High performance rail tuck, where to safely start and stop the bottom bevel.

Bottom tuck is one of the most difficult parts of the shape because it has to be done right. Poor technique or application and the shape drastically changes and will most likely ruin all of your hard work.

[@parkerworthington]

Would love to see the finishing stages of your rails as they transition from the middle of the board to the tail. You've got the best shaping content online.

[@peterdaniels3200]

Hi from New Zealand......Thank you for the time you put into your videos.

[@kazumasurfboards]

Thank you for following

[@parkerworthington]

Thank you Matt!!! This is very helpful.

[@fairwindsd]

Happy new Year Matt! Mahalo brother!

[@colinig4411]

Matt, I learned a lot from ur videos. Now that I'm shaping the 10th board and I really want to have a nice and rideable finished board, this video helped a lot. My question is, how those surform blades are installed on the wood block? Nailed on the block? I remember I saw something simillar on sways but don't find the post...

[@kazumasurfboards]

colin ig I am glad that you find some useful information here. I cut a slot into the wood using a table saw and glued in the surform.

[@elvisbeetham6991]

🙏🙏

[@Thestripper1]

Hi. Thanks for the video. I was just wondering why you say that 33 or 34 degrees would be ideal for the fred tool? A 30 degree angle would help you to equally bisect the 90 degrees edge in 2 stages 0 to 30 to 60 to 90.

[@kazumasurfboards]

30 degrees would be fine but the deck is usually not flat before I add my bevels and rails are almost always poncheced more than perfectly curved round on the deck side.

[@Thestripper1]

@@kazumasurfboards I see. But how does the 34 degree compensate for that? Serms like 30 would get you back on track where 34 would just add more wonkyness to the shape.

[@kazumasurfboards]

@@Thestripper1 that 34 degrees is only that initial band on the top side. It simply gets a better angle leading into the deck curve. Less angle gets you a more "boxy" rail /flat deck which some like to make but I never do.

[@Thestripper1]

@@kazumasurfboards I love your videos, keep it up. It would be interresting if you could go way more in depth on how to shape rails. To this day no one has done a better tutorial than JC in his Shaping101 video.