In my last post, I mentioned how I centered the top deck of the paddle board so that there was flush around all the edges. Unfortunately, I didn't have any fancy tools, like a router, to cut the flush off, so I used my she-woman strength and an old school coping saw. This actually did not take long at all. I made relief, or preliminary cuts, perpendicular to the side panels, then cut along the edges.
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| Cutting relief cuts into the flush. Guess which universities my friends went to. |
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| Relief cuts in the top deck |
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| After I sawed through the relief cuts |
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| Not too shabby |
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| Much cleaner, but not quite there |
I mixed some more of that peanut butter sawdust epoxy and used a syringe to fill in any gaps along the seams.
After the epoxy dried, I took my board outside for some hardcore sanding.
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| Really trying to clean off the bumps of epoxy |
A little bit of shaping had to take place at the nose... a common practice for celebrities
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| Shaping up the nose (the paddle board is upside down in this photo) |
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