Post #514707 by hewey on Wed, Mar 3, 2010 2:54 AM

During the week I got my 4 foot Paulownia board blank from Surfing Green, which is for making a Paipo (bellyboard cousin of the Alaia), which I actually plan on surfing. They threw in a bonus blank too, which has a weaker grain, for nothing. Given I'll only be surfing little stuff I dont think the weaker grain should be too much of an issue :lol:

The 3 board blanks together, for now Im just going to make the bigun.

I traced the shape for the board off the computer screen, then drew up a quick grid pattern

I then transferred that to baking paper, and cut out the template, laid it on my pine board, and weighed it down with the first thing I could find, being model cars :lol: :lol:

Trace it, flip it over and trace it again. This ensures the sides are equal

Finished shape

In the shed for cutting. Only had one saw horse, so the other end was balanced on my log pile (drying them out to carve)

Starting to shape up :D Sides need a little work to tidy up, but given its just a wall piece Im not too concerned :wink:

The logs in the garage I got on the weekend just been, so I sealed them up with some candle wax, the burner certainly helped the process :D :D :D