I Made a Wooden Surfboard

[@bradymcphail9690]

Man, I re-watched again today, so excellent! I hope we can make it to our dream home with my dream shop to build my dream projects… when I get down & thinking it will not happen, I watch favorite videos and get inspired again…

[@upstatecre8]

I have made about ten of these boards. I appreciate the steps you took in regards to detail on the vent plug and the treatment of the interior of the board. Isn’t the best part when you wet that board with resin and watch the grain pop out at ya?

[@aliserhatyucel1322]

good jop.tnks for sharing

[@card_stock_gliders]

Thoroughly enjoyed it.

[@fergusward237]

Thanks for taking us on the journey. What a beautiful board and piece of work.

[@bengeeman]

super impressed Fitzy. Next project, an Ark!

[@KarlKoerner-s8l]

Congratulations! I've done my own board too, but I started with a 5'2 mini simmons. 😄 I will do a longboard anyday. Very nice to watch this video.

[@seanfitzgerald5403]

Many thanks and Good luck!

[@jimdow6470]

Bloody good job!

[@vincentmontero7848]

Wha t an artist ! Beautiful ! Adorable relationship with daughter as a father makes me think of my boys

[@YourOwnWay]

Perfection. And a well-edited video.

[@ianski65]

Very tasty indeed, and I do appreciate a chap who goes out to the garage or workshop in his best clothes…🤙🏼

[@seanfitzgerald5403]

Ha! Yes, stayed in. my work clothes most of the time as I added on a little extra each day at the close of trade, so to speak. :-)

[@moisesgomez5593]

A fascinating and relaxing video that is worth watching from start to finish. And what can I say about the work, I don't have better words to say how incredible it turned out, but it is impressive. I watched several similar videos, which were good, but this one is the best of all. Thanks for sharing your experience.

[@challett3991]

Beautiful build 👌 well we'll put together video too. In just about to start my first wooden board and so excited to experience the process. Having been a carpenter for 13 years in surprised I haven't done this sooner, hopefully it all goes okay, no doubt I'll come back to this video to reference throughout my build

[@Paulinodiazlorenzo]

Excelente trabajo!👌 saludos desde Tenerife🍀🏝️

[@poncharello100]

Great piece of work!!! I did the same myself, first ever. Made a lot of mistakes, rushed too much, but turned out quite OK. I am going for my second. I did learn some tricks watching your video, so thanks! Best, F.

[@effincamo6480]

Nice journey, thanks for sharing😊

[@bradymcphail9690]

This was a fantastic video! I had such great memories building big projects with my sons, and I can’t wait to build surfboards with my granddaughter. Hopefully we can surf together for a very long time. Even as important, build boards with my boys again… very special video!

[@christianvinas4471]

Beautiful work. Thanks for sharing! Congrats from Argentina, in the south atlantic coast.

[@seanfitzgerald5403]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@fattoamanowoodwork3638]

Amazing mate. I made one on a course very similar to your techniques. Nice one!

[@lolanimals6353]

u are an artist ♥♥♥♥♥

[@avialbersbenchamo4797]

Amazing grace

[@YorkTrader]

🤙🤙🤙🏄‍♂🤙🤙🤙

[@bitsurfer0101]

I really liked watching your process. Did you just 'glass the fin in place?

[@seanfitzgerald5403]

Yep. Actually, it is the only part of the process I didn't really video and I really wish I had. I used the usual method which includes twisting lengths of fiberglass strands soaked in epoxy and building up a layer of glass and epoxy around the base of the fin. Obviously there are heaps of videos out there detailing this process but I wish I had videoed this as I did so on my board! Cheers, Sean.

[@seanfitzgerald5403]

Yeah I did. It was the only thing I didn't properly video (which I now regret). I used twisted strands of fiberglass that I laid next to the base of the fin to add strength to the join. There is a special name for these. strips but I can't remember what it is.

[@martinseu]

Sensacional !!!

[@kingspaz111]

Special man

[@OmarMachado-o8w]

Gracias

[@danielbarbieri8199]

Nice build, I like very much the idea. But how is it to surf a wooden surfboard ? Rails need some knowledge..., and bottom contour seems difficult to be other than more or less flat. Putting some varnish on the inside add some weight to I guess an already heavy board. How is it to surf it ?

