The toe-in angle on the outside fin adjust to minimize drag produced as seen here in a pic taken from Teahupoo (notice turbulence coming off outside fin). They adjust toe-in angles automatically while you're surfing to minimize drag and maximize maneuverability. SurfTrux are the first fin system that feature dynamically adjusting fins. And finally, I happened to hear about SurfTrux from a friend (Chris K.) a while back and I saw them pop up again while lurking Swaylocks just now. ProBox has the added option of adjusting the cant angle on a fin by using replaceable inserts in the finbox. RedX and ProBox are adjustable fin systems that allow you to move a fin forward and back depending upon surf conditions and desired performance characteristics. Seems like there's some movement in the development of fin systems these days thanks to RedX, ProBox, and SurfTrux. Must research on Swaylocks for validation and/or other ideas.
#Aku shaper swaylocks how to
Will have to do some research on how to do this correctly, but I'm thinking of just tracing my Brom fish onto cardboard/masonite and then cutting it out. Slightly thinner than my Brom fish, and one inch shorter. My first board shall be a twin keel fish. I guess I should focus my energy on things to do before I can shape (even if I did have my blanks in hand). Maybe its time to try a different foam company. Well, weekend's almost over, and my patience is wearing thin. He said he'd email me when he got the estimate sometime over the weekend. I'm getting really impatient now, I submitted this order three weeks ago, and its still not out the door! Grrr. I just told him to substitute the missing blank with something similar.
Not to mention one of the blanks I ordered is out of stock in his warehouse.
Apparently, he's having trouble getting an estimate for the shipping cost on my blanks. Take a look:Ĭalled the guy at KingMac foam and inquired about my blank order. I dunno if its technically correct, but it looks good enough.
#Aku shaper swaylocks zip
Zip ties and tape in various places keeps everything together. On top of the foam I used some rubber cabinet liner material to make the "U"-shaped part that holds the board on its side. I used some leftover foam from an old mattress pad for padding. Silly silly me.įinally finished my shaping stands today after slacking off for a few days. Sheesh, and here I thought I could just trace my old board. Apparently, those wiggles turn into a big can of worms later, so its worth the trouble to get the template right the first time. Or at least be able to blend them away afterwards with a plane/sanding block.
It doesn't end there either, once the template has been drawn out, I must somehow cut it out onto a piece of masonite (or similar material) without the dreaded wiggles. So, that leaves the Greg Lohr method, by process of elimination. The geometric/aspect ratio method works up to a point, but fails thereafter. Well, since I don't have any experience I can throw the "feel" method out the window. You could either scale geometrically (keeping the aspect ratio throughout), or you can use Greg Lohr's 1/8th method, or you could use the force and go by "feel" like all the master shapers seem to be able to do so well. It only took reading one 3-page Swaylocks post on the topic to make me realize yet again how ignorant I can be at times.įirst off, scaling up/down from an existing board isn't so straightforward. I could've gotten them locally for about $70, I guess I'm not too out of line.Īpparently, templating is not as simple as I thought. Hmm, I wonder if I'm getting ripped off? Lets see, thats $26 per blank, blanks were about $50 each. Shipping costs sting a little though.$130! Thats for a box of five blanks. He finally has everything in order and will be shipping my blanks. Finally heard back from the KingMac blank distributor I submitted my order with.
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