Day 9 - let your true shape shine through

This afternoon, Drew and I returned to the shop to check the boards we glued up yesterday, and glue and clamp the final two boards. This went slick as snot, and after gluing up the last two, we set about cutting out the shapes on the two boards glued up yesterday.

We set up a smooth process using our new shaping stands and two clamps, which let us hotwire out our board shapes in about 30 minutes. It went great, and we now have three boards cut out and ready for hand shaping.

This part is super exciting, as I mentioned, because the boards now actually look like boards, and we can see everything coming together. After cutting those shapes out, we had nothing left to do, but wait 24 hours for the last two boards to dry. Instead, we spent the evening doing research on the next steps and also finding places where we can order our fins, fin boxes and leash plugs. We'll need these things here about half-way through the glassing process, so we'll have to get them shipped in the next day or so.

Attendees: Drew, Justin