Me and Quiver, originally uploaded by Form<->Function.

Here is the quiver shot from the other day. (or rather one of them)

Will try some time with better light later. Maybe get some advice from someone who knows photography better than I.

The colors look pretty nice against the grass though. Almost like a bunch of candy.

Mmmmmm…. board candy.

Surfmobile, originally uploaded by Form<->Function.

I just got this new (old) car, a Volvo 740 wagon.

As you can see, she can hold a few boards. Was just running these boards out to take some photos.

I have to do a little work on it, tuning her up so she runs sweet.

Hopefully I’ll be using it to go on a surf trip soon, and I can get a pic of her on the road. …..hopefully mother nature will ablige and send some of those tropical storms up the Atlantic instead of into the Gulf.

Railshot, originally uploaded by Form<->Function.

I love it when you start with a rectangular block of foam and you look for the shape inside of it. You then work away at it and the shape starts to come out.

Slowly; with each pass of the planer; new lines appear. Lines that follow the curve of the rocker and thickness of the foil.

And then all those curved lines start to blend into the final form and you are left with these sensuous curves and shadows; and the soft whiteness of the foam in the shaping bay lights.

Quad Fins, originally uploaded by Form<->Function.

Quad Fins

Here is the set of qooden Canard Quads that I made for myself. They are made of Palisander, and Maple with Ebony pinlines.

This is the 3rd set of fins I have made so far. I think from now on if I am making fins to fit into boxes that I will make a mold/jig setup and use the ‘potting’ method to make the bases. It takes a lot of finicking and sanding to get the bases to fit into the boxes properly and getting them to screw in to the proper angle is difficult.

As far as the foiling goes… well we’ll see if they make humming or whistling sounds or feel like brakes instead of fins. But they should go, the foils look ok on them. …..practice practice.

They do look pretty nice though. The inspiration for these comes from John Cherry Woodcraft and 101 Fin Co. both of whom are making beautiful fins. I found out about both of them from cruising around the Moonlight Glassing blog

Quad Fish, originally uploaded by Form<->Function.

This is a quad Fish I just made for myself.

6′6″ x 16 1/2″ x 21 1/2″ x 16 1/2″ x 2 1/2″

Probox fin system with their plastic quad fin set. I have a set of wood ones I made that I should finish up very soon. I’ll post pics of those when they are done and one the board.

Resin swirl bottom with clear, green, blue and yellow resin. Came out pretty nice, darker than I wanted, but it is growing on me. And I am anxious to try out the adjustable fin system as well as the wood fins I made. Clear deck with black pinline on the cutlap.

Jesse’s Board, originally uploaded by Form<->Function.

Here is the finished deck.

6′2″ x 14″ x 19 7/8″ x 15″ x 2 1/2″

Quad fin setup on the same outline as Marc’s northern pike, with a slightly pulled in tail.

Faded orange spray on the deck with a gloss finish.

Had fun doing these last 2 boards. Worked from the idea of a pre-existing board that both of them liked, mixing 2 templates that I have to make a similar shape, and changing it up a bit for Jesse who wanted a bit more hold than the pre-existing shape has.

Good fun, and they both turned out great.

Marc’s Board, originally uploaded by Form<->Function.

Finished sanding and polishing it up on Sunday afternoon. Ready to be picked up.

6′2″ x 14″ x 20″ x 15 1/2″ x 2 1/2″

Tri-fin, sort of hybrid pseudo-fish. I am wondering if I should call it a northern pike or something.

Clear glass job with black pinline on the deck and a gloss finish.

Taping, originally uploaded by Form<->Function.

I put in another day of work today on 2 boards for friends of mine. I put the gloss coat on Marc’s board which is looking nice, though it’ll need fine sanding. Doesn’t seem to be any way I can cut the dust down in my shop. …..big old building so I guess I may have to live with a little extra sanding for now. …and sanding is so much fun!

Here I am in this pic laying down tape on Jesse’s board. I put down a nice thin black pinline on it to accent the spray on the deck. Came out very sharp looking.

Board Lammed 2, originally uploaded by Form<->Function.

Way too hot to do much of anything tonight, so why not get more done in the shop?!

Wanted to get both Marc and Jesse’s boards done as much as possible this week, so I put a lot of time in and they should be all done for early next week. Have some repairs on a couple of boards to do in between steps as well, so I am keeping busy.

Both of the boards are coming out very well. I am just as anxious as Jesse and Marc to see them finished.

Repair Before:After, originally uploaded by Form<->Function.

My friend Eric hit a rock while surfing in Scotland recently, so he brought his board by to have a little surgery done.

The fin ripped right out of the box, tearing part of it out, and put a nice ding on one of the rails. Definitely a testament to the installation by Harbour, fin gone, chunks of fin box taken out and only a few hairline cracks in the glass at the front of the box.

I very carefully routed out the old box, and then put in a new one. I filled in the rail ding and then patched it with some glass. I also put a patch of glass over the fin box, figuring that I should do it as strong as the first install. Sanded it all and then polished it up.

I’ll have to get a little polyester resin to have on hand for repairs on tinted poly boards like this one. The epoxy doesn’t polish up the same as poly, so you can clearly see the glass patch, which doesn’t show on the white boards I have fixed, but on the red tint…