No heat in the studio, but I still managed to get 10 handplanes finished to pass on to the surf crew before taking off for the holidays. The shapes are all modeled after what everyone rides and crafted from broken Bustin skateboards. Their shop just happens to be 2 blocks from my studio. I learned a lot and the next ones will be way more pro. As soon as I finished I had an epiphany about how to get a perfect finish with the urethane, lots of little details that are hard to get the first time, like how the stain looks better on the lower quality maple decks.
I was stoked to get one of them into Dan Pasette's hands before he headed off to Hawaii. Can't wait to get the full report when he gets back. His board came from the pintail template, 2nd from left.
Templates
shaped...
...last hand holds get routered...
Not the best finish, but they're sealed.
...the detritis
I used my "Mirandon twin pin" handplane on Wednesday. It shreds! Thanks Surfy Murphy.
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