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Re: GB70 course racing board

Postby gbleck » Mon Mar 26, 2012 1:31 pm

Just that you need to drill down a bit past the install depth.

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Re: GB70 course racing board

Postby gbleck » Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:29 pm

The wait is over!

Sorry for the delay in posting. The board is at this point almost done. Just need to do the final post paint sand and glue the pads on. On the plus side I have started editing the vids for length. The long boring parts are now at supper fast speed.

The next video shows cutting the glass on the bottom. I did two layers of 6 oz glass on the bottom with 6 oz patches around the fins. The deck is two layers of 6 oz e-glass with a full size deck patch and a patch of 6 under the feet at a 45/45 angle. The board is a bit to heavy with this much glass on a 2# eps blank. It will however be hard to break. The next one I build is going to be lighter.


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Re: GB70 course racing board

Postby gbleck » Thu Apr 19, 2012 12:46 am

Glassing the bottom.

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Re: GB70 course racing board

Postby JMF » Thu Apr 19, 2012 11:18 am

Looking good. Was wandering when you would be back :)

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Re: GB70 course racing board

Postby gbleck » Wed Apr 25, 2012 5:17 am

This is the deck glassing stage of the build. At this point I put the full width deck patch and diagonally oriented heal area patches on. Combined with the 2 6oz E glass layers I put on over the hole deck that is 24 oz on the rails and feet. Should hold up to my limited skill at riding and massive skills at crashing. The target for this board is bombproof with a fast and easy build and semi inexpensive. If the shape rides ok I'll make a sandwich bagged carbon version latter.

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Re: GB70 course racing board

Postby Bille » Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:06 pm

gbleck wrote:The wait is over!

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Dudster --- is That you with the glasses ?

Ya Look like a Scientist ; and the quality of your work appears
to reflect just such !!! :D

Good JOB !!!!!

Bille

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Re: GB70 course racing board

Postby gbleck » Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:30 pm

Sanding... yada yada. Painting yada yada yada. Contact adhesive and pads, blah blah blah. I'll finish the build videos later but for now. It rides! Put it in for the first time last Sunday. To windy and wavy to ride well. Got in a second ride yesterday. Building was easy. Now the tricky part. Learing to ride it. Need less back foot. I'm going to try moving the front strap forward and maybe closer to centerline.

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Re: GB70 course racing board

Postby Bigdog » Mon Apr 30, 2012 8:03 pm

Thanks for the first ride video. It looks brutal! What size fins did you use? I need to finish my board to join in the brutality ;)

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Re: GB70 course racing board

Postby JMF » Mon Apr 30, 2012 8:37 pm

Nice one congrats. Was actually looking forward to sanding and painting vids :( What happened to your "mottled" effect you were going for?

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Re: GB70 course racing board

Postby JMF » Mon Apr 30, 2012 8:37 pm

Nice one congrats. Was actually looking forward to sanding and painting vids :( What happened to your "mottled" effect you were going for?


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