I timed my arrival at the shaping bay perfectly, just as Drew was finishing up sanding down the last templates. Since we had some time, we decided to cut out the rockers for Kat's funboard too. We tried out some new techniques and learned some valuable lessons that we will record here for future generations and the history books:
1. Do not move the hotwire side to side in an attempt to speed it up.
2. Do sand down the wire frequently to keep it clean.
3. Do stand the foam blocks up vertically. This is at least 1000x better than laying it down and I'm not exaggerating. Honestly.
4. Don't let the wire get caught in a rut in the templates, causing you to burn small (but fixable) holes in your foam.
5. Do sand down your templates after each hotwire to get rid of any indentations.
Unfortunately, Kat's board bore the brunt of these learning curves, and she will now be making a 3'4 Funboard instead of a 7'6. Here's a few pics of our templates:
Attendees: Drew, Justin (is Kat even a real person??)
3 comments:
What? Either way I'm going to be surfing circles around you circus smurfs. Now the whole blogging community knows what kind of friends you guys are to me. Good thing I have a tiny kitten who might like to take a rip on that funboard, eh?
Kat, we're working on boards again tonight, do you want me to sand down one of your rails farther than the other so your board does go in circles? We have the technology...
Wicked! Reading this blog is more fun than cleaning the house!
I suppose it is a dangerous thing sticking ones nose in the mix but since some would be clamp-free without us...
Hey Kat, don't let them push you around... Somebody has to work to support this cause!
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