http://blog.harboursurfboards.com Harbour Surfboards News Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:32:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It is finally time to begin assembling the pieces. The "location holes" now have dowel pins inserted in them (see red arrow) to align each section as it is stacked on. Feeling out the pins and holes. Glue is spread onto the second section of balsa. Equal pressure must be delivered to ... http://blog.harboursurfboards.com/2009/01/01/culy-redwood-balsa-on-new-years-day Remember on December 4th when I drilled the location holes? Rolling on the glue I inserted 2 sections of brass tubing into one half of the gluing platens in the exact same locations. This assures that the wood will always line up. Now to put on some pressure http://blog.harboursurfboards.com/2008/12/25/50th-curly-redwoodbalsa-limited-edition-update Dear Rich, Check out this nice sequence of underground phenom Julio Castillo styling on his new 9-8 Harbour noserider at Northside Seal Beach 12-5-08. Apparently the noserider model works pretty well in the barrel too! Many thanks to Jim 'JB' Boswell for his generousity in allowing me to post ... http://blog.harboursurfboards.com/2008/12/22/180 A recently received e-mail. http://blog.harboursurfboards.com/2008/12/20/dedication I am cutting chambers into all of the wood except the outside curly redwood. The balsa I bought had to be at least 3 1/2 x 5 x 9-6. I ended up getting some very heavy wood. These are wall hangers, so that doesn't matter on the ... http://blog.harboursurfboards.com/2008/12/14/173 I'm working 7 days a week to get these first two ready for glassing. Yesterday and today I cut the last of the 8 balsa sticks - that's 4 per board. Saturday Sunday Then it's off to my brother's garage to use his Hitachi Re-saw to split the curly redwood. Back to the shop ... http://blog.harboursurfboards.com/2008/12/07/weekend-work Today I spent some time on the balsa wood. Copied the template with channel markings and then I drilled the location holes. More about that later. http://blog.harboursurfboards.com/2008/12/04/balsa-curly-update I spent about 3 hours cutting one 7 x 12 x 99 inch log in half. My first cut was with a Skil saw which doesn't quite get halfway. Then came the Sawzall. Because the moisture content was over 40%, the kerf left by the blade kept ... http://blog.harboursurfboards.com/2008/11/29/the-5-curly-redwood-balsa-project-continues Friday the 28th - Sunday the 30th Get a jump start on the Holiday Season with some serious SAVINGS!!! Our knowledgeable and friendly crew will assist you in finding just the right thing for the people on your list. Avoid the madness of the malls and head over to your ... http://blog.harboursurfboards.com/2008/11/26/holiday-sale The redwood arrived from Northern California and I have finally got the templates ready for cutting out the wood and chambers. The balsa has been here for a couple of months It's time to lay out the stringer templates on the old growth redwood. These huge blocks measure over ... http://blog.harboursurfboards.com/2008/11/22/progress-report-on-balsacurly-redwood-project