They're moving really slow, as studying takes up a lot of free time lately, but here's a couple things:
here's a new handplane i'm shaping. kinda displacement-hull-ish with a step deck. no belly though cuz it'd end up spraying up all in your face. It still might with the way i shaped it. we'll see. it looks cool though!
another angle. oh yea, i'm putting a small fin on this guy too! pumped to see how that feels.
I finished fitting these fins in last night. pretty pumped on how they came out, although the left one has a slight curve in the back tip, but i think it won't be noticeable when riding. got em right at a 2 degree tilt too and pumped it came out so good. I ended up glassing 6 or 7 layers on each side of the wood this time, as opposed to two layers on the last few sets which have failed. hope they don't break off cuz they're not as light and i think they'd sink. i also did the bases different than the last three sets which have failed. hopefully this way works. we'll see! oh yea, this wood was from someone's trash. a pretty nice piece and i'll maybe get another set out of it. i think poplar, but i'm not the best at identifying it. either way, it looks nice with that little bit of grayish tint i put on it.
closer view
This is called a "halo". you can see why. pumped on how it came out.
oh and i saw this the other day. looks pretty sweet.
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