I'm a new foiler. I have a Liquid Force fish foil setup. I also acquired a Slingshot foil, but I don't have a board for it. I don't really want to move my LF board back and forth from the LF foil to the SS foil. I would love to try the Dwarfcraft, but I'm cheap. I started reading about building a DIY board, and I would like to give it a try.
Based on what I've read, and given my lack of any board building skills whatsoever, I think a solid wood board (pine and/or cedar) is the best plan. I traced a basic side outline of my LF fish foil onto a 2 x 4 turned sideways, giving it a little more nose rocker and shortening the profile from 5'3" to 56 inches so it fit into the 3 and 1/2" of the 2 x 4. It is about 1 and 3/8" thick all the way around. (See the attached pictures.) My plan is to duplicate the template 14 times (for a width of 21 inches), glue them together, cut out the nose and tail, sand it, stain the individual boards, and put on a layer of epoxy.
I'm posting this to see if there are any obvious pitfalls I'm missing. Obviously, one concern is whether the board will float the foil, so my plan is to put it together roughly (before sanding, staining, and epoxying), take it out into the water with the foil attached, and make sure it floats. If so, I'll plan on drying it out, sanding, staining and epoxying. If not, I'm not sure what plan B is, other than try to use a hole saw or jigsaw and create some air chambers and trying again.
Anyway, am I missing anything else? Any tips or advice would be much appreciated.