Saturday, February 25, 2012

Greenough edge spoon part 4: Making the shell

This is a continuation of parts 1,2&3
Making a spoon isn't too bad once you have the mould. It begins with waxing the mould with special wax to aide in removing the finished shell. It is done very liberally, the last thing you want to happen is have the shell stick to the mould and ruin it. Once the mould is properly prepared, glass and resin are laid in, 4 layers of 6oz in this case. Pretty fun stuff because you're actually building the board at this point. 

 Taking the time to do it right.
After the resin kicked, a little trim work around the edges before the shell gets popped out with compressed air. 
 Look at that. A perfect beginning to a board. Bottoms already done!
 You can get a feel for the foil of these boards in this shot. Stoked. -Carl