John's from South Africa originally but now lives in Cornwall. He's been a fan of wooden boards for many years, having grown up on cut-down bellyboards in the late 1960s in Durban.
He's been a keen desciple of… https://t.co/bIJoUA3FhJ
Tool Time!
The sharpest, and the bluntest tool in the workshop. They say its easier to keep an edge on old tools. Debatable that one. Sometimes you just have to work around the flaws, and wear and tear!… https://t.co/SMU27GFaGW
True colours. A more accurate representation of this board than the weekend's twilight shots. And a little hint to the (for now) secretive core. I've put this structure into a few boards now, with the goal of using… https://t.co/tmKLgh8Ac5
How big's your belly?
'Standard' FARM belly(with a little personalisation), being dwarfed by 'The Big Boy'. This thing started life even bigger, having been pressed on a former used for the hybrid paipo/alaia. That… https://t.co/Uv7yxAlC6w
Piglet in the middle...... of the middle of two Piglets.
4.5mm cedar core, tapered to 2.5mm at the nose and 0.25mm at the tail, with cork glued ready to hand shape before vacuum laminating between two layers of 1.5… https://t.co/uqZgtTMoDo
Final coat of wax, last light.
7ft by 18 inches. Birch skins, cork rails, secret core. Just over 4kg. 3/4 inch with a subtle spoon shape at the nose down, down to 1/4 inch tail with deep single concave. Oiled and… https://t.co/SkhJoAnePj
A little sequence from Sydney last weekend to start this one. Images courtesy of joselo_aqua 🙏. And barrel_pig doing just what he does on board The Piglet. A little different this one though. No channels, but with a… https://t.co/NpM2sPT3iW
His and hers. Buy your loved one a board and save on shipping by getting yourself something....
Naked bat-tail paipo and channeled Piglet. Both cedar core with Finish Birch skins. Finished with oil and… https://t.co/9hu3YTXWee
Donkey work. Working on the negative that will form the positive, this is easily the biggest former I've made to date. 80kg of solid wood to form a not so solid, light weight 7ft, thin and super flexible blank.… https://t.co/I1N8LZlwfA
Yes or no? You've got a brand new Piglet 'lite'. Untested light weight experimental core. The sensible option would be to test it smaller, smoother.....
barrel_pig successfully avoiding splinters🙏
📷getthedogg… https://t.co/WZOuKrGScE
Bare belly time!
Locally grown (5 miles away) Western Red Cedar with Finish Birch skins. Vacuum laminated. Naked if that's the way you like them.
#butchboards#bellyboard#surf#surfboard#boardofthefarm… https://t.co/WR2KpkbReG
Bare belly time!
Locally grown (5 miles away) Western Red Cedar with Finish Birch skins. Vacuum laminated. Naked if that's the way you like them.
#butchboards#bellyboard#surf#surfboard#boardofthefarm… https://t.co/FzeC6my6ZA
I'll vacuum laminate a super thin and flexible Cedar and Birch paipo blank for you. The nose already has a subtle hull shape into a double concave in the tail Sanded and ready to shape, decorate and finish. Then it's… https://t.co/7mskGQzqpo