Fins and Things

I have been on a fin kick recently and having a lot of fun with some nice pieces of redwood. These fins will be part of a couple boards that are going to be in an art show opening next weekend, more details on that coming up.Yesterday I got my fin on and then we headed to the beach to enjoy the weather and the surf. Jake

JNS Stickers

JNS Stickers are here, send me an email and I will get one out to you. Thanks, Jake

Choking Oldgrowth and Kustom Glu

This board needed something special so I called a good friend that had just the thing for it. I knew my friend would have what this board needed because I used to work for him when I was in high school. One of the things we would do was go down the steep hills that are on his property and find old redwood logs that were left behind the last time it was logged 100 or so years before. Back then if they dropped a tree and the log fell into a tight spot they would just leave it and go to the next tree. There was plenty of redwood and it was all choice first growth. When we found a log that had been left my job was to run choker cables down the hill to the log and once it was hooked up we would drag the log up the hill and mill it into lumber. Now, I am pretty sure that all the wood that I helped mill has all ready been sold but there is a slight possibility that I helped drag the tree that this stringer came from out of the woods. That job sure was fun and so is gluing up a blank with a beautiful half inch old growth redwood stringer.

Library of Jamie

Jamie Murray has a library, a library of surfboards, and some of his buddies have payed for a library card by donating a board to the library. What a great idea. This board is another addition to the library that Jamie shaped and I glassed. It will be seen being ridden by library members in an around Bodega Bay at creeks named after tasty game fish with red meat. Jake

Four Fins and a Tail Block

I have been making some fins out of these really beautiful pieces of old growth redwood that I have saved over the years. This tail block has been kicking around the shop for a while and I am not sure who made it but it looks like a Paul Kraus creation. He is the master at beautiful glue-ups, combining redwood and balsa for tail blocks, nose blocks and T-bands. These were all sitting on the table together the other day and they looked great so I snapped a picture. Jake

LAMINAT'R

I inherited these scissors from Fatty, I am sure they have have a lot of history

The Fatty Fiberglass Laminator(me) has been busy this week. I like being the laminator, come to think of it I was the hotcoater this week too. For some reason on the days that I am the sander, the sander is always late for work. Here are a few shots of some lamination happening. Jake

Sunday Ding Repair

I had a little helper today, we got some serious work done. Jake