(yes i understand the joy it would give you, but i can also imagine the frustration). I agree that if you stuff it up then your out of pocket, not to mention the time involved that you'll have lost. I can do most things when shown once, but to shape a board for me, i'll stick to buying them. I think your either good with your hands and the technical stuff or not. Then again this isnt a long term money saving project, i think the satisfaction of riding your own boards would be pretty awesome and a fun hobby to do some personal experimentation of your own equipment in terms of design and artwork. If you outlay 1k initially but then can make your own boards for 400-450 first up then cheaper once you have the necessary tools including glassing your probably making boards for $350ish.
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#Aku shaper swaylocks plus
1k is a guaranteed decent board, plus the education needed to go from there to do everything yourself. Id also like to be able to go from start to finish, so including glassing my own, knowing some basics about tints which you learn in the class. $600 all up, but if you mess up it its $400 down the drain and a fair amount of time wasted. Seems a bit steep to me to get started you would need : 1 x x Blank $100 - 150 1 x Planer $100 3 x Sanding blocks $100 1 x Surform $30 1 x Saw - $20 So for $350-400 you have everything you need to shape a board bang on another $200 bucks to get it glassed and your golden.you still have another $400 to play with which means a second board and still some change.sure you miss the tutelage but you get experience and you can find alot of stuff on you tube, swaylocks and sometimes even right here!! I know what your saying, but I still dont buy it.
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Sure you get the basics but everyone can learn about sawing off rail shape etc, but the real learning comes from the hours you put in outside of an actual class and the stuff ups you make along the way.
#Aku shaper swaylocks for free
Heck, you could probably volunteer a weekend here or there to help them out for free and ask for tips here and there. Seems a bit steep to me to get started you would need : 1 x x Blank $100 - 150 1 x Planer $100 3 x Sanding blocks $100 1 x Surform $30 1 x Saw - $20 So for $350-400 you have everything you need to shape a board bang on another $200 bucks to get it glassed and your golden.you still have another $400 to play with which means a second board and still some change.sure you miss the tutelage but you get experience and you can find alot of stuff on you tube, swaylocks and sometimes even right here!! Then make friends with your local shaper and bring a carton over and get them to have a look at your board.
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