Greetings from Atlanta, GA. Matt, I came across a older "surfer steve video" whereby a sort of hotwire rail-cutter could be made to basically cut the shape of a surfboard rail into the square profile smooth and instantly.....but that being the case, both the nose and tail rail will be too thick but already rounded when it's time to shape the rail bands which need to be tapered down at nose and tail of the board (because the hotwire cutter is not size adjustable). So I'm confused a little on how to achieve this blend because we are used to seeing a flat or square or 90 degree angle profile tapered or shaped down at the nose and tail, NOT one already smoothly rounded (50/50 or 60/40).... If we remove the foam hotwire cutter before contacting the tail and nose area (leaving them square), how can we blend in and taper the rail bands from square area to the already round hotwired area?? If we continue the hot wire cutter around the nose and tail, how do we blend or taper down that already smoothly rounded railband at the nose and tail?? If we build a SMALLER hotwire cutter with same round (50/50 or 60/40) shape but exclusively for the nose and tail area only, again, how to blend or transition the smaller rounded rail cut at the nose and tail to the bigger one that is along the rest of the board's rail profile?? Here's the video (at 1:00) ua-cam.com/video/juYzB7fF-DQ/v-deo.html
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Greetings from Atlanta, GA. Matt,
I came across a older "surfer steve video" whereby a sort of hotwire rail-cutter could be made to basically cut the shape of a surfboard rail into the square profile smooth and instantly.....but that being the case, both the nose and tail rail will be too thick but already rounded when it's time to shape the rail bands which need to be tapered down at nose and tail of the board (because the hotwire cutter is not size adjustable). So I'm confused a little on how to achieve this blend because we are used to seeing a flat or square or 90 degree angle profile tapered or shaped down at the nose and tail, NOT one already smoothly rounded (50/50 or 60/40)....
If we remove the foam hotwire cutter before contacting the tail and nose area (leaving them square), how can we blend in and taper the rail bands from square area to the already round hotwired area?? If we continue the hot wire cutter around the nose and tail, how do we blend or taper down that already smoothly rounded railband at the nose and tail?? If we build a SMALLER hotwire cutter with same round (50/50 or 60/40) shape but exclusively for the nose and tail area only, again, how to blend or transition the smaller rounded rail cut at the nose and tail to the bigger one that is along the rest of the board's rail profile??
Here's the video (at 1:00) ua-cam.com/video/juYzB7fF-DQ/v-deo.html