twin/quad feel
cheers

doggie

15849 posts

12 Oct 2012 8:31am

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Prawnhead said...
try simon anderson's facebook page there is a bit of info on him converting a thruster to a quad but making the back fins closer together to give more of a thruster feel rather than the twin/quad feel
cheers

Cheers Prawnhead, I will check it out

@ Daneli - thanks mum doing ok spoke to her last night and she has her eldest sister with her and dad is with them as well

62mac

24860 posts

12 Oct 2012 9:10am

all the best doggie

doggie

15849 posts

12 Oct 2012 10:01am

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62mac said...
all the best doggie

byf

517 posts

12 Oct 2012 10:52am

Thoughts are with ya mate. My grandad left us on monday arvo. Happen to be in the room when he took his last breath. Sad . Champion bloke, champion footy player in his day. RIP mate.

doggie

15849 posts

12 Oct 2012 11:01am

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byf said...
Thoughts are with ya mate. My grandad left us on monday arvo. Happen to be in the room when he took his last breath. Sad . Champion bloke, champion footy player in his day. RIP mate.

Cheers mate and my thoughts are with you as well, might have to go fishing soon eh

Sad week with the ten year aniversary of the Bali bombings as well RIP to all

byf

517 posts

12 Oct 2012 11:05am

Yeah mate that secret tailor spot should be just about ready to fire soon. Will keep ya posted.

doggie

15849 posts

12 Oct 2012 11:23am

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byf said...
Yeah mate that secret tailor spot should be just about ready to fire soon. Will keep ya posted.

Sweet look forward too it

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