Inner rails

Friday, March 20, 2009 1 comments

Over the last few days I have gotten the frame completed. I used a saw to cut the rail line around the perimeter. Basically connecting the dots between the ribs. Then used a plane to smooth things out.

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9'6' Longboard Frame

Saturday, March 14, 2009 Labels: 0 comments

Here are the components of the frame. The skeleton is 1/4" plywood, and as previously mentioned the perimeter is 2 pieces of 1/8" bending ply laminated together.

Here I have set the skeleton in place (not glued yet). You can see how the perimeter structure is taller than it needs to be and will be cut down to match the rocker that is defined by the skeleton.




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9'6' Longboard

Friday, March 13, 2009 Labels: 0 comments

I recently began another project. After building the Waterlog last year, I have wanted to build another surfboard. But I do not really need a second surfboard right now. That is where my friend TJ comes in. He used to be the proud owner of my beer fridge. For reasons I do not understand he had to get the fridge moved out of his garage, as we emailed back and forth about it he saw my blog and saw the Waterlog and thought it was pretty cool. He asked if I would like to build another. I thought, "perfect, I get a surfboard project!"
I picked up the fridge just before Thanksgiving and TJ and I began talking more specifically about what he may want.
I already had templates from Paul Jensen for a 9'6" longboard. I showed it to TJ, and he liked it, so we had a place to start! It took a little time to actually get rolling, but in February I began making a gluing form and cutting out the stringer and ribs.
The rails are built up and are started with what Paul J. calls the interior rail, which are connected to the internal framing (stringer and ribs). These rails are made by laminating 2 pieces of 1/8" bending plywood around a form that is the shape of the outline of the board.
This is the plywood interior rail pulled off of the bending form. Next the internal frame will be fit into this and then the perimeter is cut to match the rocker.


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