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Re: Bomb proof board from XPs insulation foam

Postby max » Sat Mar 11, 2017 11:41 am

faklord wrote:
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Acetal? Difficult stuff to bond well. Have you found a trick?

I have never done anything other than rough it up . . . never had a bonding issue.

Have used it like this before in a surfboard conversion and no problems. It is brilliant stuff to machine.

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Re: Bomb proof board from XPs insulation foam

Postby max » Sat Mar 11, 2017 11:54 am

Finally got a chance to glass the top this arve. Been no wind at all for over a week :( unless you have an 18m foil kite and even then, one of those guys got to swim in.

Top glass schedule:
2 x 6 onz and a small patch of 4onz over the strut attachment points. Was going to go a full extra layer of 4 onz but decided not to bother.
The 2 layers of 6 onz wrap down the rails. From memory, there is a 4onz and a 6 onz under the wood so it should be strong enough.


A few pics:

The wood looks nice once the resin gets on it.
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A close up of the front strap inserts.
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And one of the rear end.
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Re: Bomb proof board from XPs insulation foam

Postby max » Sun Mar 19, 2017 1:43 pm

Almost three weeks of super light breezes under 10 knots :(

The board has had the weave filled and still needs finishing however I drilled the mounting holes for the strut today and mounted the foil to see how it looks.

Will probably test on the water before giving it a nice smooth sanded finish with some graphics.

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Re: Bomb proof board from XPs insulation foam

Postby Starsky » Sun Mar 19, 2017 2:13 pm

Thats nice. Like the whole look of it. What does it weigh?

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Re: Bomb proof board from XPs insulation foam

Postby max » Mon Mar 20, 2017 12:52 pm

Starsky wrote:
Sun Mar 19, 2017 2:13 pm
Thats nice. Like the whole look of it. What does it weigh?
Thanks Starsky. Weighed it tonight . . . 2.42kg on its own. Some EVA pads bring it up to 2.6kg.

Zeeko alloy foil and carver wing would weigh in at 4kg for sure . . . have not actually weighed them but will next time I remove it from the board.

Just need some wind to test it out now.

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Re: Bomb proof board from XPs insulation foam

Postby Starsky » Mon Mar 20, 2017 7:28 pm

2.6 is great !

Loads of fun in that package.


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