The shaping industry's adoption of Aku Shaper is changing the way surfboards are made, from idea inception to final product. The researchers behind this product are dedicated to the production of custom surfboards.
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Significant improvements have been made to our new generation machine
- Elimination of the "angel wings" pic
- Auto oiling of the machine - no more getting dusty before you cut your first board
- Raised machine - no more back bending when loading and unloading
- High tensile tungsten cutter with diamonds grown on surface
- Even smoother stringer cut, especially near nose pic
See the Machine Features page and pics of cut boards for more info.
Last night the Discovery Science Channel did a show called "How do they do it", which talked about the science of designing and machining surfboards. It featured Matt Ambrose's APS3000 machine in northern California and went into detail about how the machine cuts blanks and how the software design process is carried out. Grant Washburn talked about the importance of having quality accurate boards especially at heavier spots like Mavericks. It was a good show.
