I have been down in the shop shaping a surfboard and thought that I should share this adventure.
I had always promised to get my daughter a surfboard, really I had! Well when she reminded me AGAIN and challenged me to make one that was not a challenge I could let go. My Sketchup skills had not progressed very far, so I tried to draw one with out much luck, but I found a surfboard on the warehouse that I could easily use. My plan all along was to have the CNC at work cut out the pieces, so I made a concept drawing for the CNC engineer at work so he could play with it and we could see if he could open it in Rhino, as that is the software he was learning to draw in. He was able to take it and run with it. As a matter a fact he finished it by making the internal cavities and then breaking it apart. Well there was no need for me to finish the drawing in Sketchup, so he tool pathed the Rhino drawing in Alpha Cam and we made lots of sawdust on the CNC one Saturday. Using western red cedar and ash a blank was made, much to the delight of my daughter. I hand planed it to shape very easily. Sanding and finishing are all that's left and we will be surfing this summer.
I need to thank all the great people on this site that so freely help and write great plugins. I cannot tell you how many times I have started to write a question on a problem i am having only to read a bit more and find a solution. It has allowed me to take on my next great adventure a wooden bike!
Jeff
WORKING SURFBOARD from Rhino R1.skp
