#AKU SHAPER SET NOSE AND TAIL ROCKER HOW TO#
#AKU SHAPER SET NOSE AND TAIL ROCKER FULL#

#AKU SHAPER SET NOSE AND TAIL ROCKER HOW TO#

We already have 1,000's of guy's using Cad programs that don't really know how to use them correctly. Hopefully our friend from Germany will take one step at a time. What good is a nicely finished board with a horrible shape? I don't want to point them out however you have seen them. There are a lot of people that can build compsands however their shaping and design skills are not up to par. It's best to master each step before moving to the next. However it's very important to understand all asspects of board building. It's really the root of all board building.ĭon't get me wrong I love CAD programs and CNC technology and it's an art form in itself. I shaped a lot of boards the old way by hand before I got my machine. I thought he wanted to shape it from A-Z? Not sure if he wants a Template to shape his own or an actual file already made? You can allow for less thickness if you are skilled with your electric planner? This will yield a close tolerance blanks once hot wired and make shaping easier for you to obtain proper thickness foil. Then Lower the profile pattern ¾” and trace bottom rocker. Lay the profile on your hotwire guide material and trace with a HB #4 Pencil deck first. The scrape piece from the template is used for the rocker profile. This type is easy to make and will improve your board building skills.īasically it’s your Rocker and stringer line foil: Latter I can show you how to make a flip template which is a bit trickier.

#AKU SHAPER SET NOSE AND TAIL ROCKER FULL#

This will make you a one sided template that you can flip horizontally to get a full board. If you’re a bit nervous you can use a sureform with a micro blade or a 40 grit sanding block and true up the template. I leave the pencil line showing while cutting. You can use a jig saw if that’s all you have. I cut out the template once it’s marked with a band saw. I have a batten that is 8 foot long 1 inch wide and 1/8” that I bend to the points and trace a dark line with a HB pencil number 4 Now rip 6” off this piece (Now you have the base to make your stringer and hot wire guides).

38” from Tail at 10.500 Center point is 2” forwardĢ0. Make a dot at 3” from Nose at 3.625 from left edgeġ3. Let’s say the proposed Fish is 6’0 in length x 21” wide with a 10” tail block for demonstration.Ħ. Mark the edge every 3” and take a carpenters square and make a horizontal line for each mark.ĥ. Stretch out your tape measure the full length of the template material.Ĥ. Find suitable material such as 1/8 tempered Masonite or High Density Plasticģ. Here some help on my part for what it's worth?ġ. Sure everyone on here can give advice and help you along the way. If you want to make it yourself you need to make it yourself. Or have some one like Balsa down in France make it for you. If you can't manage to do that you should just buy your boards off the rack. However I think to better understand CAD programs and to use them to make surf craft you need to understand the princables of shaping. I understand your desire to short cut the learning process.

Aku shaper set nose and tail rocker