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| 158922 | 6778 | Shaper thread (show us what you are shaping) | 64 | Driftwood | Oct 18, 2019 | 2019-10-18T02:25:36-0400 | Chilly Willy said: Jeez! You guys are impressive. I've been tinkering a little bit myself, but it's laughable how many mistakes/lessons one can make/learn on one board. I've gotta ask openly for anyone shaping: how did your first board come out? What were the biggest challenges and lessons learned? Click to expand... My first board actually turned out pretty well - a 7' something big-guy tri roughly based on a board that Bill Minard had built for me. Reasonably clean shape, acceptable glass job with an amlost buttery satin rub out. Rode well on a first trip down to Popotla and then a bunch of fun sessions. Thought I had something going. Now the second board... more wobbles in my lines, a couple of sand-throughs, mojo totally off. I think that board, and various others in the first hundred or so, challenged me with consistency and the need to have a go-to routine and then take into account various parameters such as temp, humidity, variable foam densities... I (slowly!) learned to take my time, to not rush a step, and (eventually) never think that I would fix a mistake in the next step and instead fix it as well as I could right there rather than amplifying it by waiting. |