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- Tue Sep 10, 2013 10:26 am
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Building my first Paipo
- Replies: 27
- Views: 16928
Re: Building my first Paipo
minwax works on paulownia I would rub the board dowm with mineral spirts before you start
- Sun Sep 08, 2013 8:10 pm
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Building my first Paipo
- Replies: 27
- Views: 16928
Re: Building my first Paipo
I would skip the glass just a big mess I use minwax poyurethane clear gloss or semigloss about 6 coats It will be water tight for years and if it get bashed up it is easy to fix. at 4' length will give you speed not hard to turn. you can alway cut it down but you can't make it longer. on a 1" t...
- Sun Sep 08, 2013 10:35 am
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Building my first Paipo
- Replies: 27
- Views: 16928
Re: Building my first Paipo
for the first board I would keep it simple. cedar is nice I have some out of it 1" cedar strips looks good the glue joints are stronger then the wood but cedar sometime like to split on the grain so keep it about 1" thick 12" to 14" wide and about 4' long keep the rails square at...
- Wed Aug 28, 2013 10:30 am
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: 60s Bon Aire Bodyboard / Skim Board
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4071
Re: 60s Bon Aire Bodyboard / Skim Board
you had to follow the template if you wanted a good points, but the fins were up to you. we made " T " fins thaught it would lift you out of the water (fat chance at that ever happing)
- Sun Aug 11, 2013 10:29 am
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Wax on varnish boards??
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2042
Re: Wax on varnish boards??
wax on son
- Sat Jun 29, 2013 10:17 am
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: My first board: yes it rips!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2734
Re: My first board: yes it rips!
cool board now go make some more one is not enought. welcome on board
- Thu Jun 27, 2013 9:57 am
- Forum: Your Wave
- Topic: Surfoplane Vintage Film
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2282
Re: Surfoplane Vintage Film
great stuff larry
- Mon Jun 24, 2013 10:28 am
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Wavejet bodyboard
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5271
Re: Wavejet bodyboard
to much crap k.i.s.s.
- Mon Jun 24, 2013 10:26 am
- Forum: Your Wave
- Topic: Longboard Wavejet paipo/prone
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2858
Re: Longboard Wavejet paipo/prone
why??????????????
- Sat Jun 15, 2013 10:12 am
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Wegener Albacore
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8904
Re: Wegener Albacore
amen
- Fri Jun 07, 2013 10:29 am
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Finless or Not?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 21117
Re: Finless or Not?
well said
- Tue May 21, 2013 10:13 am
- Forum: Swim Fins, Skegs & Other Paipo Gear
- Topic: Duckfeet/DaFin comparison (land-based early impressions)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 21763
Re: Duckfeet/DaFin comparison (land-based early impressions)
my Dafins are 2year old and I use them almost every day and they still look new. like I said before fin are like shoes not all peoples feet fit the same shoe
- Thu Feb 28, 2013 11:17 am
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: My latest paipo experiment
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4896
Re: My latest paipo experiment
nice nice nice!
- Fri Feb 15, 2013 11:23 am
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Bottom Shapes Of Simple Wood Paipos
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8253
Re: Bottom Shapes Of Simple Wood Paipos
k.i.s.s. flat is were it at and I need change for my $.50
Re: Stokefest
I am going only 20 min from my house
- Thu Jan 31, 2013 11:08 am
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Rails
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9466
Re: Rails
cool
- Wed Jan 30, 2013 11:35 am
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Rails
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9466
Re: Rails
for tools go to a swap meet or yard sale stay away from cheep junk tools (china) a good tool will last a life time and then some I have tool my great grandad used in his day you just need to keep them sharp MRMIKE
- Tue Jan 29, 2013 11:41 am
- Forum: Paipo Board Design & Building
- Topic: Rails
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9466
Re: Rails
For your first board I would keep the bottom flat In my opinion flat is the fastest some will disagree but it is the easiest to make . the rails I keep square 1/2 the thickness of the board so if the board is 1/2" thick the rails should be about 1/4" . take a plane and plane down on the to...
- Fri Jan 04, 2013 11:25 am
- Forum: Your Wave
- Topic: california dreaming
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2678
Re: california dreaming
cornish style 4' x 1' x 1/2"
- Thu Jan 03, 2013 5:54 pm
- Forum: Your Wave
- Topic: california dreaming
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2678
Re: california dreaming
lounger does ok but the dog hates it