WOOD IS GOOD

 Bill Cilia, a mate of mine and surfboard builder (nirvana surfboards )

 has been restoring a balsa pig.

   The photos show Bill and the board through various stages of the restoration.

Unfortunately it is a no name, but the blank glue up and construction

was done by someone with a fair bit of skill for the time.

The timber fin was left intact, cleaned up and re glassed.

The board is 9ft long by 20 inches wide.

Viva the pig.

GLASS SAFE-SET

I've been meaning to do this for a while now.

I got hold of this Peter Clarke Tracker

with a Safe -Set box.

The fin that came with it is in great condition but too small.

Original fins are hard to come by, and by now are pretty brittle.

So I set about making a new glass fin to fit the original box.

I had some off cuts of a few layers of 4oz.

I cut them to fit the box and taped them together.

Next a small bog radius was put inside to hold things together.

Some glass tubing was cut and holes drilled in the bottom

of the box.

Then everything was fitted and screwed in place.

A total of three pours were made to fill the box. 

Pours finished and ready for some detailing.

Fitted.

 All I need to do now is restore the board.

GORDON WOODS EGG

Things are progressing.

The second bottom lam was done last weekend.

The fin has been set.

It's a Safe Set copy.

Set 14" up.

The bottom has been filler coated.

A bit of camber there.

New logo to hide that large gash in the deck lamed.

The deck has been sanded ready for gloss.

FRESHLY FOILED FINS

A bit of detailing by hand

and they'll be ready to set.

OLD FIN NEW FIN

Sadly someone thought this fin

would be better than the original fin.

So after some searching for photos or plans

this is what we came up with. Every photo showed a

slightly different shaped fin. Found some old plans

and went with the design on the plans.

GLASS CORED TIMBER FIN

This fin was originally planed for the

wasarescueboard 2 project.

It is a bit hard to tell the shape at this stage.

But I will add photos as it progresses.

Basically it is a curved trailing edge d-fin.

It has a 4mm glass core.

With 8mm Queensland maple

and balsa glued on each side.

FINZ

The blue one is for the yellow Dale.

The natural one is for the Jackson.

The fish fins are stockies.

FROM THIS, TO THIS, INTO THIS.

A new fin for my new 8'er.

Board shaped by Bill Cilia.

Nirvana Surfboards.