Laminating Over Center Fin Box

Once the fins are attached to the correct box in the correct position you simply tighten the screws.

Laminating over center fin box. Lay a piece of fiberglass over the hole and push it into the hole with the fin box take the box out and fill the hole partially with resin put the fin box back in the hole making sure it is laying flush put a test fin in the box to make sure the cant and toe angle is correct. Don t force a fin into the wrong type of box and make sure the fin is being attached the right way. They are laminated over the fin boxes at the same time you laminate the bottom of the board. For this super light glass schedule you may also want to add a small patch of 4 oz glass under the main layer in the fin box area.

The football patches go on first then roll your bottom fiberglass over them. Setting a fin box in a stringerless eps surfboard with handtools. Harbour surfboards fin box installation step 5 of 10. Laminating around the box once the box is set and the filler resin is hard place a strip of masking tape over the part of the fin box where you insert the fin.

This gives you additional strength in the fin area without adding too much weight. We briefly went over the various systems in our guide to finding the perfect fin but we wanted to dive into depth. Most plugs have a high neck around them to keep resin out of the socket during installation. Scrap fiberglass you can use 6 oz as well cut it.

If you want to. Fins are extremely variant they come in various flexibilities materials patterns rakes heights and then you have your setup. It s really that simple. Push the fiberglass into the hole with the leash plug and mix up some resin to fill the plug and glass down the fiber to the deck.