Roy's Gun Project

The stuff is two layers with pillars in between, woven as one, there's an air gap between the two layers and the cloth winds up3mm thick. The thickness increases the resistance to buckling ( which is what causes boards to break and pressure dings) by about 8 to 9 times over the same weight of conventional glass.

The catch is that it's a bummer to use, 'soul destroying' and 'a nightmare' come to mind. There's almost zero drapeability, cutting darts doesn't work well as the cloth instantly springs up and unravels next to the cut, and the surface winds up really unfair i.e. massive high and low spots in addition to the cloth weave texture which is fairly uneven though able to be handled well enough.

So I estimate that it's taken about 20 to 40 times longer to glass than normal glass, and I'm not finished yet. The bumps and hollows would be ok if they were only hollows but unfortunately they are not, there are high spots which are more than the 3mm due to varying tension on the cloth, this leads to sand through during the fairing process, so there are patches which are thin.

There are some interesting visual effects though and the result will be strong although even with my best efforts not as fair as my wooden boards.

Roll on 10oz glass, I want to crank these shapes out I have loads of different designs on a similar theme at different lengths etc.

We might have to see one 3D finished product uneven or not - could be pretty cool regardless

^ Wet 'n dry spit polish sanding

Good one , thanks for bringing your bat and ball back Roy .

That 3 D mat does look like a real bitch to use !!!!

Would be good for racing yacht hulls maybe ?

The board is looking good Roy . I must say I agree, cruising is the GO !!

it would cost about 20g,half the price of your sleds

Awesome. That one with the black pinstripe - and I use the term loosely at that width - looks beautiful. Nice finish on the board.

Not sure why you quoted me..
Mine was a question?

But thanks once again for a quality contribution.
Maybe contribut to the rest of the forum and you won't look a trolling **** stirrer..

Just for clarification where I was going with the cutback thing is wondering if Roy had every done a full rail swooping cutback...his board or any other...cause I for one would be hard pressed to call a turn like that non functional...