![]() ![]() It was from 5'8" micro-mal from a big rotten longboard. First one took.I don't want to talk about it. I've only done two boards, both manually, both the low tech (or slow tech) method (no planer, just surform, sandpaper, and screens, and a hand planer for the stringer, grand total <$50 for "tools"). I would suggest doing at least some by hand because, 1) it makes you appreciate the process so much more, 2) it is fun, 3) chicks dig it, and 4) dudes dig it too. I don't know for sure, but I think the machining costs ~50 per board at the aps3000 shape near me. Have you tried AKU? Don't know the price of shape3d, but it is hard to beat free.Īs for using machines as opposed to doing the shaping yourself, whatever. And report back to all of us, 'kay?ĪKU shaper (or APS 3000) is free. But try the APS3000 or akushaper, then see if the cost of the other justifies the expense. AKU SHAPER DEMO SOFTWAREWhy buy Shape3D when there is an adequate free product available? You have the software experience, so you get to decide. ![]() It's gravy that once in a while I can scrape enough from it to build my next board. Myself, I don't do this for money, I need to keep in practice and I enjoy the creative part of it. Sure just about all the production guys are having their blanks machined, then finished by ghosts who use a template to sign the Big Guy's name.īut I still think you should get into the process for your own enjoyment, so you can appreciate what goes on, and to see the shape "grow" from the blank as you work it. I think you ought to do a few by hand, at least until you get comfy with the physical aspect of it. The other hand tools and materials are change compared to the machine prices. Nowadays a Makita knock-off is $40 on the 'bay. ![]() I've told a lot of guys that come to me for boards that if they watch once, and I watch the next two times, they will have the skills to make a board that surfs better than they do. Why not put down the planer and pick up the mouse?īackground: shaped in the back yard since '69, glassed three akushaped boards for someone else, got akushaper 2 weeks ago and sitting on the machine in the evenings, I think I can make it do what the machine needs.īut I got the program (freeeeee, of course) to design my next brain fart, a hollow woody. Why should I pick up a planer? I read shapers on sways incouraging beginners to not use a surform as a crutch and pick up the planer. They go from the cutting shop to the glass shop and then to the rack. There are plenty of shapers that aren't even touching their boards. Maybe, build a couple for friends and family. ![]() I just want to get my own program going where I do the production of my own boards. Please note I am not claiming a wealth of surfboard design knowledge. What do you guys think about skipping the learning curve of mastering hand shaping and instead using a machine? I mean no disrespect to the craft of hand shaping but I have already mastered the computer. I want to finish and glass the boards myself and put in all the details. I have an advanced understanding of visualizing and designing things on a computer. >I'm not sure how much it costs, but if you're only doing 3-4 boards a year.shape those puppies yourself. ![]()
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