Friday, June 11, 2010

Plenty of surfboards in this stick

Paulownia is a fast growing tree that is idea for surfboards.It's light , strong and waterproof in salt water. Ideal for surfboards.

Nice little lump there to start with.

This is the setup of a portable saw mill.

You just set up over the log and whittle away at the log in slices.

The centre of a Paulownia tree is interesting as it has a hollow core just like a piece of bamboo. It even has segments even though they have no effect in the grain pattern of the timber.



Not a bad outcome.

2 comments:

Steve and Cher Pendo said...

We really enjoyed this post, thanks for sharing.
Aloha, Cher and Steve

Unknown said...

absolutely beautiful craft. cheers