#AKU SHAPER MANUAL SOFTWARE#

#AKU SHAPER MANUAL SOFTWARE#

If not, you'll have to settle for the free software (and find someone with the machine). Also, if you have $65,000 lying around, you can buy the Aku machine and have it cut your CAD board designs for you.

Linyi Chaoda International Cnc Technology Co., Ltd. I think there's a newer version of the Aku Shaper coming out soon which will feature a 3D viewer. 18005000 MM cnc wood cutting machine / surfboard shaping machine aku shaper. I dunno if I'll make a rocker template, but I did the profile outline just for fun. In any case, here are some screenshots of what I have so far. I think I need to fiddle with the printer margins or something cause I'm getting only 1/4 of the board.

I'm having trouble printing the outline onto paper which I'll then tape together to end up with the final outline. I'll then try to scale it down using Greg Loehr's '1/8' formula to come up with something a bit shorter and thinner. I spent the greater part of last night making a board file by tracing a picture of the Brom fish.

The software is not exactly the most intuitive thing to use (even for a computer guy like myself), but the interface is fairly simple and easy to figure out with a little time. If the computer can give you a template for the front half of the stringer and the back half, thats all you need.I've decided to try my hand at the Aku Shaper software to create an outline/template based off of my Brom fish. My point being use the computer to simplify the job, not to complicate it. No computers on this one tho, I just built it with my head and hands. This is an old pic of an old board, but its 9' 6', and as best I recall that's exactly how I built the stringer. You could cut the stringer in two pieces, with a butt joint or a 45 degree scarf, and a popsicle stick on either side, and probably be just fine. In other words, it seems to me you are overthinking the wrong things. Depending I guess on your chosen methods of construction, which I don't really know at this point. The stringer is only significant to building the bones, and having a structure strong enough to hold shape while adding the skins. The longitudinal strength in a hws comes from the skins, and the rails, not from the stringer. Honestly, the stringer's significance is very different in a hollow wood surfboard than in a foam board. I wish you luck and not trying to be a dick. If you are stuck on what you want, look up Wood Joinery for suitable joints. I realize it is the age of the machine, program, drone, apps and all that other superfluous crap, but ya need to walk before ya run. Exterior grade plywood and a thinned out coat of epoxy will get you the same thing for less dough. If you can't see it.how will you know it is done? Also, it doesn't have to be marine ply. The eye is the first and foremost thing to train. No machines, no programs, only you, your eye, and the shape you want. Having done that, you can see that it is possible to do all on your own. The issue here is that you have to build it in your mind first. Have you never heard of a scarf joint? Plywood can be bought off the shelf ten feet long or can be ordered to any size you want. You are relying heavily on machines to do what the mind can easily do. Not trying to be flippant or a smarta$$ but, it seems what you are lacking is creativity and vision.

Aku shaper manual