Thursday, August 7, 2008

Rocker Table

The rocker table is complete! This is a more technical design than what is explained in the Grain manual; the exterior includes threaded 1/2 inch steel rods that create a vice system for the board, which also allow additional control for creating the rocker. However, cheaper and more conventional designs work just fine. The most important part is to create at least 24 inches of width across, create either sturdy hand-built sawhorses or use collapsible ones as seen here, create flat/level measurements for the strappings, and 8 inches of space between the strappings. This rocker table is currently built for building a 6 foot fish, but actually 9 1/2 feet in length for potentially building the 9 foot Root...

(http://www.grainsurfboards.com/boards/the-root/). In the meantime, the length is long enough for building the Waka, with a removable working table at one end.































Grain Surfboards...

Surf with a board that you hand-crafted yourself! Yes, a board that you shaped from the same materials used to frame your home and make your furniture. I’m talking about Grain Surfboards.(http://www.grainsurfboards.com). As a non-profit grassroots organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of our world’s oceans, waves and beaches, staff at the Surfrider Foundation have taken interest in sustainable board building. The concept and culture of shaping boards with “green” components are expressions of the kind of conservation lifestyle and coastal environmentalism we welcome. At the Surfrider Foundation Headquarters, a corner workshop is set aside for building our first wooden Surfrider-community board. Home grown kit: Waka – 5’10” Fish (http://www.grainsurfboards.com/boards/the-waka/). As the primary builder of this board, I also hope to offer some useful tips for amateur wooden board builders of Grain, and for builders of other wooden board designs. I'm really stoked to see all kinds of boards in the water! So welcome to one of the shaping rooms of the Surfrider Foundation….sharing the stoke of Grain and contributing to the collective online wooden board building community.