![]() ![]() So instead of getting a perfect deckline Im going to have to settle for something that I now is not perfectĪll backyarders, sit back, look, relax, pick and read your blank better than I, learn from others mistakes, and if you make one yourself, share it but still have fun. My mistake was I did not look at the blank and read it properly before picking up the planer in excitment and just got stuck in focusing so hard I forgot about the next step. Focus on the board, not the complexity of the tool. usually you will cut the lines of deck or bottom with a x axis speed around 7.000 mm. Problem was, I was concentrating so hard on the rocker, whittling away all happy like and focused, focus focus on the task, withgoing food and drink till I got it, took 2 days of mucking around, dont laugh Then I looked at the deckline and planed to tie it all in, and screw me, the deck line would just not be there. AkuShaper automatically blends the shape of the board between the slices. but this was done for testing the maximum speed ( with this speed we cut a bottom in 5 minutes (24 lines) and top in 12 minutes 936 lines ). Contact AKU MACHINES With over a decade of experience and expertise in the industry. on my latest blank, I grapped her, skimmed the bottom, and really set my goal on the bottom rocker, I got it beautiful I tell ya, just beautiful. AKU SHAPER LEADING THE WAY IN SHAPING TECHNOLOGY Manufactured by Surf Shaper. Should I try and retain this, or go for the more traditional big single concave that you see on most simmons? The board is going to be used as a small wave cruiser.ĭiggerdickson wrote:Ok, let me tell you about my latest visit with the **** up fairy. One quick question - the original board had quite a deep double concave bottom (pictured below). ![]() ![]() Its going to be somewhere around 5'6"x 21 1/4 x 3, with about 45 litres of volume. Roughed out the outline, my son has done 85% of the work with me just helping and trying to provide some pointers (a bit of the blind leading the blind!!). Stripped the foam and knocked up some stands The one the simmons is coming out of was 8'8 "x 23" x3 1/2", so has plenty of foam for us to play with! I though I'd add a few progress shots of my first ever shaping attempt, after playing around in Aku Shaper for ages and thinking about lots of possibilities - my 8yr old son and I are taking on a father & son project and attempting to do a mini simmons.įirst step down this path was when we ran across two old sailboards at the local tip ($25 each!). ![]()
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