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Styrofoam Blank Surfboard 9 ft 6 inches x 25 inches Four strips of Styrofoam laminated with a plywood stringer. The stringer is pre-shaped to set the bottom rocker. The blank is shaped with a cheese grater, see left. The shaped blank is covered with muslin cloth between two coats of a plastic sealer before fibreglassing. An adaptation of Bob Simmons' Plywood Laminated Spoon, circa 1949. |
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