Thank you very much, it helps me a lot for my first glassing job on my wooden longboard.

If I was doing a remake of “The Karate Kid” I’d have you as Mr. Miyagi showing Daniel the proper moves with your shaping strokes, instead of “wax on, wax off.” Speed it up to 2x and it almost balletic. Like you’re shaping flow into it, which I guess you are in a way.

this blew my mind.

I have a board with the rails I like what’s best method to make rail gauge , I saw you use wire , I tried fence tying wire aluminum but it keeps bending back and doesn’t hold shape of the rail exactly . Is there different method and do you have different rails on different types boards cuz when I surf boards with thicker rails it doesn’t turns as well as use like

Sounds like a router

If only it was that easy!

Nice technique, i might try that even something in-between just rolling up the rails , should save heaps of resin .

Thanks for sharing mate! Lots of hard work and love in your shapes 🙌

Are you related to Walter, Blake and cheryl-ann ?

He used 60 grit.

That’s amazing! Thank you. A question, please…. Will this work just as well using EPOXY and 6 Oz cloth on EPS? EDIT: In another comment he said it works with epoxy and really well with tint too. Don’t know about using 6 oz cloth and EPS yet though.

That board on the floor looks sick is it a longboard or egg ?

Belo trabalho !!

Excelente video .disculpa como se llama ese dispositivo que husas con el lápiz gracias

Finally found this after lots of deep dive in the interwebs! Thanks for sharing. Still a little bit confused as to what you are pressing/bending with the screw driver… is it the teeth on the index plate that you push up outa the way? Or is it the metal slide that extends out of the opening that tells you what depth you’re at that gets bent? I don’t want to accidentally damage anything I can’t undo, but there’s no clear video anywhere that shows how to make this crucial mod. Any info detailing what you’re bending would be appreciated! Thanks Matt 🙏🏼

Well done! The principles are the same, but I bet your hands are sore.

This guy's an this guy's an idiot you don't use somebody else's surfboards to shape your template

What do you do if your rocker bar is shorter than your board?

Have you tried this again recently?

Matt Tim Bessell shapes decks and bottoms with a belt sander .There is a vid on YT of him doing it . I gotta get one now .

Legend

This just de mystified laminating for me. Great method thanks

I watched twice so don't think I missed it but how to mark out the transition of the corner radius which on my boards is about 1/64th or less along the rail near the fins, and transitioning up to an inch or more of radius in the middle and then of course decreasing again but never as hard as a 64th toward the nose?

Can it work to remove dents from an already laminated board? 😬

that tip about having the blade slightly askew was so so helpful, brought my stringer from a potential botch job to half decent, cheers!

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got a new board from you guys recently in the north shore 🤙

This is exactly what has happend to me, after looking at the board finished i started "seeing" these flaws, yet the outline doesn't seem, to my lay eye, to be wavy. How can this be fixed? Thanks¡

I just finished shaping my first board and I realized i have a slightly thiker side. What are the concequences of such a flaw in the water? And Is there a way to fix it without altering the outline?

How to even out thickness if its a little uneven

Man, you make everything looks so easy! The shaping as well, amazing!! Thanks for sharing

This is Brilliant! Thank you! I've been wondering how to make one of these 🤙

This one is now outdated as 124° is the new one?

Mahalo nui loa, Hawaiian.

Matt, thanks for sharing, but i got a question, base on your knolege what is the Best minimun and maximun tail rocker a board can have, don't know if the question is right or if You get the idea of it.😅

Is that grit 40 on the soft pad after the Hitachi?

How much should you save of the vertical side wall? Since most boards don't have a vertical side wall I guess you blend close to 0 at the end?

How much do you shape the bottom up (towards the deck) or how much do you leave in tolerance to skim the deck for a finished thickness? ie; 3" starting blank, wanting 2 1/2" for example? Thank you for all of your information and effort to video, explain, and reply. 😊

How do you avoid these electric shocks? I have almost the same setup but when i use the planer (makita kpo800k), i always get electric shocks....

How beautiful does that tail look 😍😍😍 Thank you for your efforts to film, on top of working. Much appreciated!

very impressive! what grit and disc hardness do you use with the sanding machine?

Super! I'm currently making a handful of boards after only ever having made a dozen, the last one being 30 yrs ago. 2 days ago I had to strip a lam off because it kicked before I had the rails wet out and down (I misread the uv directions by a factor of x10 haha). I did ok with my next try last night, but since one of the shapes is in EPS foam, I'm gonna have your heart attack unless I can double speed my game. Your method looks like a real viable alternative and I will try it on the other boards first (the epoxy last). However, since I'm double glassing the decks: How does this method work for 2 layers - just paint it a bit thicker initially? Thanks so much for this vid!

Love those rails !!!!

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The forbidden flour 😂

You should do a series from begging to end

Good video. I'm 72 I've surfed in south Africa through the the 60s 70s 80s 90 ofs 2000s then I had a heart attack at 64 and the coma and that's what fucked it up . In the uk . Ifyou have a coma You completely forget how to surf and it's like a child having to learn all over again. I I started from scratch and do a dozen popups atleast every day. Still haven't stood up fully yet but our surf in Torquay Devon is shit so it's not helping .want to buy a car now just to reach the waves. I make boards at home and that keeps me satisfied just paddling them on the Torbay flat lake.. keep up the great videos you a great surfer thanks....

Goes to prove that even what we regard is the easy part of glassing takes thought and care . This guy is good it takes me twice as long

Amazing work men

That was really great! Inspired to try one of these with out the use of many tools.