Weekly Reflection

During this week of shaping surfboards there was a lot that I got done and accomplished towards the finished product of my board. During this first week of senior project I had to figure out what I wanted my board to look like, how think it needs to be and how long I am actually going to make it. This is a harder task that you could imagine. Fist it needs to find out where I was going to be working. I thought that working out side and in a tent would be a good spot for working on my board. Then I asked around and reserved and the foam and wood shavings would not be food for the environment. So then I began to brain storm and ask around. I came to the conclusion that working in the basement of Rulon would be an easy and suitable place to shape my board for the whole signor project. Once I got all settled into the basement, I then began to look at the board and look at what I would want my board to look like compared to other boards I have seen or even ridden. It was hard to picture my board and any shape vie seen before because I was simply looking at a large squared off piece of wood. It was hard for me to get an image of what I wanted my board to look like by just looking at the black I have. I started to make outline marks on the board and get a since of what I want to shape of my board to come out as. The first makers I made I like for about twenty four hours then I went down stairs the next day and I hated what the board would have come out looking like. It was a good thing that the I had not cut the board out yet so I still had time to change the shape of the board.  I looked at the board again and got a better shape than I was stifled and happy with. The next day I went down stairs and began to cut out the outline shape of the board. Once I got the whole board cut out then I had to trim down the sides to a nice flush feeling. Once I was done with that then had to look at the thickness of the board and had realized that it was a bit to think for the board that I wanted to make. So I looked online and talked to some people about how think I should make my board and come to the conclusion that in the center of the board the thinness should be about three inches thick. Once I marked all my navigational poets on the board then I began to trim down at the depth of my board. Once I got the board down to three inches then I had to set in the rocker of the board. I took a look at where I wanted my rocker to start both nose and tail rockers. I set down I basic rocker for now and will change that as I progress on the board. A huge part of our week was working with our sponsor Ian Lee. He came over to my house and had a sit down talk with all three of us about what we are going to want to accomplish during the three weeks. So we each talked about our different board that we have and that we are going to work on. Then he told us that he is going to be doing a board on the weekends and giving us pointers while he is doing that one board, and that we will work on our boards at the same time and get pointer on our boards so that we can make the best that we can. So over all it was a good week and a productive week and I am looking forward to working on the board again come tomorrow morning.