Shop Time

I got busy for a little while. The spar is gettin' worked next. CNC is a state of mind.

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Set up

I notched out the ribs and tuned the spar. Here is how it's looking so far. Still lots of work to do.

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Got ribs, nose and tail pieces.

I cut out and sanded these parts today. I'll do my notching tomorrow and set this one up.

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New ribs

I cut out my spar and got it the way I want. The ribs are pretty easy to draw once the spar is done. I'm working from a spar patterns where the rib locations and lengths are known. That makes it easy to get the outline shape I want. Here are some tools of the trade.


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Blunt nose spar

I had fun transferring the spar drawing to the spar. Old school drafting is almost a lost art since the advent of CAD. This board has a nose rider profile. I decided against doing a nose concave.


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Starting a new project

I drew up the spar for my Blunt Nose. The board will be 9'2" long and share the same plain shape as my evolution longboard. It's got a noserider spar with 2" of nose and 4" of tail rocker. I'm looking forward to making the spar, ribs, nose and tail pieces in the next week.

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I'm thinkin' blunt nose.

I've seen a few and really like them. Thanks to Board Design and Austin Surfboards for the inspiration.

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