#Aku shaper operation manual how to#

The way I make boards are what’s known as the strip plank style where I put anywhere between 1/4 of an inch to a 1 inch wide board that is a quarter of an inch thick and I use a nose and Cove router bit to allow for a positive placement between the boards, as their bending, and curving over the spine and rib frame.

#Aku shaper operation manual how to#

It is it going from a complete unknowing amateur to someone who knows what they’re doing as a serious hobby, and knows how to problem solve and make needed adjustments to issues that arise in the board making process. ĭiscovering and using your program has taken my board making skills to a whole different level.

The boards that I’m currently working on our typical small board shapes thrusters anywhere from 7’4” down as small as 5’10”. After I design everything on the AKU program I then export it to the hollow wooden board, template maker, software program, and print out the pattern for the spine and ribs. I use the AKU shaper program to design the layout rocker and where the ribs are going to be placed using the slices program. I’ve gotten much better at reducing the weight by using a thinner cloth and I’m now using the FCS II fin system. I’ve been making hollow wooden surfboards for the last six years and over the last two.