wood to water: The shape of things to come

Well, after the whole glue up scare I was able to pull myself together and start shaping my board. This, I have to admit, was a little nerve wracking because you spend all this time putting all of these pieces together and then now you have to take a blade to it and start cutting it down. Breath! Just do as the manual says and take it one step at a time.

Trying to take it slow so that I can always come back and remove more material. As a wood worker I learned long ago that you don't have a lot of sucess putting the wood back on after you remove it. This is also where my lack of knowledge starts to play evil tricks with me. Other than the directions in the manual and my small amount of experience surfing, I havn't the first clue how to shape a boards rails. Up until this point the rails were folowing the shape of the frames, but now I must fly solo and just let my instincts take over and trust that I have gleaned enough from the Grain super manual. Have you ever noticed that you can read something over and over and it still makes no sence to you, and then when you have left it and come back it all of a sudden is crystal clear ( well maybe crystal is an over statement ).

I did a little playing and came up with a configureation for the tail block that I feel looks good with the boards stringer and jumped right into cutting the ass off of my board. Just go for it! Everyone who has built a board has had to do the same thing, I am not the first. I'm sure I'm not the first guy or girl to get a little nervous as the process continues. Every hour you put into the project is one more step closer to something that you don't want to screw up!