Last minute finishing at The Eco Village board building.

Well as it turned out a few of the boys had unfinished business and kept at their boards as we tried to clean up the work shop.

Greg final sanded and shaped his tail block
Herald and Paul finished off the 9 footer to get it to Mo to glass so Herald can take it with him back to Japan next week.
Jimmy finished the rails and did a great job.
Jimmy's butt crack
Phil's butt crack
Phil pretty please with his board and a nice set of hand foiled fins to boot.
Greg should be pretty proud of the board he built and what he has achieved this past week.
The truck loaded and the shed all dusted out , we are on our way home.

Looking forward to tomorrow and the Wooden Surfboard get together at The Alley .

Final Day of the Hollow wooden board building at The Eco Village

It was a big day today and lots to get done to finish the boards.Lots of noise and dust most of the day. The boys were loving it to see their boards get rails and to start shaping them.

Gerard would rather be doing this than be at his desk as a solicitor.

6mm thick strips of cork and 4mm strips of bending ply builds out the rails
Contact cement and lay them up

Then rout them down and get rid of the excess
Tony sanding between layers
Cleaning up the excess


Jimmy went with just layers of bending ply. You can see the frame and rail band .
Radha gets into the sanding to bring that shape to life

Herald hard at it to get his board done and off to the glasser to make the flight back to Japan

Greg doing a nice job of the 9 footer
Time to trim the tail and make way for the tail block
There you go thets what the construction and structure is like.
Rahda ready to rock and roll. He even had time to shape his fins.
Jesse , pretty happy with his days work and why not. A great experience.
Long day and the boys are still at it.

Day 4 of hollow wooden board building at The Eco Village

Day four started a little earlier as we needed to get a lot done today.The decks and bottoms had been been glued on and some finer sanding to do.

Jesse smoothing things out on the 5ft 10" fish.
Phil gets into routing off the overhang on the deck skin.

Greg just taking in his handy work. He is doing a nice job.
Tony gets a hand to rout off the deck skin overhang.
Herald's got a nice looking 9 footer coming together to take back to Japan with him.
Tony hand planes the the outline.

Jesse pretty please with what is taking shape.
Paul takes time out to be interviewed for the Channel 9 local tv news and Daily News paper as well.
Rahda tackles the butt crack on his fish.

Day 3 at the Eco Village hollow wooden board course

Day 3 started with a bunch of the boys again catching some nice little winter sliders at The Alley before class .

Top and bottom skins sanded and the outline cut out ready for the next step.
Paul the centre of attention as to guys look on , lining up the frame to clamp the deck in place.
Clamped and ready to commit to gluing it all in place.
Herald and Paul's wife Pam getting set to place the frame on a 9 footer.
Steve Solomon a jeweller from Brisbane helps Greg Wheeldon an architect from Brisbane to get it all lined up.
We have a great space here in what will become the recycling centre for the Eco Village.
Tony decided to make the 7ft 3" into a pin tail
Gerard and Phil hold tight as Jesse gets the clamps all on.
Some nice colours in the cedar

The 9 footer coming along
Radha can't wait for the glue to go off and get the bottom on.
Jesse looks pretty pleased with the progress to date.