I'm considering this for teaching my kids. I do have a Prodigy already that I have been using and that is awesome. They are hard to find though. This is attractive for portability/storage. I'm definitely interested as long as it performs decent/can actually plane. The gap on the dagger does look like it really kills performance - have you got it to line up any better so that gap isn't there?
I like everything about this board except how much of a gap there is either in front or behind that centerboard insert. It's locked in there nice and snug side to side. It probably needs to be a little short so you can actually get it in the board. I did fashion both a top and bottom plate of 1x pine and that seals things up and helps the planeing a lot. You may want to look at the largest size that just uses the screw on center fin as a higher performance alternative.
@@midwestwindsnob527 Thanks for the reply/info. I will keep this in mind. It would definitely do the trick as a learner board - a bit more portable. And less likey to ding up than a hard board.
I'm considering this for teaching my kids. I do have a Prodigy already that I have been using and that is awesome. They are hard to find though. This is attractive for portability/storage. I'm definitely interested as long as it performs decent/can actually plane. The gap on the dagger does look like it really kills performance - have you got it to line up any better so that gap isn't there?
I like everything about this board except how much of a gap there is either in front or behind that centerboard insert. It's locked in there nice and snug side to side. It probably needs to be a little short so you can actually get it in the board. I did fashion both a top and bottom plate of 1x pine and that seals things up and helps the planeing a lot. You may want to look at the largest size that just uses the screw on center fin as a higher performance alternative.
@@midwestwindsnob527 Thanks for the reply/info. I will keep this in mind. It would definitely do the trick as a learner board - a bit more portable. And less likey to ding up than a hard board.