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Created by tarquin1 > 9 months ago, 9 Mar 2019
tarquin1
931 posts
28 Apr 2019 2:41PM
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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
50 posts
28 Apr 2019 3:24PM
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Nice job, that's just gorgeous.

tarquin1
931 posts
28 Apr 2019 3:55PM
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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
931 posts
29 Apr 2019 2:15PM
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Deck glued on.


515
772 posts
29 Apr 2019 3:59PM
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Great work Tarquin

lukemin
WA, 66 posts
29 Apr 2019 4:23PM
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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, 1674 posts
30 Apr 2019 8:02AM
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11.3 KG AND WHAT DID YOU USE TO JOIN

tarquin1
931 posts
30 Apr 2019 12:57PM
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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
WA, 66 posts
30 Apr 2019 4:27PM
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Its coming along.


tarquin1
931 posts
1 May 2019 3:10AM
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Looking good. How did you make the grooves. Is it graphite powder in the epoxy? I've always wondered how Sunova does that.

lukemin
WA, 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
931 posts
11 May 2019 11:06PM
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Rail tape on. Plugs in and glassed.




tarquin1
931 posts
12 May 2019 11:52PM
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Building up the epoxy. Playing with the cork for the deck. I prefer with gaps.




515
772 posts
13 May 2019 4:25PM
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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
WA, 66 posts
18 May 2019 3:06PM
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Finally finished my home build, got it wet today but only small waves. felt good though.




FOT
WA, 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
931 posts
19 May 2019 10:43PM
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Awsome job. What thickness is the balsa. What weight glass did you use.

Kami
1566 posts
20 May 2019 4:20AM
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Please, what is the final weight, Lukemin?

Piros
QLD, 6879 posts
20 May 2019 9:20AM
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Wow that is awesome Lukemin well done

tarquin1
931 posts
20 May 2019 1:39PM
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Getting closer. Looking at different size deck pads.


lukemin
WA, 66 posts
20 May 2019 3:47PM
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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
WA, 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
WA, 66 posts
21 May 2019 5:22AM
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FOT said..

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??


Yes vac bagged it , about -6 psi

supthecreek
2583 posts
21 May 2019 10:05AM
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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
931 posts
26 May 2019 7:57PM
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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
931 posts
29 May 2019 5:17PM
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Peel ply came off easily. Quick sand. First coat of epoxy.




515
772 posts
29 May 2019 7:31PM
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Looks awesome

tarquin1
931 posts
1 Jun 2019 7:45PM
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Deck varnished. Getting close.


tarquin1
931 posts
1 Jun 2019 7:49PM
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Shiney potatoe sack!




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