Board Building Project - HD Creeper 48 - Stage 1

Well I am up to my elbows in foam again and I must say I have really missed it.  The last board I built was in 2007 and this time round I have done things properly and have not cut corners.  First up was a dedicated vacuum system followed by a new hot-wire bow with dedicated power supply(not just a battery charger putting out whatever current it factory set). I am also cutting full size 3mm MDF hot-wire templates, I used to use thick cardboard which could get burnt if the hot-wire got snagged.

So far I have:
Designed the board and printed full size templates on my A0(roll) printer.
Cut full size templates for center rocker, side rocker(to form the vee), plan and tuck templates.
Cut each side of the board with its panel vee.
Laminated the halves together with a 3mm PVC stringer to preserve the intended rocker line.

Here are the progress pics:

Reconditioned HMR S66

I have finally finished repairing the last board I made, a 66cm slalom board in timber veneer with CF tail cutouts. There was some water in the board from heel cracks caused by sailing 1000's of km in Boggy Lake chop. I wanted the core to dry out as much as possible and have had it sitting in the roof of my shed for a year ( I also had a JP68 to sail as well...). Here is the finished result.

I wanted to hide a bit more of the timber veneer on the deck and went for the primer with the timber just peeking through. Non skid is always a problem to source, I can't get hold of the re-dek system that I have used in the past. I tried a spray on non-skid product that some guys are using on SUP boards but is just too fine and is really meant for tiles on steps and slippery areas. In the end I went for the old sugar deck on epoxy which will yellow a bit with age but provides extreme non skid grip.

Boards I have made.

Here are some of the boards I have made over the years. I will give more detailed info on the build steps of the more recent boards soon...

Board 1 - "The Dominator" (1993)




Board 2 - "Exile" (1994)




Board 3 - "HMR 290" (1995)




Board 4 - "HMR Speed" (1996)




Board 5 - "Flow 66" (1998)




Board 6 - "Hyper 111" (2004)




Board 7 - "S66" (2005)