I have had a go at making a hollow wooden SUP. I have finished the construction of it, now it is ready for glassing. I was thinking of doing 1 layer of 6 oz top and bottom, does anyone have an opinion weather that is enough.
Here is a few pics, the construction of the skeleton is on a different camera that I will post later
I would put a patch of 6oz where you stand and maybe around the rails where you might hit it with the paddle.
Nice job mate, more picks after the glass would be very nice 
nice, i got shown a couple of photos this morning
is it true you made your own ribs/templates? ie no patterns
and whats it weigh at the moment
cheers
I dont know about what glass job is appropriate but bloody hell it looks beautiful
Yeh makes slot of sense to reinforce where I stand, I might run an extra layer from handle to tail. Yeh Lacey, I designed to templates myself, it wasn't that hard I designed the board in aku shaper then spliced it every 6 inches, printed out splices than subtracted rails and top and bottom thickness. Not sure of weight yet, I'll weigh it after glassing.
hey rocket, to much time on your hands on school hollies eh
never seen 30 odd clamps on a job in one go
Board is gonna look great cant wait to see the finished product.
as for your q id think that 6 and 6 should be enough
Nice looking board Clarky! Looking forward to seeing the finished product and finding out how much it weighs.
Top job mate well done, are you going to seal it before glassing to stop the resin from soaking in....?
sweet looking lump of wood, thommo,s got a good point on the tak coat before glassing, but looking at what you,ve done so far you really know what you,r doing.
C'mon boys,Timber it is, As an apprentice carpenter i got it drilled into me that you work with timber and burn wood..
Check this out in case you want to get fancy.http://www.waubrey-art.com/WoodBoats.htm
DJ
Hey Lats I used kinetix epoxy resin for the lay up and will be using polyester resin for the filler and gloss coats. I used 1 layer of 6 oz on bottom and 1 and I/2 layers on top so yes on most of my rails I have 3 layers after the wrap.
Hey DJ unbelievable looking kayaks makesy board pale in comparison, I wouldn't have they patience to even attempt something like that.
Hey Clarky, As a joiner, I always wanted to build a timber boat - you've motivated me to start small...timber sup it is (as soon as I've finished all my other projects!)
I wonder if you could keep the weight down for a hollow shortboard?
How much does it weigh as it is now?
Very nice hollow timber SUP there clarky
doggie,
my 6'6" hollow timber fish weighs in at ~5kgs. This has 6mm timber decks and 6oz glass and patches its heavy but the weight disapears in the water. The other board is a 6'2" fish with 2.5mm timber skins over polystrene this is lighter than a poly board and supper strong
Your shorty is probably 2.5 to 2.8 kg. A team 6'1 one layer of 4 each side with ultra lite foam in PU is 2.25. Easy to do lighter in EPS but do not surf well.
I would love to make a wooden board, the laminated boards are easily made and probably more performance based.
Hey Shunter nice looking boards. I am a industrial arts teacher on the gold coast and every year the yr 12s make surfboards. I have been making my board at school and the students are super keen to make timber boards, most of them want to make fishes or old school single fins. I will definetly show them yours.
