Winterstick DIY Swallowtail

firstlight · **Posted:** Sat Mar 05, 2011 9:28 pm

Just Finished doing all the inserts and all thats left to do is get a base grind and mount the hooks and nose clip.

I tried to colour match as much as possible but some of the fill in work is a bit "outside the lines" :doobie:

With a quick run through the stone grinder she will come up like new :headbang:

Inside edge

It looks like its going to be a bit of a hand full to skin and I may end up skinning with the straight edges on the inside, but will test both ways.

Snurfer · **Posted:** Sat Mar 05, 2011 9:59 pm

firstlight wrote:

It looks like its going to be a bit of a hand full to skin and I may end up skinning with the straight edges on the inside, but will test both ways.

True, but the ride down sure will be fun! :rock:

Nice work on the inserts and inner edge

nearls · **Posted:** Fri Mar 11, 2011 2:20 pm

Nice craftsmanship on this one Adam! Not sure I could have the heart and courage to put one like this through the saw.

firstlight · **Posted:** Fri Mar 11, 2011 3:12 pm

Nearls
No worries there I have another!

firstlight · **Posted:** Sun Apr 10, 2011 4:26 pm

Guys
The end result

Its starting to get cold here in the mornings and nights so winter is around the corner.

Cheers

Snurfer · **Posted:** Mon Apr 11, 2011 9:59 am

Nicely done Adam :clap:

May your winter be deep!

wasatch surf · **Posted:** Tue Apr 12, 2011 11:04 am

that is so awesome. what a beautiful board. cheers to a good winter!

chrisNZ · **Joined:** Sun Aug 01, 2010 5:18 am **Posts:** 262

How long dose it take you per board on average? They always look awesome!
i just trying some new side wall and no through hole stuff out not exactly happening quickly though.

richie · **Posted:** Sun Jun 26, 2011 8:20 pm

Nice work Adam!

Hey Chris, I have all the CAD sorted now for the voile puck inserts and heel risers , so we could nail one beautifully with waterjet cut and save you a whole lot of hassle. I have another board to cut so how about I see if we can find a deal for 2 boards? Keeping it economical? and we could cut some nice durasurf base patches to epoxy back in on top of the inserts. You keen?

Cheers
Rich

firstlight · **Posted:** Sun Jun 26, 2011 8:32 pm

Chris
The boards take no time at all now that I know the process. If you are doing the inside edge take you time and practice on a few rock boards first. The sidewall is the tricky bit to get nice. I can normaly do one from start to finish in 1 1/2 days then I wait a while for the base to be re-structured at the tuners.
Good luck.

chrisNZ · **Joined:** Sun Aug 01, 2010 5:18 am **Posts:** 262

richie wrote:

Nice work Adam!

Hey Chris, I have all the CAD sorted now for the voile puck inserts and heel risers , so we could nail one beautifully with waterjet cut and save you a whole lot of hassle. I have another board to cut so how about I see if we can find a deal for 2 boards? Keeping it economical? and we could cut some nice durasurf base patches to epoxy back in on top of the inserts. You keen?

Cheers
Rich

I got a new blade for the skilly and cut one up, came out sweet! thats was the easy part. Its doing the edge nicely thats tricky. I saw some pictures of ur profiles rich they look sweet.

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