Rail construction

This was very time consuming!

The surfboard rails were built up from strips of square section pine, the type you can purchase from Homebase.

Each strip was glued in place one at a time and a lot of clamping was required. I improvised by using a combination of g-clamps, clothes pegs, duct tape and rubber bands to hold evrything in place. It was very time consuming to clamp up and wait for the glue to dry before adding the next strip!

Rail cross section before shaping smooth

Near the ends the bend radius became too tight and I switched to solid timber rails, using some spare offcuts of solid timber at the nose and tail.

Rubber bands for gluing the maple blocks in place near the nose.

Rail design at the tail

Cross section at the tail prior to gluing the tail block in place. Blocks of douglas fir are used at the tail.

Nose block being glued in place

Spare offcuts of English walnut glued to the nose and tail.