Thursday, September 13, 2007

Foiled Fin for 9'-6"

I finished foiling and glassing that fin for the 9'-6" mentioned below. I came up with the template by messing around with some french curves and other fins. It's made of 1/2", finland birch marine ply that I picked up from WoodCraft--> http://www.woodcraft.com/. A 1/2"x12"x30" sheet cost about $15 and I can get about four fins from it depending on their size. Foiling a fin takes about 15 minutes and glassing it takes about 30 minutes. After it's foiled I then wrap two layers of 4oz. cloth on each side of the fin. It's fun, easy and cheap. This one cost about $9 in materials and surfing something you made is priceless. One of these days I'll get around to posting the step by step process. -MR

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