Fin box full of epoxy

post a pic

 

Dremel. No seriously they have all kinds of brushes, drills and bits available. Just wear some goggles and a dust mask and proceed with a light touch.

 

good on you for keeping it original.

 

Towelie, I'm glad to see you follow propre safety protocol.

BWM howzit brah?

 

I wouldn't use a dremel as it would because the lack of control by freehanding it will make your slot very jiggy. I have worked production glassing for quite a long time and I took a flat blade screwdriver and ground it to match the width of the slot so I could dig out excess resin. Happened a lot and still does. You see, if a surface is not prepped to have resin stick to it then it won't. Chances are the resin will chip out fairly easily, if not then bump the screwdriver lightly w/ a small hammer and use a fulcrum (a doorshim will work) for the flat blade to push and chip it out. If the screw plate was placed in the box w/ no outlet slot then a dremel will work to make a diagonal slot to get it out and an new one in but you have to be careful not to booger it up. Good luck.

 

router

 

Seldom! Lets go waveriding and talk music! Waiting for my time in the water. This summah has been a ride. Moved out, lived with my inlaws, moved into a new place, had baby #2, shook the law , and now am waiting for some water time. Just got my hands on my custom Roberts dreamcatcher and am hoping to get it wet ASAP. Shakas to you and to all kind swellers.... and to everyone else... "Go ahead...go shred"

 

or this^^^ good call if it comes off

 

It would be nice to know ahead of time if the reason he decided to just dump resin in the box to secure the fin is because the box was damaged.

If this is a fins unlimited type of box with the slot and plate, I'm not sure I see how you get the resin out from underneath where the fin box widens back out to allow the plate to slide back and forth.

 

What dims did you get on that DreamCatcher??? I just ordered one 5'9"x 19 3/4x 2 9/16 supposed to be 32liters.... Superpumped!

 

I have a Greg knoll that my bro snapped the fin back in the 80's....he had it repaired but they glassed the fin in...Iam pretty sure it was a fin box...I would love to put a similar fin box in...gonna have to take it off the wall and check it out.

 

Mitch is right. If the box has a slot and plate, forget it. I'd just build a jig and use a router to rout the whole box out. If it's a rider, and you intend to ride the board, you want it to be functional. Put a new box in. It's authenticity and value has already compromised when they glassed in the fin.

 

If the resin chips easily, there are light wire brushes available to dremel that are very non-intrusive. As per lack of control - this varies on the user, and like I said, light touch. They even have buffing and polishing wheels. If I had more room, I'd say send it over, I'd give it a shot. Wouldn't make it worse, that's for sure.

SS, I use dremel for a lot of things, predominantly for engraving and cutting glass, so I learned to respect safety the annoying way - aka washing out glass dust from skin and eyes. You get to learn the value of goggles quick, plus working underwater. I use the dremel extension, and work with the medium submerged in a bucket of water, that minimizes dust, cools the glass and the cutter, and also minimizes the clean up time. Just need to oil the extension properly, but even if it rusts up - it's a small financial set back opposed to medical attention.

 

You can slide a variation of this into the slot where the plate from the fin screw goes, level it and clean.



It's nylon, you can also get a soft metal brush which wouldn't scratch up the box too bad. and you can cut around the wires to make it exactly the size of the slot below.

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