I Made a Wooden Surfboard

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I made a wooden surfboard a while ago, as well as this video. Took me about 6 months, on and off, to make this thing and a learnt a lot, having never done anything like this before. Having access to space and equipment at work was handy but there's nothing here that a person needs to do that couldn't be done at home. I did crazy things like make my own leg rope plug and so on - as if the job wasn't big enough. I used a marine ply frame, cedar cladding & fin and I developed a strong understanding of epoxy which I had never used before and ended up using for all my adhesion as well glassing. The addition of thickeners makes it endlessly versatile and user friendly. I watched a million RU-vid videos and made the rest up as I went along. I also crashed my Mt Bike half way through the process - just in case you wonder what happened to my face. The board's pretty light and surfs really well - despite the rubbish footage at the end - I'm more of a short rather than long boarder! Extremely satisfying to finish and ride at my local break.
DISCLAIMER- I do not own any audio used in this video and is used for entertainment purposes only.

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@Paulinodiazlorenzo 2 месяца назад

Excelente trabajo!👌 saludos desde Tenerife🍀🏝️

@YourOwnWay 26 дней назад

Perfection. And a well-edited video.

@fergusward237 2 месяца назад

Thanks for taking us on the journey. What a beautiful board and piece of work.

@poncharello100 2 месяца назад

Great piece of work!!! I did the same myself, first ever. Made a lot of mistakes, rushed too much, but turned out quite OK. I am going for my second. I did learn some tricks watching your video, so thanks! Best, F.

@moisesgomez5593 2 месяца назад

A fascinating and relaxing video that is worth watching from start to finish. And what can I say about the work, I don't have better words to say how incredible it turned out, but it is impressive. I watched several similar videos, which were good, but this one is the best of all. Thanks for sharing your experience.

@lolanimals6353 15 дней назад

u are an artist ♥♥♥♥♥

@bengeeman 2 года назад

super impressed Fitzy. Next project, an Ark!

@zdedesigns_gliders 3 месяца назад

Thoroughly enjoyed it.

@jimdow6470 3 месяца назад

Bloody good job!

@vincentmontero7848 8 месяцев назад

Wha t an artist ! Beautiful ! Adorable relationship with daughter as a father makes me think of my boys

@upstatecre8 4 месяца назад

I have made about ten of these boards. I appreciate the steps you took in regards to detail on the vent plug and the treatment of the interior of the board. Isn’t the best part when you wet that board with resin and watch the grain pop out at ya?

@challett3991 7 месяцев назад

Beautiful build 👌 well we'll put together video too. In just about to start my first wooden board and so excited to experience the process. Having been a carpenter for 13 years in surprised I haven't done this sooner, hopefully it all goes okay, no doubt I'll come back to this video to reference throughout my build

@martinseu 3 месяца назад

Sensacional !!!

@bradymcphail9690 11 месяцев назад

This was a fantastic video! I had such great memories building big projects with my sons, and I can’t wait to build surfboards with my granddaughter. Hopefully we can surf together for a very long time. Even as important, build boards with my boys again… very special video!

@christianvinas4471 2 года назад

Beautiful work. Thanks for sharing! Congrats from Argentina, in the south atlantic coast.

@seanfitzgerald5403 Год назад

Thank you! Cheers!

@kingspaz111 8 месяцев назад

Special man

@avialbersbenchamo4797 6 месяцев назад

Amazing grace

@fattoamanowoodwork3638 Год назад

Amazing mate. I made one on a course very similar to your techniques. Nice one!

@user-fs2li2wd1y 9 месяцев назад

Gracias

@lenabezier Год назад

Magnifique...

@bitsurfer0101 3 месяца назад

I really liked watching your process. Did you just 'glass the fin in place?

@seanfitzgerald5403 Месяц назад

Yep. Actually, it is the only part of the process I didn't really video and I really wish I had. I used the usual method which includes twisting lengths of fiberglass strands soaked in epoxy and building up a layer of glass and epoxy around the base of the fin. Obviously there are heaps of videos out there detailing this process but I wish I had videoed this as I did so on my board! Cheers, Sean.

@hamidraz-mh4lq Месяц назад

Hello my friend How can i get the cutting drawing of main structure

@danielbarbieri8199 7 месяцев назад

Nice build, I like very much the idea. But how is it to surf a wooden surfboard ? Rails need some knowledge..., and bottom contour seems difficult to be other than more or less flat. Putting some varnish on the inside add some weight to I guess an already heavy board. How is it to surf it ?

@seanfitzgerald5403 Месяц назад

Surfs beautifully and a lot better than I really hoped for. It turns incredibly well for a long board and it is my 'go to' when the conditions suit a long board rather than short.

@joegreen9827 2 года назад

killer

@hossam186 Год назад

Beautiful work of art, i would like to try to build one myself could you please share the digital plans you used please. appreciate it thanks.

@shayneevans6814 2 года назад

Nice work on the board, addition to detail is next level. What software did you use to create the inside frame?

@seanfitzgerald5403 2 года назад

AkuShaper. Then I used a program that I can't even remember the name of to convert the files into a full sized printable version that I printed on A3 and stuck to the ply.

@mikevkshema 2 года назад

Beautiful work, thanks for sharing the process with us. Where did you learn to do the hollow rails?

@seanfitzgerald5403 2 года назад

Thanks Mike. I learnt the rail process through a combination of the wood tech teacher at my school, RU-vid videos and experimentation. This 'cove and bead' method was extremely satisfying but also very time consuming. Next time around I would be inclined to simply stack 6x4mm strips (6 to 8mm high) on top of each other along the length of the rail. This would result in a sort of stepped finish that I would simply shape up using a block plane. The cove and bead involver a whole lot or steaming and bending to cope with the vertical orientation that gradually changed into a horizontal orientation at the end of each strip. Anyhow, once done it was so good but did take a huge amount of time.

@mikevkshema 2 года назад

@@seanfitzgerald5403 Thanks Sean, the cove and bead looks great and I am sure saved some weight as well. Congrats on persevering! I've done the solid rails process and it gives a lot of flexibility when shaping the rails but it does add more weight to overall build.

@user-fs2li2wd1y 9 месяцев назад

Buenos días amigos me gustaría hacer una tabla de esas para regalar a mi hija, me gustaría saber si me pueden enviar a mi correo las plantillas para poder hacer el patrón, gracias omar de Venezuela

@nicobaco817 2 года назад

Hola amigo estoy iniciando un proyecto con una mini Malibú de 8 pies, viendo tu vídeo pasabas una plancha sobre el deck, esto para que sirve? Saludos

@seanfitzgerald5403 2 года назад

Some of the cedar required bending which is much much easier once it has been steamed. I actually split the top deck - as you see in the video - when I attempted to shape it up dry but once repaired I was able to steam it like crazy and then it bent to the shape. All a bit nerve wracking! Parte del cedro requería doblarse, lo cual es mucho más fácil una vez que se ha cocido al vapor. De hecho, partí la cubierta superior, como se ve en el video, cuando intenté darle forma en seco, pero una vez que la reparé, pude vaporizarla como un loco y luego se dobló para darle la forma. ¡Todo un poco estresante!