Post #521561 by hewey on Fri, Apr 2, 2010 5:11 AM

Ive done a couple of things similar, (manually resized an object, because Im too cheap to buy an overhead projector). The cheap and easy way to do it is the old grid method. In your case find a nice high res pic of an old longboard. Print it out, and draw a grid shape over it. On some paper (I used baking paper because it was the closest thing to hand in a decent length, short of taping a heap of sheets of paper together!). So draw a larger grid pattern on the baking paper, and square by square transfer the shape over.

Heres a couple of pics of an Alaia board I did (traditional Hawaiian board). So first of all I traced the shape and then drew the grid over it. Ive numbered the grid to make life easier too.

In this shot Ive transferred the pattern to full size, and cut it out. Place something on the template to stop it moving!

Flip it over and shape the over side. Doing it like this means the overall shape is symmetrical, as opposed to trying to do it by eye and matching side to side exact. Once youve done this, cut it out with a jigsaw and then sand the edges to round them off.

Hope this helps!