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New wooden board building class in UK
” We are planning to do another hollow wooden surfboard workshop in the UK.
Date will be one of the weekends at the end of January (20-22 or 27-29).
The location will be the Bridge Boathouse in Richmond near London. http://www.richmondbridgeboathouses.co.uk/
We calculate the price as £250+£32/foot and that includes tuition and all the material you need to construct the shape of your choice. (Plywood stringer+Frames, Paulownia, Cedar, Glues, Epoxy) After the three days of workshop you’ll have a board that only needs final sanding and laminating.
have a look here for well tested shapes: http://treetosea.org/richs-template-shop/
or here for pictures from past workshops: arbosurfboards.blogspot.com
for questions or to sign up get in touch."
Paul
arbosurfboards.blogspot.com
Hollow wooden board building class with Paul Jensen in San Francisco.
Paul Jensen , just got back from a trip down to San Francisco for a small HWS class… ” We built two small fish, one big fish and a couple of longboards…
Our shop space was great, an i-Pad case factory with a lot of room to move…Nice……
I shuffled the class hours a bit…The first three days were 9AM to 5PM…The final two days were from 2PM to 10PM…The late start gave a feeling of having a at least a half day off…I surfed, others went into work…I’ll do that again…
The workshop participants were all very keen, had heaps of skills and great life experiences to share during our long hours together…We all had a lot of laughs and everyone went home with boards ready to glass…”
If this is what you would like to do get hold of Paul and organise a class for yourself and a few friends.
Paul Jensen board building class.
Five Day – Build Your Own Board Workshop To be held in San Francisco, California
September 3 – 7, 2011
September 3 – 7, 2011
This classes will have up to ten participants build their own boards and at the end of the class the boards will be ready for glassing. Tuition is 0 USD per person, with materials extra, typically around per foot of board length. A “How To Build A Hollow Surfboard” CD (0 value) and a Frame Kit of your choice (0 value) will be included in the cost of the class.
What’s NOT included: Food and lodging.
To book and get more information : www.hollowsurfboards.com/fins.htm
Wooden board building class
Five Day – Build Your Own Board Workshop Monday, July 4 to Friday, July 8, 2011 Vista, California – USA
This classes will have up to ten participants build their own boards and at the end of the class the boards will be ready for glassing. Tuition is 0 USD per person, with materials extra, typically around per foot of board length. A “How To Build A Hollow Surfboard” CD (0 value) and a Frame Kit of your choice (0 value) will be included in the cost of the class.
What’s NOT included: Food and lodging.
Booking deposits of 0 are required.
This will be the only workshop in the USA for 2011…
For more information and to register for this class go to this link :
http://hollowsurfboards.com/fins.htm
Board building class offered in Wales
Paul Leonard is a surfer / boat builder in Wales and just contacted me to let you know of a class he is organising next Febuary. He will be hosting a workshop with Rich Blundall ( Tree to Sea ). For more info check out the site : Treetosea.org
Venue: The venue for this workshop is a an old converted Victorian coach house on the west coast of Wales. The workspace is heated and has a sound-system, a large kitchen, toilets, a bar, and also provides an option to move out into an adjacent courtyard if it’s warm enough outside.
Wooden surfboard Rails workshop / class offered
Huck has been working on his method of building boards and especially the rails. Many people have asked him about his approach and so he has set about to conduct an online class to share his experience.
” Since receiving and answering many requests to explain my wood rail system, I’ve been thinking about how best to present / explain the system to an interested group. After a year of using the system, I am now offering a step-by-step workshop / class. Cost will be per person. This is an online class, so all the teaching will take place at the computer, and in your own working environment whatever that is.
I call my system Bahrman rails because many people asked me if my board had Jensen rails, and I had to explain it was my own rail system. So to distinguish it from any other rail systems, I began calling it the bahrman rail system. I don’t claim to have invented anything new, I haven’t patented or copyrighted it, and don’t doubt something very similar has been done by others before. In fact, I know one shaper who posts pics online has a similar system, ‘tho not identical.
