Saturday, May 14, 2011

New project for Craig Richmond

Sorry, if I have haven't been getting back to everyone that has been trying to get ahold of me the last week. Been consummed with this new project for Craig Richmond, he called me a couple weeks back and was wondering if I would be interested in doing some 3d scanning and digitizing and finish shaping his custom carbon fibre racing boards. Initially, I wasn't very interested in his project but asked him to bring his board down for me to take a gander as the shape sounded unique.

After examining the shape it had piqued my interest and looked like a great challenge to shape and recreate the magic. This is the initial break down of the shape and what it will take to reproduce faithfully.

These pics are of the first generation hand shapes that we will be reproducing. I guess this shape has been dominating the races...

The deck has some unique complex compound contours with a dished out center sections with a raised rail section.


The white areas are some low spots that have been blocked in.



Breaking down the shape into quadrants...

5 comments:

  1. That thing is a beast! Must have taken you all week just to digitize it.
    -Kawika

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  2. This project has taken alot more than just 3d scanning and digitizing. Tooling and some modifications to the machine were in order. Still finished the task quicker than it takes to foil in fins. :-)

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  3. is it pu or epoxy glassed with carbon fiber and what blank does it use...
    cool project
    nate

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  4. nate, the core is 1lb eps and it glassed with carbon fibre, s cloth, and epoxy resins. very light.

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  5. Cool I wounder If you could make it a hollow core using carbon fiber rails... looks like a racing boat hull... nice
    nate

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