John Cherry doing the chambering
Terry Martin, just eyeballing his handy work
Racked and ready to glass at Moonlight Glassing. 6oz both sides
" These photo’s start with the square (heavy) lumber. They show the processes of cutting and gluing rocker into the lumber, cutting out the rocker templates, the first glue up, with every other section spot-glued to take apart after the first shaping by Terry Martin, marking and cutting chambers and drilling out the rail sections on the drill press, the second and final glue-up after chambering and Terry doing the finish shaping. Wood source: Tropical Exotic Hardwoods of Latin America "
"Templated blank before 1st shaping; 40lbs. Blank after 1st shaping 33lbs.
Finished board, after chambering, before glassing; just under 17lbs. (Yes, really)"
Owner: Francesco DiTommaso, Bari Italy.
Thanks to John and Terry for sharing these shots with us and showing the whole process. If you want a board like this these guys can build you one. Or maybe this has inspired you to have a go yourself.
Handcrafted works of art.
Curly Koa wood D fin getting the finishing touches
John with great friend and shaper Terry Martin with chambered 9ft 6" longboard and a 9ft Bob Simmons reproduction , both in balsa wood. John and Terry built and shaped the boards the beautiful inlay work was done by Ric Allison a noted Pennsylvania artist and professor of furniture design at the University of Pennssylvania.
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