: No worries Rob,

: Actually I agree with your points. I guess I should have clarified-
: when I'm using figured woods and tropical woods like Mahogany,
: the varied grain often causes thin strips to naturally bend and
: sometimes it's difficult to plane a straight edge. The shooting
: board allows me to push the small strip against the board to
: keep it flat for planing.

: The double-sided bevel is for very tight radii- more often this
: happens on surfboards and paddle boards on the rails. Sometimes
: I end up almost making a triangle out of them for really tight
: curves which can have radii less than 1".

: As for not walking around the shop- totally agree. That's why I
: have a building table under the workpiece, and a bench on either
: side. My tool chest is on wheels and my most-used tools like the
: thumb plane, 1" chisel, and glue bottle, I have two of each
: and keep them on either side of the workpiece.

: I also wear a shop apron, but must admit I have a horrible habbit
: of laying stuff down. The other night Amy and myself both looked
: for five to ten minutes for a plane that I was using and it
: turned out to be right there on top of the workpiece. To my
: tired eyes it blended in with the clamps next to it.

: By the way the next build is going to be a kayak I promise.
: Surfboards kind of have taken off lately. My lawyer is accepting
: a kayak as payment for establishing an LLC and doing all the
: legal work for the business. I love bartering! I have some of
: the bubinga, peruvian walnut, and tiger maple left over from
: this build for some insane accent stripes.

: Best regards,

: Malcolm Schweizer
: Schweizer Surfboards
: www.schweizersurf.com

Hi Malcolm,

Well you're certainly not alone in that regard, putting stuff down and forgetting where. I was hunting all around the shop for my razor knife the other day, looked everywhere then noticed a strange bump in one of the new OSB walls, some idiot put the new wall section on top of the razor knife which caused the odd bump . Luckily the walls are all installed with drywall screws, so no real harm done.

Bill H.