We’ve had to make some changes to our design and materials and are at a temporary manufacturing standstill until we perfect our process. However, we’ve put up a website and will conduct the remainder of communication via it.

Thanks!

John

www.boojumboards.com

Thursday, January 25, 2007

Using the last of the epoxy we finished all six boards and set them up to dry.

We’ll see how these cure, the last batch cured within 24 hours. I hope/expect the same from this third time around.

We purchased some fine sand paper today and are ready to finish up our first round of boards in order to start making sales.

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Yesterday I sanded the last plank down and prepared it for shaping.

Early this morning I put together some 2×4’s and built a drying rack.

After classes I came home and cut the sixth board into it’s symmetrical egg/oval shape. Then shaped it and cleaned it up. Drilled all three NEW boards (#4,5,6) and then set things up for sealing the boards.

It was the second go around with the epoxy. This time I used the entire allotment and got a fairly thick coat on the three new boards (#4,5,6), a bottom coat on the first long board (#3) and a second top coat on the first short board (#1).

Now they’re all drying. Hopefully cure time will not be quite as long as last time. The drying rack is inside.

Monday – January 22, 2007

Put the sign up early this morning and went to school. After lunch we started up again for the day, released our plank from yesterday, cut off the excess and began to press that together for our next board.

Jon came to work today. So that’s good.

Once this plank was set we started milling down our freshly laminated plank.

This part of the process takes the most labor and we’re working on a way to expedite and enhance the process.. but for now it’s just as you see it. By hand.

Again, designed some shapes, cut them out, and perfected them.

That makes 5 boards.

Still waiting on the epoxy to set solid. It should be done by tomorrow, but that makes about four days, which is unacceptable. That’s also on our list for revision.

Purchased a new set of wood to laminate together.

Maple-Redwood-Purple Heart-Maple-Purple Heart-Redwood-Maple

Glued, Clamped, and Now Set.

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The Resin on our first set is still tacky – we’re very curious to find out the final dry time for this stuff… as it’s been almost 48 hours.

We made our shop sign today. Tomorrow, after the snow has all melted and it’s warm again, we’ll put it up in the palapa.