Monday, October 8, 2007

Skimboard Test # 2

The top & bottom skins & rails were done during an afternoon. Not bad! Then laid it up on the rocker table and glued & clamped it.
The rocker table was a simple effort from reclaimed 2x4 and some IKEA fasteners.
You see that the poplar ply stringers are also flat and being bent on the table. A previous testpiece helped me learn that the glued laminate construction (and shear) helps keep the rocker intact.
Advice that you can never have enough clamps.
Gluing on the top skin several days later. By the way I am using the Bison (Konstructielijm - D4) - standard single component marine quality PU glue as far as I can tell.
I did put a bit of extra padding to avoid any marking of the top skin
Sanding up. Just need to work on this a bit and she'll be ready for glassing.
Still stuffing around looking for a good venting solution (for such a thin board)
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