Decided to change my plans and built a dedicated support/cradle/strongback assembly (want to keep my regular workbench available for other projects this summer). Used my old Beach Pea ladder frame that was sitting in garage loft gathering dust. I also needed another extension for tablesaw ripping of strips so set height same as saw – maybe too tall for most but works perfect for me.
Jarvis mostly followed but corrected length, built a much stronger box and added feet that were installed after everything straight, level, and true. Strongback can come off like Jarvis idea, but wanted a better solution.
Thought about making “flippable” cradles that would reference a particular station and in one position it would hold board “bottoms-up” to work/plane/glass that surface and by simply rotating same cradle, it would hold board “tops-up” to work that surface. Took a bit of time to work the math but believe they will work nicely. Jarvis makes his top removable instead of this approach.
Next step is ripping about 70 strips (1/4 x 1 inch x 12ft). That will be a 2 person job and can’t be done when raining – should get to it later this week. After that, things will go pretty fast – at least until epoxy/fiberglass phase.
Beach Pea Ladder Frame Sacrificed For SUP support
Core Done – Just Need Wider Base @ Floor
Pads – Help With Leveling
Done – Level, Strong, Stable, and Solid
My Mod, Real 2-Way Cradles (Supports either Bottom or Top of Board)
Fwd Looking Aft, Flipped Cradle 90-degree so Top Down For Working Bottom
Cradle Flipped To Support “Top” of Board