although its chrismas, i spent a few hour tinkering today, very close to finishing the laminate, one more stick on the tail and a little bit of molding around the nose, also sealed the deck into place

Coming along

Stuck down both side of the deck today along with nearly completing all the veneer, i think the Christmas deadline is out the window, however not to much work left to do (well past half way).

few pic of the veneer, it coming along

Still rapping the the veneer around the frame work, proving quite tricky and time consuming but is coming on and looking good. Alot more work needed to make it smooth and fair then the glassing, hopeful still get it finished before Christmas.

The Veneer

Started rapping the veneer around the skeleton frame, probable the trickiest part of the build, there a lot of curves of the frame the leaf has to follow.
It going aright, a little stressful working from the bottom to the deck, on the aft half and working forward to the more complex shapes of the nose

Assemble

 The assemble is going well, no hiccup yet, the only thing is the epoxy is taking ages to set (which is good and bad), got the longitudinal and the handle stuck and bolted in ( a little over engineered). moving it about it feels alot more rigid and the slight natural bending in the stringer has been straighten out.
so the next stage is starting the laminate, where it start getting tricky!

              The handle assemble, laminating it all before stick and bolting it to the rest of the skeleton frame to make sure it water resistant.

The Start of the Assemble

The rest of the material and tools have been brought so all that left to do is to assemble the boat, (easier said than done). Today everything up to the veneer was dry assemble, then dismantled,  the handle was position, drilled into place, fitted into the deck and glassed (when it assemble it will be near impossible to glass/ waterproof) and the transverse were all epoxied into place.
Hopeful tomorrow the veneer will be started or at least imminent.  one thing which might slow the process down a little is ambient  temperature is not to high for the epoxy, which take a little longer to set

Some finishes

Gone out and jumped the gun by buying a fin today along with some other finish, the fins a demo from Seabase, pretty straight with no rack so hopeful good at going in a straight line and the balance aspect,

a few other photos of progress, some of the smaller hidden bits through the production

Almost Ready for the Assembly

Got the veneer today looks very smart, a little bit lighter than expected but should do the job just as well, still need to purchase a few item, then will be continuing to assemble. Today the tail block has been stuck to the stringer, and final preparation before sticking things and bring it all up.

Resin and Veneer

Think West System epoxy is going to be used, i can get it from Scott Bader and i have just ordered the veneer

Veneer Sample

A sample bit of beech veneer which is going to be covering the frame, on the right side, a lick/ finished look and contrasted in the woods.

Cutting back

 the weight going to be a issue, trying at every opitunity drill holes, can still easily lift, so approximation around about 7-8kg? 

Over the Weekend

continuing progress...

Production So Far

                                                                     

























Cutting out the main structural longitudinal stringer out of a lovely piece of Mahogany, pretty tense.

And started cutting out and joining the transverse to the stringer

The Profile

The board

Side profile of  the board off AKU Shape softwear, used in coherence with drawings to establish a design, (the step down in the red line is a softwear fault and will not exist in the real deal)

Getting Set

Moved into the barn, have know got length of mahogany for the central structural  longitudinal on order and will be starting production in the next day or so.

Prep

About to embark on making this wooden paddle board, a prototype if you like. I'm finalizing design and drawing up to full scale, sourcing the timber, sheet material, veneers and glassing material required and every think else.