Hi Jacob,
Thanks for the appreciation, like I said my board's finishing doesn't match its ambitious shape - and your construction!!
I haven't surfed it yet as i need to set the FCS plugs in, just waiting for the delivery. However I put it in the lake next door, closed the vent and loaded it with more or less my weight in weightlifting loads:sick: . Deck didn't break nor move and the board floats stupidly good never seen that before on that size (6'2" x 20 1/2" x 2 1/2") and that's probably the advantage of a hollow (empty) construction: more floatability despite a heavier weight (here 5,3kg). Hopefully it should not feel that heavy in the water then but we'll see...
Like I told you the vent is super important: after the "bathing" I took the board back in the warmth and then opened the vent to check waterproofing. No water at all but a long psssshhhhhhhht of air rushing out, it felt like the board was deflating so imagine the pressure on all glued junctions after a 2-3hour session!! (actually, some modern boards made out of EPS planks and sandwich epoxy construction also use a goretex vent to prevent deformation).
Once the board completed I'll try to make a few different fin templates for the fun of it (when people tell me "oh yeah the M5 are so much more reactive than the M3" or that kind of sh.. so far I either feel like saying "oh yeah and what about the XQ286Z blabla" or think they really overrate themselves and don't have a clue what they talk about!! As I don't have a clue neither, I'll try and (hopefully) learn!!!!!!!!
Too bad for the laser cutting machine, if ever you get close again to one (and feel generous;) ) maybe I can send you some 1:1 pdf templates for my next project
I'm in the gtbg area so I guess I'll have to wait for your surf report, damn! Unless our boards create some kind of motivation amongst surfsverige forum's readers to build hollow wood surfboards, then we could have an anual "wood stoke" meeting and board display behind our cars' trunks
Anyway, looking foward to hear and see more of your work,
cheers,
Phil