Day 14 - That looks like a board!

Last night was an awesome night...it was another one of those times when we start to see all our hard work pay off. We had no idea what we were doing when we started, but it's so gratifying to see that our boards are taking shape, literally! We're at the point now that we just can't wait to get them in the water. Although patience is key, since at this point, they'd just sink right to the bottom...

We took up the shaping in full force last night, as we re-discussed some techniques, and tested out some other stuff to refine our process. We broke out both a small block plane and a tiny finger plane, and, along with an orbital sander, worked down Kat's stringer until it was flush. It was amazing to see how well the process worked once we figured it out. Once the stringers were down, we broke out the big 2x4x24" sanding blocks, with 50 and 80 grit paper, and started sanding down the top, and then the bottom, again taking away some of the extra body we'd left on to bring it down to the final shape. I've gotta say, although there's still a heap of work to do (final rails, fine sanding, art, fins, glassing), that Kat's board look very nearly like the real deal.

One thing we read about, but was still surprising was how the foam dust just gets everywhere! It's so hard to get off, and even today, we were finding it on skin and clothes.

Here's a few pics!

Attendees: Drew, Justin, Micah, Kat