installing leash plug?

by **SlidingMelodies** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 5:58 pm

okay so i have never longboarded, but he waves i have been so small i decided to buy one. i got a good price on a 11 footer, the thing is hugeeeeee. i took it out and i had so much fleshin' fun. i couldnt believee it, LONGBOARDINMG IS GNARLY! by the way im 190 pounds and almost 6 foot. is an 11 footer a good size? it felt dam good, i could walk up and down the board with ease. anyway thing is the thing didnt come with a leash plug, and i know purists are against it, but im tired of having to swim back to the beach to get my board. is there anyway you guys know or reccomend to installing a leash plug of any kinf easily???

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by **powergrooves** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 6:57 pm

Hey you--

depends on your ability and familiarity of use of glass fibre resin

few easy ways -

easiest is to drill a small hole in skeg and pass through leash cord

or
-get a proper leash cup from local surf store, drill oversize hole, mask up unwanted resiened erea half fill with hot resin--float in cup--wait to cure--sand off excess ,

or drill 1/2 inch hole through stringer and fin box at tail block throuh the board-- fill with resin-- let cure--drill 1/4 inch hole through resin and pass knotted cord right through fin box and striger and attach leash,

Most coolest is!!
get strand glass fibre---mask off offending area -saturate strand glss like a rope--lay up in form a 'd' shape-let cure-sand and polish

PIG
Contact me if you like! :unuts:

by **SlidingMelodies** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 7:54 pm

hey thanks for the help man, much appreciated. but when you say drill a hole through the skeg, do you actually mean drill a hole through the fin itself and put the leash through that?? cuz that sounds weird haha but if it works ill do it.

by **powergrooves** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 8:20 pm

yep,

used to do that in the old days--easyfix!!

PIG :unuts:

by **powergrooves** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 8:21 pm

err hem-- pass the nylon cord thru the hole :unuts:

by **SlidingMelodies** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 10:40 pm

haha right the leash string i put through the hole haha. i was thinking the whole leash haha. wait r u sure thats okay for the fin, like not putting too much pressure on it. also i dont have a drill, is there something else i could use to make that small hole that you can reccomend?? thanks man i really appreciate your answers, your gonna save me from alot of extra swimming haha

by **isaluteyou** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 2:00 am

i dont think attaching the leash to the fin is a good idea.

Just take a hole saw a teeny bit bigger than the leash cup and drill the hole out (not right through of course) then mix some qcell or make your own resin mixture and pour it in put the leash cup in and clean the excess away. VOILA - 10 minute job easy peasy.

by **powergrooves** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 4:09 pm

isaluteyou wrote:i dont think attaching the leash to the fin is a good idea.

Just take a hole saw a teeny bit bigger than the leash cup and drill the hole out (not right through of course) then mix some qcell or make your own resin mixture and pour it in put the leash cup in and clean the excess away. VOILA - 10 minute job easy peasy.

Hey man --this guy has'nt even got a drill-- :yearght:

methinks your pushing a bit hard here!! :mrgreen:

Done the fin/leash thing for maybe 15 years--no problem!! :woot:

by **esonscar** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 7:39 pm

Hole in fin = loads of pressure in fin box when leash attached = popping the 'pin' that slides in the fin box = swim and no suurfboard =

Either install a leash plug or learn to grab board as you kick off ( you do not have to ride board to oblivion !).

by **powergrooves** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 7:53 pm

hey--the guy says small waves---no pressure--no big deal
and a leashcup is real ugy too

by **dougirwin13** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 9:45 pm

Most coolest is!!
get strand glass fibre---mask off offending area -saturate strand glss like a rope--lay up in form a 'd' shape-let cure-sand and polish

My fav! It's so easy and it looks so awesome!

by **powergrooves** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 1:50 pm

dougirwin13 wrote:
Most coolest is!!
get strand glass fibre---mask off offending area -saturate strand glss like a rope--lay up in form a 'd' shape-let cure-sand and polish

My fav! It's so easy and it looks so awesome!

not to forget the guy has'nt even got a drill :blah:

by **dougirwin13** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 8:52 pm

LMAO! True.

Oh a tip - you dont need to buy strands. You can just pull fiberglass cloth apart.

by **powergrooves** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 8:58 am

Sooo--wat happened?

PIG

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