Anyone know a shaper that will allow you to shape with their assistance?

Call grain surfboards. I think they will be doing an east coast tour wih their Mobil classroom this summer. Not sure tho. It will put out 1700 bucks tho

 

If you are willing to head to the North Shore look up Chandler. He'll take you under his wing. He has a helper/sander named Turtle that may be jealous, but he'll come around. He'll teach you all about the North Shore and may let you stay with him.

Good luck at Pipe

 

$1700 to learn to shape A board!?!?!? Holy farking nut sack Batman are you kidding. And I thought only the Gnome who rides Charles bone charged outrageous prices, guess it's all the angry beaver builders who do huh.


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f**k you, you stole my idea!!

 

Yall both a day late, check out post 10 in this here thread.


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Lee is the man and has somewhat restored my faith in VBers. I was gonna be all disparaging cuz when I lived in VB it was the ultimate insider elitist D-baggery club... more so than anywhere else I have lived... in the industry and in the surf. Shoot, I remember people bagging on Austin when that guy started as an outsider. Just trying to get someone to talk to you in a shop was a hassle let alone getting a job slanging tees....then again Freedom SS changed the scene somewhat. I can't remember the original owner's name before Chris but he was a cool dude as well.

 

Yeah 1700 is steep. That's why I'm offering old school chambered fish boards soon. My chambered boards are gonna be 60% complete made from cheap white cedar. First rail bands are put in with a router. All the builder needs to finish is some toung oil or resin and basic sanding tools. I offered some of these for Christmas upon peoples request and it seemed popular.

 

Maybe they charge $1700 because insurance is pretty steep? Saws and power handplaners can cut your fingers off. Those Grain dudes don't do foam core boards, do they? Maybe that price includes room, board and 3 squares? Should charge even more for keyboard jockeys and hipsters. Discount for licensed contractors. Why don't you visit those foamez guys in SoCal? Don't they rent bays and tools? And they can glass your lumpy crooked shaped blank too if I'm not mistaken. And mark the fins. And sink the boxes and leash cup. And the waves are probably better than where you are from, more than likely. $1700 would get me a whole month of surfari back pre family overhead days. Sounds like a surf trip to me...

 

Sounds pretty cool, but are you gonna charge $500,000 for them ?



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500 bucks for a shipped 60% completed old school chambered wooden fish. Builder only needs to shape the remainder of the wooden blank then seal with resin or oil. Pre set fcs twin plugs. Pre set vent. Pre set leash cup.

 

www.greenlightsurfsupply.com

Yep, Surfboard Shaping Mentor Classes are back on in conjunction with The East Coast Surfboard Factory.

Also, The East Coast Surfboard Factory is available to rent for board builders. Complete board builds start at only $265 for Factory members include shaping and glassing room rental time, all the materials [blank, glass, resin, paints, tints, finboxes, etc.], and consumables (brushes, tape, mixing buckets, etc.). Non member pricing starts at $400 per board. Email info@greenlightsurfsupply.com for more details.

~Brian
www.greenlightsurfsupply.com
Shape Your Surfing Experience

 

Wow man thats a pretty darn good deal. Nice to see you don't have the same pricing model/ego as Roy.

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I wouldn't pre-set the FCS plugs for two reasons.

First - i just think the board should be completely shaped, especially the hard rail edge and foiling before the fins location is finalized.

Second - fin location and toe in angle is matter of personal preference and depends on what twinnie fins you plan to install (i.e. keels, uprights, double foiled) Why not provide some suggestion on fin location, but leave the final decision to the rider.

 

I agree with Mitchell but would also add the Futures kick FCS A$$!!!


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Hey Nick.
I offer limited one on one classes if that interests you. I've had some very happy people go through the class and great feedback from everyone.

More info here: malwitzsurfboards.com/syob

 

Pre setting is fine to do before glassing or sealing on wooden boards in my opinion because once you set them into the blocks you still seal around them quite well it only requires you to be careful to not get resin in or on them, taping off the plug works too.. But usually your right it's not ideal but for someone who wants to shape a wooden blank and not fiddle around with routing hardware this option is good I think. Besides if you seal with oil this isn't as much a big deal.

And I've only sold one blank like this, it was upon request, I can put the plugs whit any toe angle really but it's simpler to set em in free running and suggest that the rider uses free running twins.. Keeping it simple and cheap is all. That's what people want withe surfboards I find, very pice sensitive.

As for positioning of the plugs in regard to the rails, I do the first rail bands with a router so it's accurate as to the finished rail shape in relation to the pre set fcs plugs.