I have shaped a couple of surfboards by hand and I am not great at it. I don,t want to spend the next five years shaping to become great. I have found a CNC router designed for shaping boards in Australia for about 65,000 witch I can,t afford. I thought I might try to make one. I have a realative with a machine shop that has built CNC machines and can give me sound advise. He works with metal and all I would need the machine for I polyester foam. If anyone reading this knows the motor requirments needed to power each axis. The machine I found at http://www.shapers.com.au/ will shape a board in about 8 minutes. I do not need this router to run that fast, I am going for the most economical machine for the money.
I found a set of plans that look pretty sound to me at- http://www.inshorepowerboats.com/cn...f/CNCROUTER.htm
The estimated cost of producing this machine is estimated at 5,000 dollars witch is a lot better than 65,000.
If anyone knows where to get plans for a router with an x axis of at least 24 inches, y axis 96 inches, and z with about 12 inches.