Thursday 12 July 2012

Kite board rails and varnish - Rub daske za kajtanje i lak

As I've left some bamboo ply all around kite board rails, now is a time to cut it and make rails. Huh, that was a tough job!
Since my board was glassed on both sides, it's very hard to cut fiberglass, even harder with a hand saw! Decided to finally buy a jig saw, but even with that was not easy to cut.
The problem is, glass is an insulator and the metal blades tend to overheat quickly and than metal just melts. Spent a few good blades for this...
Anyway, finally the board is cut. Now I need to sand out bamboo excess and finally got myself another machine to work with, a belt sander. Made this setup which worked perfectly:

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Kako sam ostavio nesto bambusa oko rubova daske, sada je vrijeme da dasku ispilim na mjeru i napravim rubove. No to nije bio lak posao!
Kako je f. staklo na obje strane, vrlo ga je tesko rezati, jos i teze sa rucnom pilom!
Konacno se odlucih kupiti ubodnu pilu, no ni s time nije bilo nista lakse.
Problem je sto je f. staklo izolator i metalni noz ubodne pile se brzo ugrije i nakon toga rastopi.
Potrosio sam cak nekoliko dobrih nozeva za ovo...
Konacno, daska je izrezana. Sada trebam pobrusiti rubove od viska bambusa i za to sam si kupio novu masinu, brusilica sa remenom. Napravih ovo i radi izvrsno:




One hour or so and was finished. Must remember to have a decent breathing mask, this is a fiberglass I'm sanding and it will be a nasty thing to breath!

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Nakon jednog sata bilo je gotovo. Zapamtimo koristiti dobru masku za disanje, jer brusiti fiberglass i udisati ga je nezgodna stvar!






Finally, it's coming to an end!
Now I just need to varnish the board and how long it takes to make a board, it might take even longer to varnish it!
However, this time I'll be doing both sides in one single run. And the above photo is showing how. I've placed 4 small clamps and will rest my board on it while varnishing the other side.
And, important thing, there is enough space to place a 100W light bulb under the board to generate some heat.
Than, I've placed a styrofoam on sides and top, covered with towels and left over night... Process repeated 5 times. That is 5! Would like a super shine board!

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Napokon, doslo je do kraja!
Vrijeme za lakiranje je skoro isto koliko treba da se napravi daska!
No ovaj puta lakirati cu obje strane od jednom. Na gornjoj slici se vidi kako. Stavih 4 male stege na koje cu okrenuti dasku i lakirati drugu stranu.
Zatim, staviti cu jednu zarulju od 100W ispod daske tako da ju grije. Mjesta ima dovoljno.
Nakon toga, sa malo stiropora daska ce biti kao u kutiji da se lak brze osusi preko noci...I citav proces ponoviti cu 5 puta, dakle 5 farbanja!

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