Day 19 - Save the Fishes

Last night, Drew and I planned on trying to start and mostly finish his 6'2 Fish all in one night. Well, as things are prone to do, not much went as planned. What was almost a night of disaster turned out to be a success, although we spent so much time problem solving that we only got the board half-finished.

We started through the normal process of rough-sanding down the top and bottom and rails to get a semi-smooth finish where we could plane down the stringer and do some fine sanding. When we finished the rough sand though, we discovered that his board had a weird ripple in it, both top and bottom. We thought we could just sand it out, but it wouldn't go away, and the board was getting thinner while the ripple stayed. We were trying to decide whether to just keep going as it was, or whether to risk trying to fix it. We're obviously not experienced enough to know what will work and what won't, but Drew decided it was best to try and fix it anyway, as the ripple would cause serious issues if we left it.

So, we did our measurements and drew some lines, and broke out the surform and went to town. Drew did an awesome job of getting the board smoothed out and blended in, and by the end of the night, the Fish looked good as new, although probably 1/4" thinner all around.

Attendees: Drew, Justin