Shaping Rudders

Having to take some time to get the cash machine cranked up again so little progress on the boat.

Have put several hours into fairing the foam on the first rudder after making a series of saw kerfs down the length of the blade with the depth set according to the templates screwed onto the ends of the foam blank.






After slicing the foam with a blade to the rough shape I've been using a 'Shure-Foam' plane to shape the blanks to within an 1/16" of the guide marks and then using a longboard with 40 grit. Goes pretty quick. The foam is amazingly loud to sand so Led Zeppelin has needed a bit of extra volume to keep things right. For some reason, sanding to Physical Graffiti, Volume I has been more productive than Houses of the Holy.