If you buld the board with nearly same width, wouldn't it be easier to just cut off 20cm from the front and 10cm from the back and cover up with epoxy and resin?
Yes, but the board I’m actually using for dockstarting is the board I normally us for kitefoiling. Since a couple of years I was playing with the idea to make my own boards, making a dockstart-board seemed to be the perfect occasion to do it.
Hello, I was wondering what you are using for plastic, border sealing material and fitting to hook up a vacuum setup? I use vacuum pressing for veneer (wood) but I have never played in the field of epoxy, foam, carbon diver, glass fibre… Lots interesting to have a plastic to be able to dispose of since epoxy would probably contaminate my present setup (polyurethane bag). Any info or supply site would be appreciated. Thanks.
Hi Cedric, All the material I used comes from Easycomposites (www.easycomposites.eu/). As a sealing tape I use the ST150 vacuum bagging sealant tape (www.easycomposites.eu/vacuum-bagging-sealant-tape)
nice job you have all the tools, but if I were you I wouldn't waste time with a dock start board, make a wing board, make it as you want, it will be much lighter and much more resistant than any factory Chinese board; plus you make the shape you want and the satisfaction is so much; I did it
By making this dockstart-board I want to learn how the epoxy infusion process exactly works and get a first feeling of all possible pitfalls. Did some research on youtube, facebook, …. at first sight the infusion process seems easy, but if you want to make a nice solid board with the correct fibre to resin ratio it gets more complicated. I want to do it step by step, experience how it exactly works before jumping into the bigger boards.
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If you buld the board with nearly same width, wouldn't it be easier to just cut off 20cm from the front and 10cm from the back and cover up with epoxy and resin?
Yes, but the board I’m actually using for dockstarting is the board I normally us for kitefoiling.
Since a couple of years I was playing with the idea to make my own boards, making a dockstart-board seemed to be the perfect occasion to do it.
Hello, I was wondering what you are using for plastic, border sealing material and fitting to hook up a vacuum setup? I use vacuum pressing for veneer (wood) but I have never played in the field of epoxy, foam, carbon diver, glass fibre… Lots interesting to have a plastic to be able to dispose of since epoxy would probably contaminate my present setup (polyurethane bag). Any info or supply site would be appreciated. Thanks.
Hi Cedric,
All the material I used comes from Easycomposites (www.easycomposites.eu/).
As a sealing tape I use the ST150 vacuum bagging sealant tape (www.easycomposites.eu/vacuum-bagging-sealant-tape)
nice job you have all the tools, but if I were you I wouldn't waste time with a dock start board, make a wing board, make it as you want, it will be much lighter and much more resistant than any factory Chinese board; plus you make the shape you want and the satisfaction is so much; I did it
By making this dockstart-board I want to learn how the epoxy infusion process exactly works and get a first feeling of all possible pitfalls.
Did some research on youtube, facebook, …. at first sight the infusion process seems easy, but if you want to make a nice solid board with the correct fibre to resin ratio it gets more complicated. I want to do it step by step, experience how it exactly works before jumping into the bigger boards.