[@seanfitzgerald5403]

Surfs beautifully and a lot better than I really hoped for. It turns incredibly well for a long board and it is my 'go to' when the conditions suit a long board rather than short.

[@lenabezier]

Magnifique...

[@champtiangson58]

nice job sir.. may i ask where can i get templates? thank you in advance...godbless

[@seanfitzgerald5403]

Hey Hi. I guess I could email you the PDF. I wish I could just attach it to the KZbin post for anyone to have. Anyhow, let me know if you are still interested and would like me to email it to you or if you have a better way. Cheers, Sean.

[@sebamartin728]

👏👏👏

[@mikevkshema]

Beautiful work, thanks for sharing the process with us. Where did you learn to do the hollow rails?

[@seanfitzgerald5403]

Thanks Mike. I learnt the rail process through a combination of the wood tech teacher at my school, KZbin videos and experimentation. This 'cove and bead' method was extremely satisfying but also very time consuming. Next time around I would be inclined to simply stack 6x4mm strips (6 to 8mm high) on top of each other along the length of the rail. This would result in a sort of stepped finish that I would simply shape up using a block plane. The cove and bead involver a whole lot or steaming and bending to cope with the vertical orientation that gradually changed into a horizontal orientation at the end of each strip. Anyhow, once done it was so good but did take a huge amount of time.

[@mikevkshema]

@@seanfitzgerald5403 Thanks Sean, the cove and bead looks great and I am sure saved some weight as well. Congrats on persevering! I've done the solid rails process and it gives a lot of flexibility when shaping the rails but it does add more weight to overall build.

[@shayneevans6814]

Nice work on the board, addition to detail is next level. What software did you use to create the inside frame?

[@seanfitzgerald5403]

AkuShaper. Then I used a program that I can't even remember the name of to convert the files into a full sized printable version that I printed on A3 and stuck to the ply.

[@hamidraz-mh4lq]

Hello my friend How can i get the cutting drawing of main structure

[@seanfitzgerald5403]

Hey Hi. I guess I could email you the PDF. I wish I could just attach it to the KZbin post for anyone to have. Anyhow, let me know if you are still interested and would like me to email it to you or if you have a better way. Cheers, Sean.

[@christopherdallarosa3526]

Loved the video. Would you be willing to share your plans?

[@hossam186]

Beautiful work of art, i would like to try to build one myself could you please share the digital plans you used please. appreciate it thanks.

[@seanfitzgerald5403]

Hey Hi. I know this was all so long ago. If you are still interested I guess I could email you the PDF. I wish I could just attach it to the KZbin post for anyone to have. Anyhow, let me know if you are still interested and would like me to email it to you or if you have a better way. Cheers, Sean.

[@onthewayofhome]

@@seanfitzgerald5403 Hello, first of all thank you for your detailed processes, I really appreciate your effort. Great job !! Could you please share the plans? I would love to give a try for my own boar, following up your style.

[@nicobaco817]

Hola amigo estoy iniciando un proyecto con una mini Malibú de 8 pies, viendo tu vídeo pasabas una plancha sobre el deck, esto para que sirve? Saludos

[@seanfitzgerald5403]

Some of the cedar required bending which is much much easier once it has been steamed. I actually split the top deck - as you see in the video - when I attempted to shape it up dry but once repaired I was able to steam it like crazy and then it bent to the shape. All a bit nerve wracking! Parte del cedro requería doblarse, lo cual es mucho más fácil una vez que se ha cocido al vapor. De hecho, partí la cubierta superior, como se ve en el video, cuando intenté darle forma en seco, pero una vez que la reparé, pude vaporizarla como un loco y luego se dobló para darle la forma. ¡Todo un poco estresante!

[@OmarMachado-o8w]

Buenos días amigos me gustaría hacer una tabla de esas para regalar a mi hija, me gustaría saber si me pueden enviar a mi correo las plantillas para poder hacer el patrón, gracias omar de Venezuela

[@joegreen9827]

killer

[@JoseDelRio-xe6vy]

MASTER

[@louisverger146]

Magnifique..