chefchris Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 Nothing to ground breaking but threw this together over the last week. 1/4” finish grade maple from Home Depot, had them cut it down to 10” x 34.5. Was like $9 with both cuts, so if you don’t have a saw no big deal. The travel board is 8” x 34.5” some oil base black paint, you can use whatever color you want, some foam brushes or throw away $1 store brushes, green 3m pad, titebond 3 waterproof glue (this stuff is insane and has so many uses), some cheap sandpaper and of course a wcz travel board (remove the grommet with a flat head screw driver or drill a big enough hole to allow the grommet to lay flat. round the corners over with the sandpaper. Then you want to apply 2-4 coats of paint to each side and the edges. Until you have a glossy finished product and no dry areas. Took me 3 days to make sure it was painted enough. Allow it to dry fully. then take the green 3m pad and scuff the board on one side and the back of the travel board. apply the glue to board, leaving a one inch border on top and bottom, I taped mine off with some masking tape. Make sure you apply enough and you’ll push the extra out anyway. press the travel board down and then use a credit card or squeegee starting at the middle and work the excess glue out. clean up anything with a damp sponge let it dry 2-4 days then throw whatever slaps on it you want. This is for the new boat and will be mounted on a large size Plano storage box in the middle of the boat. Going to epoxy some earth magnets to it and the box. duke couldn’t be bothered to move while I took some pics. 253caster, buzzed bait, DrewManFishing and 22 others 22 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CG_Fishes Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 This is beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DnL_Fishing Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unclefish4life Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 Yeah man, like it. Thanks for laying it out step by step. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
185vsfrog Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 Sick bro! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcgnarl Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 When I did mine I glued 4 layers of maple together and pressed them together like a skateboard to get that nice concave. Wet fish tend to slide around especially on the WCZ travel board. Nice to get that little bit of cradle on them. Bass the east and Palu_Au 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrewManFishing Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 Nice dog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mossyback Angler Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 Well done. Appreciate the breakdown on how you put it all together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimbaitrookie Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 Very nice! Cool dog too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmpatacsil Posted October 5, 2021 Report Share Posted October 5, 2021 Dope AF thanks for sharing Chris! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrizzleyShad Posted October 7, 2021 Report Share Posted October 7, 2021 Sick!!! Came out legit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicePizzaBass Posted October 8, 2021 Report Share Posted October 8, 2021 Exactly the post I’ve been waiting for, Thanks for the breakdown @chefchris Definitely doing this over winter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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