Hi All I just finished my first build: A woody skimboard based om the Nobile Skimboard 2009 outline(130 x 50.5 cm). I used 3 4mm sheets of marine grade plywood (Okoumé, 140x60 cm).
Materials:
Plywood 4 mm, marine grade Okoumé 140 x 60 cm, 3 sheets
PU water resistant wood glue (the foaming kind, Gorilla glue)
Standard epoxy resin
2 component polyurethane varnish
Tools:
Rocker table (see below)
Clamps
Rocks for weighing down
sandpaper 60-80-120-180-240 grit
surform
beltsander
jigsaw
drill
brushes, rollers and sqeegy
First I build the rockertable by screwing a sheet of MDF (ca 140 x 70 cm) onto a wooden frame. For the nose rocker I attached a 12 mm wooden strip and a 6 mm strip. For the tailrocker I used a 6 mm thick strip. I want a small rocker to prevent slowing down the board. It is intended for low wind days and flat water.
I had the ouline printed on paper on 100% scale and copied it to the top sheet of plywood and the centre one. From the centre sheet I removed wood to reduce weight. I got a little creative, but just drilling holes should be fine.
Now I was ready to glue the sheets together. The bottom sheet was coated with a thin layer of PU-glue (like gorillaglue), the middle sheet was placed on top of it, followed by the top sheet of plywood, which was also coated with the glue. After aligning the centrelines of the 3 sheets, the whole lot was clamped and weighed down on the rockertable.
The blue pan is filled with rocks for weiging down, as well as the grey container.