No Handplane Needed. Can you imagine how much more fun they'd be having if they had one. Damn Naturalist, but hey, they gots my respect.
Monday, December 28, 2009
Just Wood
I found this in Cyrus's Archives. I like both Cyrus and Ryan. Both really good kids. The kind you want your daughter to date. Hope you enjoy.
Wood Monday from www.KORDUROY.tv on Vimeo.
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Last Minute Xmas Presents
I know they aren't red and green, as might be a little more appropriate as Christmas Planes, but, I think they are close enough. These orange ones were probably the best planes I've done to date. I love everything about them. The pictures actually make em look way more washed out than they actually are. I like the orange and will probably be doing many more in the future. Have a wonderful Christmas.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Sharing the Goodness - Diatom
Scott French and I have shared some information with each other when it comes to making planes. Though we have different theory's on some aspects of applications, we both have a passion for making these boards that bring us so much pleasure. I personally don't think of us as competitors as our boards are truly different, but serve the same purpose. In truth, it's all about sharing the stoke and seeing a smile on someone's face the first time they slide onto a nice face a pull into a barrel. I asked Scott to do a little write about his experience and the boards he is making. Thanks for coming through Scott:
http://diatom-designs.com/
"When I was in high school I remember thinking that the lunch tray in the back of my car couldn't be the best tool for body surfing. It wasn't until college and the cold water of Santa Cruz that I realized I had the power to create a tool of my own design, one that embraced the physical dynamics of how a wave and body work together. About a month after this epiphany I had completed the design and construction of my first hand plane. It's utility and performance shattered the thought of ever using a lunch tray again, but it still wasn't perfect. The next couple proved to my first stages of R and D, taking the exaggerated lines of my first and realigning them in a more compact and sensible form.
I stuck with the "hole-handle" because I found them to be of more responsive since you have more leverage, and more dynamic since you can grasp the plane, and in doing so use it as a paddle to help you enter the wave. The grip made it comfortable and allowed it to be switched from hand to hand in seconds as waves lined up in front of me. As I began to test out these new ideas in the water, people began to wonder what it was that I was doing and so began my venture to bring my designs to fellow surf loving body users. Currently I have four templates in either Poplar or Paulownia, using PU resin or Linseed Oil to seal them. I based my different designs on varied surf conditions but they are not exclusive to those exact elements, they do, however, excel in those types of surf. For example, Thunnus is longer with a narrower tail and deep contours so it can handle the speed and grade of larger surf, but it can also be used effectively in waist high beach break.
I have enjoyed developing these designs into a product that works but understand that the process is never ending and continue to submit new ideas to my ever-developing build process. Thank you Gary "Brownfish" for taking an interest in others' work and for bringing us all together. I think the use of a handplane is extremely simple but the value in it's utility is complex.
Scott French
Diatom-Designs.com"
http://diatom-designs.com/
"When I was in high school I remember thinking that the lunch tray in the back of my car couldn't be the best tool for body surfing. It wasn't until college and the cold water of Santa Cruz that I realized I had the power to create a tool of my own design, one that embraced the physical dynamics of how a wave and body work together. About a month after this epiphany I had completed the design and construction of my first hand plane. It's utility and performance shattered the thought of ever using a lunch tray again, but it still wasn't perfect. The next couple proved to my first stages of R and D, taking the exaggerated lines of my first and realigning them in a more compact and sensible form.
I stuck with the "hole-handle" because I found them to be of more responsive since you have more leverage, and more dynamic since you can grasp the plane, and in doing so use it as a paddle to help you enter the wave. The grip made it comfortable and allowed it to be switched from hand to hand in seconds as waves lined up in front of me. As I began to test out these new ideas in the water, people began to wonder what it was that I was doing and so began my venture to bring my designs to fellow surf loving body users. Currently I have four templates in either Poplar or Paulownia, using PU resin or Linseed Oil to seal them. I based my different designs on varied surf conditions but they are not exclusive to those exact elements, they do, however, excel in those types of surf. For example, Thunnus is longer with a narrower tail and deep contours so it can handle the speed and grade of larger surf, but it can also be used effectively in waist high beach break.
I have enjoyed developing these designs into a product that works but understand that the process is never ending and continue to submit new ideas to my ever-developing build process. Thank you Gary "Brownfish" for taking an interest in others' work and for bringing us all together. I think the use of a handplane is extremely simple but the value in it's utility is complex.
Scott French
Diatom-Designs.com"
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