Chambered Wood Hull

[Surferguy80]

It's been a while since I contributed much substance to this forum and thought its time I payed some dues!

I started a new project today with a friend of mine who has been building jensen style wood boards for a little bit now (hes on here as Ozwolfe)...we like those but thought it was time for a few chambered boards...the first is for me (7'6 x 23 x 2 3/8 bladed out hull), the second will be a 7'2 egg for him.
The wood finally arrived (enough for a few boards so far) and we got crackin' today:

Rough pile:
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/2721/img0044wt3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Adventures in surface planing:
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/5035/img0049kv0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Rocker template ready for action:
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/7852/img0047zj1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Trued planks:
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/5617/img0053nm5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Surferguy80]

Our planks are only 6' so joining is necessary:
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/7252/img0062zn0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

As they stand now...glued and ready to have the rocker cut in:
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/3932/img0067fc8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[JonS]

This is going to get interesting....

I look forward to seeing more.

[Surferguy80]

yah this is all kinda prep stuff but its fascinating to be doing it and learning...i used to be way into wood working so its really cool to be working with it again.

the chambering (cutting all the holes to lighten it) is going to be the fun part!

[ShShSh]

This is going to get interesting....

I look forward to seeing more.

Agreed.

[Ridgeback]

What kind of wood are you using?

[GRINDER]

How Much Do You Think They Will Weigh?

Looks Like Oak Wood.

Keep Us Posted

Thanks
Grinder

[Surferguy80]

the wood is paulownia, same stuff Wegener is using in aus.
its extremely renewable and weighs just a tiny bit more than balsa, and is much much harder...very cool stuff :)

[Surferguy80]

okay then:

planks joined lengthwise:
http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/2433/img0152sc4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Rocker cut in:
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/5206/img0155yu4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Tacked together (note the plugged holes):
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/3303/img0156xh3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Blank finished up:
http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/7620/img0178cf1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Surferguy80]

Starting to dome the deck out and fine tune the foil:
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/6244/img0179uk4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Workbench & a little bit of the bottom shape:
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/2824/img0182im9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Surferguy80]

okiestokey...rough shaped photos:

deckside:
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/2167/img0193uw4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

bottomside w/some holes filled and some to go:
http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/840/img0195tp8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

the woodgrain and a filled hole...they come out looking pretty clean:
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/6006/img0203je4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

15 lbs of woodchips later and its looking pretty foiled!
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/7627/img0199da8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

im guessing it weighs around 40 lbs at this point, should be chambering tomorrow and ill get a good sense of its final weight!

[JonS]

That looks like a helluva lotta work to me...

[ShShSh]

Amazing work, Ryan! No matter what, it will be an amazing piece of art. I'm betting, however, that it will be one hell of a torpedo (40 pounds!).

-Steve

[Surferguy80]

new meaning to the phrase, 'lumbering down the line'...


get it?




get it?




lumbering....



ha!

[Bonzer]

Nice work as always.;)

[ShShSh]

new meaning to the phrase, 'lumbering down the line'...


get it?




get it?




lumbering....



ha!

*urp*

I just threw up in my mouth a little.
:rolleyes:

[Surferguy80]

This part killed me.

I couldn't bring myself to do the breaking, so i manned the camera once more:

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/8207/img0209bz9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

chambered rails (not finished in this photo):

http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/5871/img0211ql6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Mid chambering the mid section, we left a bit of room for more shaping:

http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/7114/img0214if2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

and back together in once piece:

http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/5388/img0218zs2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

the holes were all filled up today, tomorrow is final shaping day, WOOHOOOOOO!

[Surferguy80]

got to break away from the other projects today for a couple hours and finish shape this one...

then I sealed it quick like and got to glassing!
its amazing how much the color changes when you get resin on it...this thing is going to be nutty:

finally got a good perspective on the foil for you guys:
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/9471/img0240em3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Surferguy80]

http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/1337/img0242os6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Stilsurfn]

Hey thats big Rob in the background! A talented craftsman with wood.

[Major]

Wow. That is amazing. I wish I had talent like yours my friend. Very cool work!

[Surferguy80]

Hey thats big Rob in the background! A talented craftsman with wood.

ha!
that IS rob!

im working in his shop with the guy that rents space with him; what ive seen him work on is unreal, everything is flawless.