With this system, the rails can be built first, and the strength of the board is in the rails. The rails effectively become the perimeter stringer, and a very strong one at that. Because of this, the remainder of the board can be filled in with a variety of different methods. If you normally work with foam, you can build your board with foam. The method would work well with compsand, and is probably similar to many compsand boards being made today. If you like the “fish bones” method of most hollow wood surfboards, you can build accordingly. To test the structure, I even built a board just using the rails and a piece of plywood glued top and bottom, producing a 100% hollow surfboard. It has been test ridden for several hours and lots of waves, and works fine so far.
The weight is comparable to most wood rail systems, and dictated largely by the wood chosen. Balsa or paulownia are probably the lightest, although I have always used 2×6 Calif. redwood, sometimes combined with 1×6 cedar, because they are available very inexpensively at my local big-box stores. I recommend using an inexpensive wood that is fairly light and easy to shape for your first time. Later, once the process is understood, you may go to more expensive woods if desired.
If you want to get experimental, this is a good method. Because the rails carry so much of the strength of the board, the options open up for the actual remaining structure. Use your imagination. Once you understand the system, you will see that it can be modified in numerous ways, and you can proceed to customize and experiment on personalizing the process on your own future builds. A rocker table is not required for this system, but a solid flat workbench top is. Also recommended is a good set of shaping racks, like shown in the bottom picture.
This is a solid rail system, carved or sanded to shape. To build the rails, you will probably want to use a handheld jigsaw (which is what I use) or a bandsaw (which I would use if I had one!). Clamps are helpful, although screws can be used instead, and then taken out once the glue dries. To shape the rails, a belt sander, 4″ handheld grinder with sanding disc, and power planer may be used. Although they could be shaped without power tools (carved and sanded) if so desired. Although not difficult, if you are not comfortable with “shaping” your rails, this is probably not the system for you. And you should be aware that there is a certain amount of “waste” when carving or shaping, that differs from the minimal sanding required of rails built with strips.
U.S. cost of class, no refunds for withdrawal. I will set it up so that payment may be made by PayPal, credit card, or you can send a money order by mail. Everyone will have access to a step-by-step detailed explanation of the process with accompanying pictures / drawings as needed. You can proceed at your own rate, but will be expected to keep your project moving forward on a regular basis.
Classes will be conducted through a private Delphi forum not open to the public, so you must join Delphi (free), and you must be able to post pics. A separate photo-hosting site is highly recommended – like flickr photobucket or picasa, (most are free), as Delphi picture size and space is very limiting, but with a separate photo hosting site, there are no limits. I cannot answer questions very well if I can’t see a pic of your project, and I will expect every student to post pics of their progress. To see if you can use Delphi and post pics, you are welcome to try my free public Delphi forum Surfers Surfing Surfboards.
I will walk everyone who joins through the process. You must have a full-sized board template (plan shape) and rocker template (stringer shape) to proceed. Because this will be a group forum, we will learn from each other also, but without the distraction of outside observers and trolls.
Registration will be open until the end of the month. At the first of December, class will begin. What you will end up with is a wood surfboard perimeter rail. You can build your board using any method you want. While the class does not concern itself with the remainder of the build, I will answer questions and discuss the options for those who desire.
If anyone is interested, email me at doghousereilley@yahoo.com, and title your email “bahrman rails class”
- Huc
Paul Jensen class in Japan
Paul Jensen with Nobby who helped organise the course prior to Paul’s arrival.Nobby has been to the two events here in Australia and met Paul at the first Wooden surfboard Day 2009.
Paul course comes with notes and a CD of information to take home.
Nobby sent me these shots with a few notes… “Paul held work shop in Japan from Sept 20 to 24 and he set out for Australia to hold next workshop yesterday.13 participants made own wooden surfboards and they will make more in own local area from local wood.”
” Paul spread culture of modern wooden surfboards throughout Japan!!! I was very impressed Paul with the quality of his skill, knowledge and wisdom.”
“In Japan, he was bedeviled by language barriers all the time but he was doggedly persistent and always polite for participants and me (sorry for that Paul…).
I look up to Paul as a teacher of wooden surfboards and a better way of life… “
A big thank you to Nobby and his friend for getting this all together and helping spread the skills needed to build wooden surfboards with Paul’s course.I know from my own experience it is no small task pulling this all together and having all the gear and space required to make it happen. So my hat goes off to you Nobby. And thanks to Paul as well.
