Making fins fit your board

Le Jalapeno · Guest

I'd rather not drill holes in my beautiful devotid just so that I can put in some fins that I will probably only use for the first month of the season to get used to riding on the water again.

Can I drill holes in the fins and not have the bolts just fall out? how does this work? why can't I make sense to even myself?

indiana jones tonight

i'll be there

or will i?

hus #1 · Ollie Joined: 05 Mar 2008 Posts: 71 City: UK

if the fins are wide enough at the point where the hole needs to be then you can drill the hole and then tap a thread into the fin using a machine tap to match the screw you have

Lollar · 360 flip Joined: 19 Jun 2007 Posts: 8253

Crazy glue them shyts on!!!!! Crazy Eyes

Le Jalapeno · Guest

Lollar, considering the extremely stupid idea of superglueing them on..... will anyone condone this heinous act? Smash

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

just go finless?

POPTART · 360 flip Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 7621

if u cant duct it ...........

Le Jalapeno · Guest

Gnarly Dancer 42, Rolling Eyes

i bought these fins and I wanna use them Smash

plus I like slashing better with fins

Mario C · Posted: May 21, 2008 3:14 pm Post subject:

just drill fins yo. after you drill the holes, seal it with something.
i drilled holes in mine and now will never go back finless. i didn't even seal the holes with anything and it's all good.
devotid bionic wood ftw

Le Jalapeno · Guest

Mario C, so drilling holes in the bottom deck = not going to kill it?

should i drill the holes where the fins fit best, or close to there the existing holes are?

Lollar · 360 flip Joined: 19 Jun 2007 Posts: 8253

Im gonna stick with the glue idea

Le Jalapeno · Guest

Lollar, hahahaha puns........

i'm still leaning towards glue, drilling seems extreme for me, I'm riding this weekend and I'm pumped for that

uidzero · Kickflip Joined: 01 Jun 2005 Posts: 3839 City: Casselberry

I bet glue is gonna end in epic fail... $5 on it ripping the PBT off or the fin falling off Laughing

Lollar · 360 flip Joined: 19 Jun 2007 Posts: 8253

uidzero, Nope. Glue FTW!!!!!

I actually never really did think that glue was a good idea. Just ride finless

skimboarder · Posted: May 21, 2008 3:54 pm Post subject:

he just bought them from me i doubt he wants to ride finless hahah

i'd try to drill holes or something if you plan to use them alot, other than that i'm not sure. i wish we had known they wouldn't fit a devotid

Le Jalapeno · Guest

uidzero, well I wouldn't have cared if the fin fell off, I was kinda expecting that.... but wind of the PBT coming off is where I go from leaning towards glue, to not considering it Smash

I think I'll just go finless Rolling Eyes

(atleast for this weekend)

Mario C · Posted: May 21, 2008 4:00 pm Post subject:

is there holes already drilled for the devotid fins??

heres some pics of my board. i originally drilled the holes an inch in from where you see the location now. it was too much drag, so i moved them all the way out and they are perfect.

so i have four holes drilled on each end and no water damage.
this board will not break. i'm trying.

lumpy pants · Posted: May 21, 2008 7:08 pm Post subject:

Mario C, how do you like your devotid? whats it feel like wake2wake? and what about flip tricks?

Mario C · Posted: May 21, 2008 7:24 pm Post subject:

lumpy pants, i may be a little bias considering the builder of devotid is one of my homies, but the truth is that i have ridden alot of boards and the onward 40.5 is THE BEST board i have ridden. before this board the best board i ever rode was a cassette bilevel.
i prefer bilevels in general mainly because of the weight. i am way more consistant with three shuvs with a heavier board.
i havn't been working on flip tricks since i started riding bilevels. i have tried a few v-flips but havent got the flick too consistant yet.
my i/o 3 shuvs have gotten big and consistant lately. i struggled with those on lighter boards.
i am kinda a puss on w2w but have really been workin my little wake i have behind my boat. the board feels real solid and stable on w2w. i am really comfortable charging on this board.
i have also dialed in my b/s 1's since i put fins on. i think that might be a mental issue though.

oury has been stomping flip tricks on these boards.

coricluster · Backside 180 Joined: 23 Apr 2007 Posts: 1826 City: berlin

measure and drilll.....repeat 3 more times

Le Jalapeno · Guest

Mario C, there are holes already there for the devotid fins, they are just too far apart for the fins i have now